95 year old Dementia patient tasered by Police in NSW
Limited details at the moment, but what's your general take on this?
Allegedly she grabbed a serated edge knife from the kitchen, staff and Police were unable to disarm her, a taser shot was fired, the woman in question is now in hospital receiving end of life care.
95-Year-Old Grandmother With Dementia Tasered At Nursing Home In New South Wales - Network Ten
NSW Police are treating the tasering of a 95-year-old grandmother with dementia by one of its officers with the "utmost seriousness".
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Source: Student Doctor Network - May 19, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Ceke2002 Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: forums
Got terminated from my job as a respiratory therapist. How should I go about applying to medical school after this?
Context: I worked in the NICU as an RT. As a black male in a unit mostly comprised of Caucasian females, I know to always be on my best behavior. After 2 years of being professional, compassionate, and respectful to every person I interacted with, I eventually gave them a reason to fire me. HR launched an investigation due to a nurse filing a complaint about me. It was related to a conversation that we had almost a month ago to this date. It was during a time when I was in a rough patch w my...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - May 19, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Yogafire69 Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
Rochester vs. UCF
Rochester (COA $90,000, but believe the real cost is significantly higher due to low allocation for housing)
Pros
- Hospital and Medical School are connected
- Pass/Fail preclinical with internal quartiles
- Nature, State Parks, and more nearby
- Close to Toronto (have extended family there)
- Established name recognition, the highest rank (I was accepted at)
- Good class size, 100 students
- Exposure to students in other departments, nursing, pharm, etc
- Pathway program in Medical...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - May 18, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: DifficultChoice Tags: Help Me Decide: X vs Y Medical School Source Type: forums
Wamc 3.73 514 ca orm
c3.73, s3.66
514: cp 129 cars 128 bb 127 ps 130, 88th percentile
CA
White
UCSD biochem (went to cal poly pomona for first two years of undergrad)
Volunteer Clinical: CCE, roughly 275 hours (MME). Rotating through a new department every three months in a hospital doing CNA level tasks, helping nurses with bedside tasks. Got many stories from this
Paid Clinical: Medical Assistant, 1280 hours (began after graduating, took a gap year to do this + mcat) clinical aspects...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - May 18, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: soupkitchens Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
Garbage clearances
In the last month, I have run across a few clearances that are downright ridiculous but I get significant pushback from nursing staff and a few surgeons regarding my concerns. All they seem to hear is "there is a clearance in the chart, let's proceed". This has lead to dicey situations with a few malignant surgeons.
A few that come to mind
90ish year old man for a total shoulder replacement at an ASC. Positive stress test for ischemia. Family doc cleared for surgery noting that that he had...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - May 17, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: TheLoneWolf Tags: Anesthesiology Source Type: forums
Number of proctored surgeries
I finished residency in 2021 and have not done surgeries since due to starting with a nursing home job.
Now at a private practice I applied for privileges at a hospital and they want me to do 45 proctored cases before giving forefoot only privileges. I am ABFAS foot qualified if that makes any difference.
I understand the need to be proctored before giving full privileges but 45 cases to confirm I can do a hammertoe or bunion procedure seems ridiculous.
Is this normal or standard...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - May 16, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: p100 Tags: Podiatric Residents & Physicians Source Type: forums
WAMC/School List: c3.73, s3.66, 514, ORM, EC/service heavy
c3.73, s3.66
514: cp 129 cars 128 bb 127 ps 130, 88th percentile
CA
White
UCSD (went to cal poly pomona for first two years of undergrad)
Volunteer Clinical: CCE, roughly 275 hours (MME). Rotating through a new department every three months in a hospital doing CNA level tasks, helping nurses with bedside tasks. Got many stories from this
Paid Clinical: Medical Assistant, 1280 hours (began after graduating, took a gap year to do this + mcat)...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - May 16, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: soupkitchens Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
Graduate entry medicine
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Source: The Student Room - May 13, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: upomm1 Tags: Medicine Source Type: forums
21 y.o nurse to premed path
Hello everyone,
One of the big reasons I want to become a doctor is because I was diagnosed with UC at the age of 10. The reason I did not pursue medical school sooner is because during the end of high school I was in one of the worst flares of my life and accomplishing anything seemed impossible. Because of this- I gave up my hopes on medical school and commit to nursing in hopes I could still help people as much as my body would allow. I have since been in a much better mental state and...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - May 12, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: hyper Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
WAMC/School List Help.(4.0/515)
I really want to go to schools in CA. What are my chances?
cGPA:4.0
sGPA: 4.0
MCAT: 515
IL Resident
Female, Asian
Clinical Volunteering:
120 hrs Nursing Home
Clinical Employment:
340 hrs Medical Assistant
NonClinical Volunteering:
330 hrs (nursing home, food pantry)
Research:
950 hrs
1 poster presentation
Shadowing:
60 hrs (primary care, pediatrician, hospitalist)
Artistic Endeavors:
340 hrs - university orchestra (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - May 11, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: dorasbackpack Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
Should I go for pharmacy school or nursing school (and then potentially NP)?
So I'm a 23f who graduated with a bachelor in science (Biology major psych minor) in 2021. I was figuring out what I want to do career wise after,,,worked patient care jobs thought I would do PA. However I have a pharmacy school interview coming up (this school which is the one I attended reached out to me after seeing I didn't get in their PA school, I only applied one cycle and gave up) and I thought why not. however nursing is an option for me to do an accelerated program, 16 months and...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - May 8, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: curlygirl1738 Tags: Pre-Pharmacy Source Type: forums
WAMC/School list 4.0 sGPA, 3.97 cGPA, 519 MCAT, no research
Majors: Biology and economics; cGPA: 3.97 sGPA: 4.0
I took the MCAT last week, so I don’t have an official score yet. My last three practice exams were 519/519/520
State of residency: MN
White
Undergrad: UW-Madison
Clinical experience: Nursing assistant (~750 hours), student medical assistant (~250 hours)
Research: None. I spent a lot of undergrad thinking I wanted to go to PA school, so this wasn’t something I made a priority over clinical experience.
Shadowing...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - May 7, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: KDsburneraccount Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
WAMC/School list
cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS - cGPA: 3.83, sGPA 3.83
MCAT score(s) and breakdown - 512 (128, 125, 128, 131)
State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US) - Utah
Ethnicity and/or race - White Male
Undergraduate institution or category - State School
Clinical experience (Paid) - 1250 Hours as a CNA at a nursing home serving an underserved population.
Research experience and productivity - 3500 Hours as Chief Research Assistant, 7...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - May 6, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: rcc12 Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
Path to becoming a psychotherapist
Hi,
I am currently planning my career with the final end goal of becoming a licensed psychotherapist. I'm planning to get my ADN and becoming a registered nurse. Then work for a year, get some experience and do travel nursing. I'm interested in majority of the nursing specialties, but mental health nursing seems the most attractive to me (comparing to other nursing specialties), so I'm probably going to pursue that. After that happens I have a couple choices:
ADN -> BSN -> Masters in Mental...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - May 6, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Headless Stranger Tags: Mental Health and Social Welfare Source Type: forums
Re: Doctors should stand with their nursing colleagues going on strike
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Source: BMJ Comments - May 4, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
