So far this semester has been the most successful academically that I've experienced in Nursing School.
Also, I have a job now :-) I will be working Neuro Med/Surg starting in June. The interesting thing about the interview process is that I applied for about twenty jobs back in late January/early February. Out of those approximate twenty, I had three interviews. The job I actually got? I didn't even initially apply for it. I went to a career fair for the Baylor Hospital system. During my initial interview which took place in a huge conference center across a table lined with interviewers on one side and interviewees on the other, I mentioned my interest in Neuro which sparked the interviewer to direct me to another interviewer who is a supervisor for a Neuro Med/Surg unit at the specific hospital I was interested. After talking to her, she directed me to a recruiter who scheduled an interview with the Manager to take place four days later.
At the end of that interview with the manager, she offered me the job. And I really wanted to work there, so I said yes :-)
And I still haven't heard a thing from those seventeen other jobs I applied for.
Interviewing helped me realized what I wanted, because talking to those three other jobs, I walked away thinking, "Eh, I don't know. I mean, I could work here...but I don't really want to."
At the end of this interview, I knew that I wanted to work here. It's a very diverse unit with many opportunities for cross training in Acute Stroke Care, Epilepsy Monitoring and Neurological Intensive Care :-)
Lastly, you need to take twenty two minutes of your life and watch this
http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/index.jhtml?episodeId=220250 Why? Because while I believe that it is not the place of the federal government to save failing banks and businesses that make horrible business decisions, if they're going to pass out that money anyway, why not use it to keep tax payers in their homes?
Also, if you're going to pass out that money, have some friggin' outcome criteria! What is wrong with you?! When my parents give me money for college, they expect a diploma! I think the government should expect banks that get bailed out to provide a reasonable return in smarter business practice.
As for nationalized healthcare? Between Medicare and Medicaid, the federal government is the biggest payer of healthcare in the country anyway. Controlling healthcare spending controls federal spending. Standardizing insurance coverage needs to happen to standardize care across the population (so that rich people and poor people can die of the same things) and preventive care needs to be a priority. If we keep people from getting fat and diabetic in the first place, then we don't have to pay for their insulin and renal failure later.
Ideally, I'm against federal involvement in healthcare, but because they've mandated that businesses provide insurance for their employees, they need to create an option that makes that mandatory healthcare affordable for businesses.
Okay, I'm done with my soap box now. Happy Spring Break!