the 100% directionless thread

katgrl2003 said:
I drove from Indianapolis to Jacksonville Florida a few years ago. I thought Georgia was never gonna end!
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Try driving across Montana...you're going to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner in three different cities. :rofl:
 
adamjh3 said:
Engh. I've gotten one out of about a dozen IV attempts and managed to get actually yelled at by a nurse. Like raised voice anger yell, not scolded.
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Dude, don't stress about it. It's your first shift, it's going to take some getting used to. Btw, where are you doing clinicals?
 
ffemt8978 said:
Try driving across Montana...you're going to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner in three different cities. :rofl:
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Not if you break down. :rolleyes:


Same with Pennsylvania and Michigan.
 
Texas. That is all.
 
If your going thru Cali you are going to want to make plenty of stops seeming how we are the best state. Just don't call 911 because our EMS sucks here :rofl:
 
Rocketmedic40 said:
Texas. That is all.
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If I start in Brownsville headed towards Chicago something like half the distance covered is in Texas.

That said...Alaska had us beat, but you don't have to worry about driving in most of the that state.
 
Chase said:
Ya that is what I was thinking. I need a 40th percentile on the GRE or 25 on the MCAT

I can do only the first year and get a Post-Bacc certificate in A&P or complete the full two years and get a M.S. in Anatomical sciences.
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Sounds like a cool program! I'd wager you could get a 40th percentile on the GRE with less studying (even no studying) compared to the MCAT. Granted, the MCAT has orgo on it...which is beyond me, I gotta say.


All this driving talk makes me want to get a new car...
 
Anybody here work a 2 day, 2 night roster?

Sucks don't it?

Never enough time between day shifts and that whole finish end of day 2 and not start until 24 hours later is just too long, then you lose half of first day off sleeping from the night before and have to be back in bed early for the start of the day shift again ...

Well ... back to trying to sleep so I can work tomorrow night ....
 
usalsfyre said:
If I start in Brownsville headed towards Chicago something like half the distance covered is in Texas.

That said...Alaska had us beat, but you don't have to worry about driving in most of the that state.
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Yep.

I have new Land Cruiser friends that are from Southern California. Half of their drive back home is in Texas.
 
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Clare said:
Anybody here work a 2 day, 2 night roster?

Sucks don't it?

Never enough time between day shifts and that whole finish end of day 2 and not start until 24 hours later is just too long, then you lose half of first day off sleeping from the night before and have to be back in bed early for the start of the day shift again ...

Well ... back to trying to sleep so I can work tomorrow night ....
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One of the services I rotated through had their teams cycle through shifts in the following manner. 8am-8pm day shift, 8am to noon/1pm rounds shift (see patients, go home), then either 2 swing shifts (10am-11pm) or 2 nights (8pm to 8am) followed by a day off. I'd rather do another month of 5am to 6pm surgery with 4 30+ hour call days than that abortion of a schedule.
 
Addrobo said:
Dude, don't stress about it. It's your first shift, it's going to take some getting used to. Btw, where are you doing clinicals?
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Thanks, man. It got a bit better the second half of the shift after I learned which nurses will teach and which nurses view students as free labor.

I'm at Hemet Valley. I ran into one of you from Riverside's class 21, it was his last day but he definitely helped me find my feet, haha
 
Chase said:
Once you get your bachelors you start getting an itch for a masters and it turns into a never ending cycle haha I can't believe I am actually considering going back after being in school for 4+ years.

On a side note, I have to take the GRE or the MCAT for admission. I am assuming I should go with the GRE?
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I went backwards. First I got my bachelors, then my associates, and then a certificate. And now I'm going after jobs that you only need a high school diploma or GED to get... This economy sucks.
 
This is me today, trying to print my paper about Vegal Nerve Stimulation implants..

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSK1D3bZhRs[/YOUTUBE]

*f-bomb or two, but they're spoken with a British accent, so it doesn't sound as vulgar*
 
Anyone have any podcast suggestions? I've got a two hour drive on either side of my clinicals and Caustic Soda, the Adam Carolla Show, and the Skeptics Guide to the Universe can only get me so far
 
fast65 said:
Once again, another slow day that allows me to explore more ways to spend money.

So far this morning I've looked at getting new exhaust, coilovers, a new Sig Sauer...or a new STi. Why?
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There's always going the flashy route and getting a gold plated 1911 or Deagle.
 
EpiEMS said:
It's a funny thing for us East Coasters to think that an in-state trip could take that long! Heck, I can get from Boston to DC in less time than that
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Sounds about right. I've done Boston-NYC-Boston in 10:20(5 flat going there, then 5:20 heading back), but that's because I got caught behind a fender bender on the pike ( 90). My ex took a bus from Logan to NYC to take the NYFD test. I told her I couldn't get work off to go with her for vacation. I high tail I to the city, rent a limo for the night, and I surprise her in the limo with champagne and roses. That relationship was fun while it lasted.....
 
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Feel like I am going to have to relearn everything medically related.

Its been 2 months and my mind is just so offset right now that I think I would be half lost on an ambulance :wacko:
 
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