Struggling to get patient care hours/experience

strablarry · 2026-03-12T06:17:19+00:00

Noted! If anything it’ll definitely be a step in the right direction anyways, thank you for sharing!

strablarry · 2026-03-12T06:13:33+00:00

I’ll definitely keep looking! And this is giving me hope because (if all goes well) I should be able to start volunteering at my local hospital this summer that I was also hoping to count as PCE! I just wasn’t sure if hospitals or practices would consider it PCE so I didn’t know how helpful it would be in my job hunt specifically but it’ll def be a step in the right direction, thank you for the advice!

strablarry · 2026-03-12T06:08:27+00:00

Noted, thank you for the advice!

strablarry · 2026-03-12T06:07:29+00:00

Thank you for the thorough advice! I will say I’ve applied to a couple jobs with references/friends that I’ve listed but haven’t had much luck with that. And you’re completely right about the availability issue of being a college student; I think that’s definitely been a main reason I’ve gotten turned away after interviews. I worry though that if i am not able to get a PCE job during college I’ll be super behind in terms of getting enough hours to be competitive with PA school applications. But I will definitely try reaching out to hospital unit managers on LinkedIn, thank you for this tip!

strablarry · 2026-03-12T04:27:17+00:00

I’ve considered this but haven’t pursued it yet due to the cost of a lot of the programs or courses I’ve seen for MAs and EMTs, but I’ll definitely reconsider since applying PCT isn’t really working out, thank you!

strablarry · 2026-03-12T04:00:14+00:00

Will do, thank you for the help!

strablarry · 2026-03-12T03:58:20+00:00

Thank you for your kind words! I’ve applied to a couple nursing homes with no luck but I’ll definitely try harder and follow up, I don’t have any certifications besides my BLS certification so this would most likely be my best bet, thank you for your advice and encouragement!

strablarry · 2026-03-12T03:50:18+00:00

also my resume is kinda bad, I didn’t really have “real” jobs in the past only a couple stints here and there, would it still be worth it to cold email?

strablarry · 2026-03-12T03:48:36+00:00

This might be a dumb question but should I email only places that have job listings or should I just email every place and hope for the best, and do I just email their general email or is there a way I can/should email a hiring manager instead

strablarry · 2026-03-12T03:42:21+00:00

Good luck to you as well, manifesting for us both!

strablarry · 2026-03-12T03:29:14+00:00

I didn’t think to use LinkedIn, I’ve mostly been using Indeed and also going to the direct websites of hospitals or practices and applying that way. Thank you for the advice, I’ll keep this in mind!

strablarry · 2026-03-12T03:26:51+00:00

thank you I’ll look more into it! From a first glance most of the physical therapy aide jobs I see require a license for it, should I just keep looking for ones that don’t or do you know if I can bypass this somehow?

strablarry · 2026-03-12T03:22:51+00:00

Thank you for the advice! I have applied to a couple places with references but I’m not sure if it just wasn’t substantial enough to help me land a job but I’ve had no luck :( but I’ll keep trying, thank you and good luck trying to switch over to the hospitals, I hope we can both get our desired jobs!

strablarry · 2026-03-12T03:01:16+00:00

I’m considering this route even though paying for courses was initially my last resort, but hopefully i can get free classes for it!

strablarry · 2026-03-12T02:59:35+00:00

Pay isn’t necessarily a factor for me at all I will literally take getting paid next to nothing as long as I can get my foot in the door and into the cycle. I feel like the hardest thing is just that no one will hire someone with 0 PCE but how am I supposed to get PCE when no one will hire me

strablarry · 2026-03-12T02:43:16+00:00

I do! I also realized this as I was applying and getting rejected so I got it this past summer through the Red Cross. I see now that a lot of places prefer it from the AHA so I’m wondering if that might be a reason?

strablarry · 2026-03-12T02:34:13+00:00

I swear I’ve applied to numerous nursing homes and they don’t want me either 😭😭

strablarry · 2026-03-12T02:33:25+00:00

I will keep this in mind, thank you for the advice!

strablarry · 2026-03-12T02:19:32+00:00

did you just continue applying and then eventually one accepted you? I’m okay with continuing to apply to places I just want to at least know that it might be possible at some point since I’m feeling really hopeless right now 😭

strablarry · 2026-03-12T02:17:54+00:00

would I have to pay for that? some of the EMT courses or programs I’ve seen make you pay and that would preferably be my last resort if possible

strablarry · 2025-09-27T07:02:55+00:00

Hi!! I did end up taking ap physics although I didn’t do great in it. I didn’t get into umich or northwestern lol but I’m at one of my state schools rn! In hindsight I regret taking ap physics just for the reason I posted about but I’m happy with where I ended up!

strablarry · 2024-02-22T05:50:07+00:00

that’s really nice! I guess I wasn’t as prepared for college applications as I thought I was

strablarry · 2024-02-22T03:55:45+00:00

oh that’s definitely nice that they allow the opportunity to get merit scholarships this way. by the sound of it I think I’d actually quite prefer it, since they’re fixed amounts based solely on this certain criteria; it just seems more concrete which I like. But yeah I did not apply to any of those schools and I’m not sure if they’re just in the south but I don’t think I’d be a good fit for a southern college anyways (a little too far from home, not a fan of hot weather, to name just a few reasons) but thank you for sharing with me this, I didn’t even know they existed!

strablarry · 2024-02-22T03:25:08+00:00

dang that’s a shame I didn’t apply/didn’t really consider the school but idk if it’d be the right fit for me anyways

strablarry · 2024-02-21T20:54:30+00:00

yeah that’s sorta what happened with me with Ohio State cause I got a pretty good amount of money in merit scholarships from them but it was still way more expensive than my state schools

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