AlaskaHopeful

I have accepted an offer for an ED tech position, my expected start date is May 6th. For this position, a CNA cert was highly preferred. I got my cert 5 months ago and this is my first position in the medical world at all...feeling very lucky and ...

One day I want to be a nurse in the ED! I had an interview on Friday April the 12th for an ED tech position. I received the offer on Monday the 15th. My first job in the medical field... EVER! I have done the HR tango and I am waiting for the gene...

DO NOT GIVE UP! I just got hired in the emergency department as a tech. My clinical was in October of 2012. I have NO experience in the medical field other than clinical. I seriously was ready to throw in the towel after so many applications in the ...

I have wanted to be in the healthcare industry since the 7th grade. (I did the Heimlich maneuver on my little sister on thanksgiving that year) A very long time ago. I will be 32 before the end of the year. I made exceptional money in my last career....

Thank you for the reply! I am very nervous. They will assign a preceptor, but i'm not sure how long it will be for. My general orientation starts May 6th. I was told by the recruiter that someone from the ED should be there at some point to help with...

I cannot say that I have even made it as far as you have. I just got my CNA certification, 5 months ago. I just found out that I got the offer for the ED tech at my local hospital. I was starting to feel like I wasted my time until I got the offer. Y...

Fairbanks, Alaska: ED tech 16.11 base plus weekend/night differentials. No experience other than clinical setting.

I have accepted an offer for an ED tech position, my expected start date is May 6th. For this position, a CNA cert was highly preferred. I got my cert 5 months ago and this is my first position in the medical world at all...feeling very lucky and ble...

I received the offer to be an ED Tech! I was also allowed to reschedule my jury duty between now and December! Thank you for the replies... I am on cloud nine at the moment!

Hello AN! I need some advice. In January I received as summons to do jury duty for the month of March, I requested that I be excused until June, because I was in school and didn't want to ruin a semesters worth of hard work. I have an interview for a...

Thank you for the replies! I have to start calling in everyday after 5pm at the beginning of the month. If my number is selected I would need to show up a 8am the next morning. If I am selected during that process then I will have to go in, depending...

As far as I know, there are not any bridge programs from CNA to RN. There are bridge programs from PCA to CNA, and after you have gotten your RN then you can bridge from an associates to Bachelors. You can also go from LPN to RN bridge. If you are go...

Hello fellow Alaskans! I just found out that I have an interview at FMH for the ED Tech position! I'm really nervous though, I received my CNA cert in October of last year and still haven't found any work. This will be my first interview with FMH. I...

Thank you for the quick reply! I am in a pre-nursing certificate program. My school only accepts 16 students a year, it is really competitive. Like most I presume. The certificate is to prepare potential nursing students to apply for the degree, by ...

In regards to my earlier post, of 2.4 deaths per 100,000 I was mistaken. It is 4 deaths per 100,000. Keep in mind that Alaska is 1/3 the size of the lower 48. Alaska's contradiction? Lots of guns, few homicides | Alaska Dispatch

Statistics show that here in Alaska we have a gun in just about every household, our rate is something like 2.4 deaths per 100,000 people. Do you want to know why we don't have many deaths compared to any other state? Because everyone knows that ther...

I have just a little way to go on my pre-reqs... almost time to complete my application for the nursing degree via distance learning from UAA. I was wondering if anyone could help me with a few questions... How much was the cost of attending at UAF, ...

I was the only male student out of a 20 student class. I had an amazing time in school. I live in Alaska so the lecture hours and clinical hours were higher than most states. I remember one time when a girl in my class said "he was quiet all the time...

So, I received this email for the past two semesters. It was an email about The National Society of Collegiate Scholars... They want me to join their organization. From what it said, less than 20% of University of Alaska Fairbanks (my school) was nom...

Thank you!

Jobs are super competitive here in Alaska. You almost have to know someone to get an interview or have done the clinicals at that specific site. It is a very tight knit community, and a very "spread out" population. In the year 2000, University of Al...

so, hearing many stories about how hard it is to get into nursing school, i became curious as to how difficult it is in other regions that differ from my own. i was also curious to hear how many people get accepted to other schools that differ from ...

Started pre-reqs at 29. Hopefully I will be done with it all by 33. Second career for me, Ive been in carpentry for 13 years:banghead:

I'm new to the site and need some input please. Last year was my first time setting foot in a college, after 13 years of mostly seasonal carpentry work. My gpa after two semesters was a 3.4, down from a 4.0 after fall semester, but who was I kidding,...