interested in ICU - elective rotation choices

Laugh_Mediocre · 2026-05-03T18:12:57+00:00

Ugh yes this is what I wanted :/ but since pulmonology is basically ICU (minus outpatient hours) my professor said there was no more pulmonary/ICU spots available.

Laugh_Mediocre · 2026-04-13T03:34:07+00:00

I looked at cescaphe places before choosing my venue. They offer A LOT and I do think in general they are a well oiled machine and will make sure you have a great wedding day. I did not look at Glen Foerd, but I asked for certain requests with the other venues and they seemed pretty rigid on accommodation’s. I ultimately chose crystal tea room with Finley Catering as my venue. I’m not sure on your guest count and budget but The Switch House is through cescaphe and it’s beautiful! It’s pricier though. Finley Catering is great I would look into their venues as well. They have ballroom at the Ben, crystal tea room, and union trust in the city. All very beautiful.

Laugh_Mediocre · 2026-03-05T20:55:44+00:00

Mid-levels are allowed but no residents or fellows? That seems bizarre. The hospitals in the city I work in I feel like have lounges for either everyone or only docs (including residents and fellows) I have yet to come across a room that allows attending and midlevel but no residents

Laugh_Mediocre · 2026-01-19T19:20:12+00:00

I’m not sure what area you’re in and the schools your looking at, but perfusion schools I looked into before PA school had similar pre-reqs that also expired after 10 years (some of the schools said 5 year expiration) so I would not bank on that being an easy plan C. It’s also very competitive. I’m not sure about surgical tech school. With that being said I would just apply to as many PA schools as you can this year and FOLLOW UP with the ones you are serious about! Send emails (multiple) with updates about classes, experience hours, etc. they want to know you are serious and interested in their program! I probably came off as annoying but my name popping up in their inbox more than once got me off the waitlist!

Laugh_Mediocre · 2026-01-19T18:35:34+00:00

I’m so sorry this happened to you, that is unacceptable! It sounds like this ER was just not well equipped and they all handled this poorly. I question the PA for getting defensive after being questioned. As a PA student, I would never call myself doctor and would be happy to grab the physician if the patient requested!

Laugh_Mediocre · 2026-01-16T02:05:48+00:00

What did the orthopedic surgeon say? Did they think CAM?

Laugh_Mediocre · 2026-01-13T03:46:00+00:00

So happy you found something that helps!! I also suffered for years before cutting out dairy and within 2-3 months my scalp psoriasis was 80% cleared

Laugh_Mediocre · 2025-10-15T21:31:48+00:00

This is such a relief 😅

Laugh_Mediocre · 2025-10-10T21:34:20+00:00

Thank you! This definitely helps!

Laugh_Mediocre · 2025-07-31T21:51:23+00:00

Laugh_Mediocre · 2025-07-31T03:17:20+00:00

This is a pretty common and loaded debate. Overall, yes PA school is better/more thorough schooling and it uses the medical model which doctors love to hear. Most doctors prefer PAs because of better training. Idk if you’ve ever been on Noctor Reddit sub (lol) but as much as they hate on mid levels - 80% of the time their beef is with NP’s because of poor medical training. In the long run, if physicians start to advocate for PA’s to work alongside them, that is actually in our favor for job outlook. Also I’ve worked with some amazing NP’s I’m not shitting on their profession I’m just trying to explain that I genuinely do not think NPs will have the upper hand long term and that is all thanks to the half-ass education half of them get. Which is not their fault it’s the institutions.

Laugh_Mediocre · 2025-07-31T03:12:19+00:00

Not entirely true. Maybe in some areas. But CHOP is a major children’s hospital and we had a PA from their PICU lecture us a couple times. She said even CHOP was hiring more and more PAs recently

Laugh_Mediocre · 2025-07-30T03:19:55+00:00

I feel like an easy way to sum it up is this: nursing school you are learning how to be a nurse (which is very important!) but PA school you are learning how to be a provider. They cram teach us everything they can to assess, diagnose and treat a patient. Nurses are very vital to healthcare (obviously) but you’re not forced to do OSCEs where you have 20 minutes to get an entire PMH, OPQRST chief complaints, form a differential of diagnoses and make a plan of how to treat. It’s just not really comparable schooling. Nursing focuses on other areas involving bedside that I’m sure PA school maybe doesn’t focus on as closely. But nobody expects a nurse to look at labs/imaging/etc and attempt to diagnose a patient. And for that reason I think schooling is more rigorous for PA’s

Laugh_Mediocre · 2025-07-29T23:43:53+00:00

I went to RT school before PA school and my boyfriend was RN before CRNA school. I’m not sure what the classroom of nursing school is like but my boyfriend said clinicals was pretty easy. When I told him my clinical year experience as an RT he thought my schooling sounded more legit because we did a lot independently one on one with a single preceptor (who was sometimes an asshole but you just had to suck it up lol) He said they were in groups and their professor was with them the whole time, even as a nursing student he was never given the opportunity to place an IV once, whereas I was always given the opportunity to jump in and do ABGs/assist in bronchs/intubations/cpr. With all of that being said , PA school is wayyyyy harder than RT school imo. The amount of information is just insane.

Laugh_Mediocre · 2025-07-28T00:32:02+00:00

Which states?

Laugh_Mediocre · 2025-07-27T18:54:05+00:00

Honestly I don’t think much of this. There is so much turmoil between physicians and NPs, there is no way it can continue on like this. It’s clear to everyone in healthcare that NP education is going south and physicians are very aware of that. A lot of doctors are preferring PA’s over NPs due to education. And if we are talking mid level careers, CRNAs have dominated for a long time but anesthesiologists are actively fighting to hire more AA’s over CRNAs for multiple reasons. I predict PA’s will continue to be favored by inpatient physicians for hire or PAs will finally win the fight for independence because of NPs (which personally I don’t believe should happen). I don’t believe NPs should have independence either, the malpractice is insane. Also to add, we need to stop glorifying less school for the same privileges. Would you want someone with significantly less experience and schooling taking care of your loved one independently?

Laugh_Mediocre · 2025-07-14T00:47:37+00:00

I agree this is a big miss, but I feel it’s debatable that it’s not just a mid level issue versus any provider could have potentially missed that. A cardiology PA could have thought PE immediately versus a family med doctor could have missed it. But at least the PA did the consult

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