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I have been offered a job at two different hospitals.

1.) CVICU at Baptist Memphis, TN

2.) CSICU at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore MD.

Both of these hospitals meet the requirements of ICU experience. Both are Cardiovascular ICU experience.

Would the job at Johns Hopkins look better on my resume when applying to schools?

Any advice?

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Any comment would be greatly appreciated.

I have to make a decision within a week.

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John Hopkins definitely

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Specializes in Anesthesia.

Either position will do. Take the position that you like the best.

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I know that either one will do.

I was just wondering if working at Johns Hopkins will have any favor when it comes time to applying.

It would be a bigger move for me, but if it would pay off, then I would definitly do this.

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Specializes in Anesthesia.
I know that either one will do.

I was just wondering if working at Johns Hopkins will have any favor when it comes time to applying.

It would be a bigger move for me, but if it would pay off, then I would definitly do this.

I don't think either one will really matter unless one ICU or the other has close academic ties to a school you are wanting to apply to.

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Thanks for your thoughts.

Does anyone else have any input on this decision?

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Specializes in ER/ICU/STICU.

I agree with wtbcrna. Your experience is just one peice of the puzzle when it comes time to apply for school.

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Again, I agree that it is just one peice of the puzzle when applying.

But I want every edge that I can get.

If working at Hopkins can give me an edge over working at a smaller hospital, then that is the route I will choose.

I just don't know how much of an edge if any it would give me....that's what I'm trying to figure out.

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Specializes in Anesthesia.
Again, I agree that it is just one peice of the puzzle when applying. But I want every edge that I can get.If working at Hopkins can give me an edge over working at a smaller hospital, then that is the route I will choose.I just don't know how much of an edge if any it would give me....that's what I'm trying to figure out.
The Baptist Heart Institute, located within Baptist Memphis, is dedicated to providing leading-edge cardiovascular research and treatment for heart patients. The Heart Institute, which measures 165,000 square feet, includes areas for cardiovascular procedures, cardiovascular surgical suites, heart catheterization labs, cardiovascular intensive care beds, a cardiac intervention unit, cardiac medicine units, a pre/post cath lab unit, electrophysiology labs, a heart transplant unit and a cardiovascular step-down unit. The Ford-Goltman Clinical Research Center, also located in the Heart Institute, is a specialized unit dedicated to providing care for clinical research patients. Baptist Memphis also operates the Plaza Diagnostic Pavilion, an outpatient facility that handles approximately 6,000 outpatient visits a month and centralizes many of the hospital´s outpatient services. In addition, the Pediatric Outpatient Center (P.D.´s Perch) sees more than 800 patients a month. For the 16th year in a row, Mid-South consumers have rated Baptist Memphis their most preferred hospital for overall health care services in a National Research Corp. poll. According to HealthGrades*, Baptist Memphis ranks best in Tennessee for cardiac surgery, stroke care and gastrointestinal surgery. The health care ratings organization also ranked Baptist Memphis in the top 5 percent in the nation in these same areas. *2009 best-in-market certifications provided by HealthGrades, Inc., the nation´s leading third-party health care ratings, information and advisory services company whose mission is to help guide America to better health care. Market areas are defined on HealthGrades > Find a Doctor | Doctor Reviews | Hospital Ratings.

Baptist hospital sounds pretty good to me and any nurse anesthesia school near there will probably know all about it.

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Yea I know that Baptist is a great hospital. I'm not trying to deny that.

I also know that Hopkins is hands down the #1 hospital in the US.

I'm just trying to find out if there would be any upside to having Hopkins listed on my application as opposed to some other hospital.

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Specializes in CTICU.

It seems like (in my opinion) you have already convinced yourself that Johns Hopkins is the best place for you to work and that you are trying to find someone to talk you out of it.

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