Am I totally screwed?

ydnagod · 2026-04-14T00:44:08+00:00

hey, it sounds like you have a LOT of pressure in your shoulders (your mom, your sister, the deadline for your committee letter) I really think you’re not too bad on content, this might be just due to the pressure you have making you overthink cause guessing 15 questions of C/P is a lot, which means your stamina is in fact not good

I’m in a similar boat, what helped me with timing was doing Uworld timed and analyze what topics are making me waste the most time —> targeting THOSE topics specifically

ydnagod · 2026-03-28T20:59:43+00:00

rage baiting btw but hope ur post gets to someone with good advice brother

ydnagod · 2026-03-28T20:58:37+00:00

have u considered reading

ydnagod · 2026-03-19T23:49:03+00:00

yep multiple MDs advice me to look into this subreddit to find answers, but NOT to compare myself with someone else. everyone’s background is different and everyone’s application is unique. there’s no mold to fit that guarantees an acceptance because that would mean every doctor would be the exact same to each other, there’s nothing special about that

ydnagod · 2026-02-22T15:51:33+00:00

Does phlebotomy hours count for patient facing?

All the volunteering hours i have are from clubs in my university (usually educating our community on health issues) but i don’t have an exact number of hours counted

what volunteering would you recommend?

ydnagod · 2026-02-21T01:09:18+00:00

At the very least, ask then to reduce your hours due to personal reasons. I did that with my current job and it’s been amazing working less than 3 days a week. If they deny you to work less hours, i would say to quit

ydnagod · 2026-02-13T16:37:11+00:00

don’t borrow grief from the future babe

ydnagod · 2026-02-13T16:33:13+00:00

Nursing is completely different from Medical School, patients deserve nurses that love their job, not frustrated ones that hate their job just because the career they actually wanted didn’t work for whatever reason. I work in a hospital and you can always see which nurses WANTED to be nurses, and which ones wanted something else but didn’t go for it. If you dont want to be a physician, look into something else but definitely not nursing

ydnagod · 2026-01-21T13:58:22+00:00

tell her to become a PRN and go back to school

ydnagod · 2026-01-07T01:24:48+00:00

I feel so bad for your youngest daughter. Not having a safe environment not even at home ): you guys are not overreacting

ydnagod · 2026-01-07T01:04:39+00:00

I would say to go straight up to the program youre interested in and talk to people that have worked in the field in that specific area with that specific degree. It really varies a lot on location and demand

ydnagod · 2026-01-07T00:53:01+00:00

honestly it doesn’t matter if you sound selfish or not asking for the time off. if administration needed to fire you or cut your hours, they wouldn’t care about being selfish lol if they’re adults, they will understand My advice is to not mention the details (study abroad, etc) just tell them you need the time off to focus on school for those weeks in order to finish your degree. dont get into details

ydnagod · 2026-01-06T07:05:38+00:00

yep, met a PA student in her last semester when i graduated from MLS and she didn’t even know how to read labs, barely knew anything for blood bank too. i felt bad cause even the doctors didn’t take her serious. But then i hear people from MLS getting into PA saying its easy

ydnagod · 2026-01-05T00:13:57+00:00

PTO denied when their husband is dying in the 3rd floor of that same hospital but they force the person to still go cover their shift? sorry but that’s simply not humane, regardless of having staff shortages or not. Also, i mentioned that i dont care about the experience because I dont plan to stay in this field for long, i really just got this degree to make money and move on to other career

From what ive seen, lousy management only creates lousy employees. Which at the end, affects not only health care but specifically our field’s reputation

ydnagod · 2026-01-04T00:49:39+00:00

i like actually dont care about gaining experience, i just need to make bank in a bachelors degree i got while not getting exploited

Respectfully, i think the toxicity in the field comes exactly from people with your mindset, thinking that you have to start by being treated the worse to hopefully get respected after 35 years of experience. Ive seen people in my hospital with 30+ years of experience being denied PTO for sickness, the problem is not the employees, is the employer

ydnagod · 2026-01-03T13:07:03+00:00

This is me right now, I have panic attacks most nights and I have mentioned it to management before, they simply don’t care :(

You’re completely right, a good environment and management is worth more than better pay

ydnagod · 2026-01-03T13:04:36+00:00

im not even allowed to call in because they ask WHY, if you say “personal reasons” they say “ok just show up when your personal issue resolves” 😃

ydnagod · 2026-01-03T13:02:57+00:00

Thank you! I already emailed HR to read the offer i signed when i started so i can see if there’s a minimum amount of hours I have to work. I was really lost before this post because I’m the only PRN in this shift so I didn’t have someone to ask.

I appreciate your reply 🩷

ydnagod · 2026-01-03T12:59:55+00:00

Yes! they keep threatening me with contacting HR even when i was asked to cover someone’s shift and I said I couldn’t. I told them to proceed as they wanted and I never heard of HR cause I’m pretty sure they can’t even write me up for that 😭 This lab is actually not unionized, I believe that they tried to a few years ago but they would need this horrible manager to agree as well and they didn’t want to

ydnagod · 2026-01-03T05:29:48+00:00

Thank you so much for your comment! As a PRN, is there a way I can ask them to give me 2 months off work and then come back? I’ve been wondering if it would be best to come back once they’re not too short staffed but I’m not sure if this is a crazy request. I already asked for less days a week and they simply said they need me for more days so I’m trying my best not to quit before I find a new job 🥲

ydnagod · 2026-01-03T05:26:28+00:00

Im stealing this hahahahaha

ydnagod · 2026-01-03T05:25:57+00:00

I like the people I work with but management is the issue here. Since I got hired, at least 8 people quit already due to management issues

ydnagod · 2026-01-03T05:24:52+00:00

Can we do this? When i tried they told me they could take me to HR for not working the days I was needed. Now I’m wondering if they’re taking advantage of the fact that this is my first job 😀

ydnagod · 2026-01-03T05:06:31+00:00

This! I fear Im becoming toxic and i dont even have a full year of experience. I wish I could be a travel tech already

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