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    Default Why is it so HARD?! Fucking hospitals....

    Right when I feel like I've completely got my shit together, something else has to go wrong. Basically, my university admission package has to consist of the following:

    Proof of Grade 12-->Not only complete, but far exceeded
    Proof of Hep B Vaccination--> Did the bloodwork already to prove I have the antigen
    Typing speed and accuracy assessment----> Already paid for and set up w/local uni
    Criminal Record Check---> Forms sent in/already paid for
    Clinical Practicum site---> FUCKING IMPOSSIBLE

    I can't work dayshift because R works dayshift and somebody has to look after the little one. Also, I'm apparently the first person in Manitoba to take this program so the university (located in British Columbia) doesn't have any local affiliations with labs or hospitals. Meaning, I have to get my own foot in the door. In my head, that sounded simple. There's two teaching hospitals plus six other regular hospitals in this city, which is awesome because I'm limited to doing my practicum on a nightshift or weekend dayshift. All I need is somebody who's cool with me tagging along for a month and then write me a performance evaluation so I can get my diploma and get into my sub-specialty. I really don't expect a steep learning curve for drawing blood and taking vaginal swabs. I mean, really. Not hard. Doesn't require the constant supervision of a college instructor. Do you think I can find a placement on my own? HELL NO.

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    I phoned the Health Sciences Centre (biggest teaching hospital in the province) and talked to the HR assistant. Told her what I wanted, explained patiently that 'no, the university doesn't set up the placement for me', and ended up being transferred to volunteer services. I suppose she equated 'unpaid' to volunteer. Volunteer co-ordinator is blown away that I was transferred to them and feels bad for me, so she compiles a list of phone numbers and asks the opinions of everyone around her. Very nice.

    One of the numbers she gives me is for Canadian Blood Services, which is across the street from them. Sounds pretty good. Transfusion experience is better then no experience. So, CBS secretary transfers me to the college co-ordinator (keep in mind, I'm taking a SIMILAR program to the one offered locally but not so similar that I can make use of their pre-existing placement spots). College co-ordinator says they don't train students but they'll give me a job when I'm done. Lovely.

    THEN she says, call so-and-so at the college, explain what you're taking and see if the Lab Technology program has any open spots. Totally NOT taking Lab Technology, but whatever. It's worth a shot, right? Wrong! I call this new co-ordinator at the college, explain what I'm taking and does she 'know how I could find a practicum placement because I'm about to tear my hair out'? She gives me the phone number of yet another person at Diagnostic Services of Manitoba. Apparently, this newest lady does placements for the local private program that's totally identical to the one I'm taking, just that mine is from a university and way the hell cheaper. Of course, by the time I get her number, it's 5 pm and too late to call her. Boo.

    And this is just one hospital, folks. I still have seven more to try if this doesn't pan out. Honestly, why the hell is it so hard? Why isn't there a direct line for the practicum co-ordinaters at all these places? Every last one of them takes students and I can't be the first person in the world that has to get my own foot in the door.

    I got so desperate today that I emailed my ex. His mom has been a charge nurse and the head of the nurses union at HSC for thirty years and knows EVERYBODY. She's going to put her feelers out for me to see if she can find me a mentor and then get me in on a good-character reference. Let's all hope that her "Kitty is a good guy, you guys should train her, she rocks the cat" has enough pull to get me a practicum.

    Fucking...ugh. I'm so frustrated right now. I knew it would probably not be that easy to get a placement as a free agent, but FUCK.
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    Default Re: Why is it so HARD?! Fucking hospitals....

    sucks. i don't really have any advice other than to hang in there and keep doing your best, but i can understand how bat-shit crazy that would make a person.

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    It's the constant passing-off that burns me the most. I mean, really. Every single hospital takes students, which means every single hospital has an education representative. Why on earth nobody thinks to transfer me to THEM is completely beyond me.
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    Default Re: Why is it so HARD?! Fucking hospitals....

    I also had to place myself, and some of these clusterfuck moments are very familiar.

    Every last one of them takes students and I can't be the first person in the world that has to get my own foot in the door.
    You'd think things would be pre-set, but . . . Are the other students having the same issues? I'm wondering if you could "piggyback" on a friend's contact at a hospital, even if it's only to get a relevant phone number.

    I got so desperate today that I emailed my ex. His mom has been a charge nurse and the head of the nurses union at HSC for thirty years and knows EVERYBODY. She's going to put her feelers out for me to see if she can find me a mentor and then get me in on a good-character reference.
    As I was reading your post, my next question was going to be if you personally knew someone already in any of these systems. Very cool! I hope she can come through with something for you and open some doors.
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    Default Re: Why is it so HARD?! Fucking hospitals....

    What school is it?

    Hospital placements are tough to get out here without being placed within a program...do you need it FOR the program, or is it part of the program? If the latter, you should print up a letter from your school vouching for you, and talk to people in person. If the former...yeah. Nepotism.

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    Yeah, I need to have a certain number of clinical hours to get my diploma. It's a mandatory part of the program. When I phoned to bitch at them about the pre-confirmation of a practicum site, they said they force you to do that because it's your 'research of the job market.' Are you fucking joking me? I can open up the newspaper and see 25 MLA jobs that have been relisted every week for a month because there's nobody to fill them.

    I figure I have an advantage to get a placement though; It's only four weeks, there's not much competition from the other MLA program because it's uber tiny, and I'll be taking it at the end of August while all the other students are still on summer vacation. Hospitals are so short staffed out here that they tend to rely on their students as free labour and probably miss them when they're gone.

    So yeah, I'm praying that exes mom can pull some strings and point me in the right direction. Even having her as a character reference would help.
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