Careers & Employment - December 2007

What is the legal status on cutting out the agency. Could you apply for a job go for the interview then a week later contact the comapny directly and offer services for a cheaper rate? Is there a legal point or is it just going the really upset the agencies and make you enemies?

2007-12-17 07:50:49 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Legal

2007-12-17 07:09:22 · 1 answers · asked by Marie Q 2 in Government & Non-Profit

I know some jobs you get medical cover included, but how much is a medical cover policy if you are not provided cover through your job? Also, how much is a trip to the docs, day in hospital etc. I know it will vary, but just interested to know really! thanks

2007-12-17 07:06:39 · 12 answers · asked by curlyk8 3 in Health Care

I have been thinking about different careers I want to do. I am interested in the medical field but not so much with dealing with the inside of the body. (no guts! somewhat weak stomach!) And I panic too easily to be a nurse. I am terrible at math and I have never taken Anatomy or Chemistry so I don't know if I am good or not. Does an Radiology Technician require a lot of science and math? Please help by suggesting more careers as well.

2007-12-17 05:15:26 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health Care

I did an interview about almost two weeks ago. The company told me that they would call me back and let me know. Therefore after it has been a week, I emailed and left the voice message. The company havent called me back. I first thought they were ignoring me. I least wanted the answer whether I would get hired or not. Later I called them again and the customer service representative told me that they were rearranging the office, cleaning up so they would call me back by monday(today) or so.. Do you think I would get hired if they said they would call me back by today or so? They should of told me at least that I did not get in if I wasnt getting hired right if I emailed them and left them voice message? if the customer respresentative told me that the company would call me back on their decision, will I get hired most likely after they clean up, rearrage the desk? what do you think? based on my circumstances?

2007-12-17 05:00:20 · 7 answers · asked by rondorondo 1 in Administrative and Office Support

What job has the most freedom to do what you want? For example, I am at work, but I don't feel like working today. I feel like taking my kids to the zoo. My friend asked me if I want to go to Aspen and ski this week and I get up and go. At the same time I am making at least six figures. What is the highest paying job, having a graduate degree (it would help to specifiy the degree if you know), with the most freedom?

Thank you.

2007-12-17 03:40:54 · 2 answers · asked by View 1 in Other - Careers & Employment

What jobs pay the most, but you work the least? Please don't respond with sales, I prefer a response that requires an education - at least graduate. Thank you...

2007-12-17 02:13:06 · 6 answers · asked by View 1 in Other - Careers & Employment

The entire office is shutting down for vacation (manditory) and i have no choice.

I will not be paid for that manditory vacation time even if i am salaired .

Is this fair...this will severly affect me. is there anything that i can do?

It is a small business and things like this have ahppened before. For instance...she does not pay overtime, but applie this to "comp" or personal time?

2007-12-17 01:31:32 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Careers & Employment

Ive been offered a job in Dubai by the Zafirah Language Institute...with out hardly any info from me they hired me..and apparently they got my resume from a place called Global Recruiters...also looks to be a scam..is this a scam? Does anyone know????

2007-12-17 00:53:38 · 11 answers · asked by ponniefloyd 2 in Other - Careers & Employment

I had a job interview on Friday 7th Dec. I thought it went really well. I was told I'd hopefully find out if I got it by the end of the following week - which I assumed would be last Thursday or Friday. I still haven't heard anything. Be honest - at this stage should I just assume I'm awaiting a rejection letter?

2007-12-16 23:05:37 · 20 answers · asked by stargirl_laura 3 in Other - Careers & Employment

2007-12-16 22:29:11 · 7 answers · asked by **AmY** 2 in Health Care

Starting today I need to get a job for the winter break. My break is especially long from today, the 17, to Feb 5 because I have transferred schools and cannot go during the winter term. Any ideas of places or types of jobs that would be hiring now??

2007-12-16 18:03:58 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Careers & Employment

Hello,
Is it common for a guy to be an anesthesiologist? I notice more females than males. Just wonderin. How to you become an anesthesiologist?
Thanks!
-Matt

2007-12-16 17:53:26 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health Care

I was offered a job @ MADD and i'm just wondering what kind of salary I can expect
thanks for any help

2007-12-16 17:11:38 · 3 answers · asked by Gahhhhhh 3 in Other - Careers & Employment

In Los Angeles area or just tell me approximation.


Is she almost close to being a doctor short the Ph.d?

2007-12-16 16:16:50 · 0 answers · asked by DREENA 2 in Health Care

I have very little office exp. just what I have picked up over the years from school and on-line. My last job was working in a package store for 2yrs. and for the last couple months(9) Ive just been going to college studing the basics. Also what can I put on my resume that they look for. -besides the basic works well with others?

2007-12-16 16:12:04 · 2 answers · asked by briggsl2003 1 in Other - Careers & Employment

I already passed the NCLEX and have a CA permanent license. Right now I'm trying to pass the IELTS test.

2007-12-16 16:04:15 · 1 answers · asked by PrincessP 3 in Health Care

For army reserves, can they put me through nursing RN program? How long does it take? Do you have possibility of staying stateside while in school? or maybe get shipped overseas while still training? Any other ideas besides Army Reserves if you miss GPA 3.0 for sciences (have 2.7) to do it through secular school?

2007-12-16 15:46:23 · 5 answers · asked by irene g 1 in Health Care

I want to go to college for a job. I don't know what college or what job. I would really like a job that is outdoors, is potentially dangerous (for the thrill) and never involves an office.

2007-12-16 14:49:37 · 4 answers · asked by Shrooms 1 in Other - Careers & Employment

I just posted a question asking if you need a degree to work as an x-ray tech,but forgot to ask how much do they make? ive heard they can make pretty good money but what do they usually start out at (around)? also is there opportunity for decent raises after youve worked as one for a while?

2007-12-16 14:44:20 · 1 answers · asked by As You Wish 4 in Other - Careers & Employment

I am 36 with a Masters degree in Computer Science and Post graduate diploma in business administration. I have been a software developer for almost 15 years and do not enjoy it any more. I would like to become an Investment banker (I do not have the knowledge) or an Equity research associate. I do not know how to make this career change. I am smart and always worked hard. One of the software I developed runs in over 100 banks.

Any one with some ideas please guide me. I would not mind going into the IT department of a company where I can learn investment banking or equity research. Thanks.

2007-12-16 14:29:52 · 3 answers · asked by KB 2 in Technology

well I have a couple of questions about the nursing field in general since I am thinking about becoming an Rn and then working part time as an Rn while going to school to become a LPN so heres my questions. I enjoy working with people and I am interested in the medical field.
1. What exactly are an Rns duties?
2. It generally takes 2 years of schooling to become an Rn right?
3. On average how much do Rns make in your state (please include which state you are from)
4. Is it a good idea to work part time as a Rn while going to school to become a LPN for experience?
5. How much do LPNs make in your state?
6. What duties does an LPN have?

I do have a bit of a problem. I am a junior in high school right now and next year I'll be moving to Saudi Arabia because of my Dads job so I will be coming back after I graduate from high school. I need recommendations for nursing schools (affordable please) and what states they are in and if it would be easy to find a roomate or a couple of roomates

2007-12-16 14:23:42 · 3 answers · asked by thedtbmister 3 in Health Care

As bad as this sounds,i want to be able to work and have a decent job one day but dont want to deal with college anymore.

I went for 2 years and just absolutely hate school.i have no problems working,i really enjoy working,and im a quick learner at almost any job.i am intrested in working as an x-ray technician...can i be trained to work as one or do i need a degree first?is there some kind of entry level job i can do first to work my way up?

2007-12-16 14:21:32 · 6 answers · asked by As You Wish 4 in Other - Careers & Employment

I am looking into going for a small career such as an Operation Room Specialist, what exactly is the function of an ORS? Is it a stressful job? I was just wondering....I know I want to study something in the medical field, Im just not sure what in the medical field I want to go for. Thank you for your answers!!! God Bless!

2007-12-16 13:56:03 · 1 answers · asked by Juliet 2 in Health Care

The financial model's best-case scenario demonstrated savings of up to $13 million
DES PLAINES, Ill.- Hospitals, even those with small intensive care units (ICU), would save money by implementing the intensive care unit (ICU) physician staffing standard, according to an article in the June issue of Critical Care Medicine.
"Using conservative cost estimates, annualized savings available to hospitals with small, six bed ICU are $500,000, a 12 bed ICU $2 million and an 18 bed ICU $3 million," said lead author Peter J. Pronovost, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care, surgery, health policy and management, as well as medical director of the Center for Innovations in Quality Patient Care at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore. The figures include the salaries of the ICU physicians, or intensivists.

Intensivists are board certified in a medical specialty such as surgery, internal medicine, pediatrics, or anesthesiology, and have received special training and subspecialty certification in critical care. They are dedicated to the ICU and remain on the unit for the duration of their assigned coverage.

The Leapfrog Group's intensive care unit physician staffing standard requires ICUs to have a dedicated intensivist present in the ICU at all times during the day and immediately available at night by pager. A physician must be in the hospital and able to reach ICU patients immediately.

Several large U.S. healthcare purchasers formed The Leapfrog Group to initiate breakthroughs in patient safety and to improve the overall value of healthcare to U.S. consumers.

The researchers used published data combined with conservative assumptions to create financial models of cost and savings for 6-, 12-, and 18-bed intensive care units staffed under this ICU physician staffing standard.

The authors found that annual cost savings would range from $510,000 to $3.3 million for 6- to 18-bed ICUs. A best-case scenario demonstrated an annual savings of $4.2 to $13 million. Under the worst-case scenario, there was a net cost of $890,000 to $1.3 million.

Implementation of dedicated intensivist staffing in non-rural American adult intensive care units is estimated to save 162,000 lives annually. Nonetheless, there has been little organized effort to implement intensivist staffing in the United States. A targeted survey of hospitals revealed that dedicated intensivist staffing is currently employed in only 10 percent - 20 percent of U.S. ICUs. This and other failures to translate clinical research into actual practice have resulted in preventable illness and death and may have shortened life expectancy in the U.S., according to the investigators.

"In addition to reducing costs, intensivist staffing has repeatedly proven to be one of the most effective critical care interventions," said Dr. Pronovost. "It reduces hospital mortality by 30 percent."

Three main barriers to implementing the intensivist model exist. The first obstacle is financial because of the hesitancy of hospital management to assume intensivists' salaries. A second concern is upsetting medical staff and the final barrier is a presumed shortage of intensivists.

Dr. Pronovost does not entirely accept these impediments. "Our research has shown that financial concerns can be eliminated," he said. "Hospital leadership can overcome the political barrier by practicing patient-centered rather than provider-centered leadership. Given the clinician and economic benefits of intensivist staffing, hospital leaders should ensure the patients in their ICUs receive the life saving intervention available through appropriate intensivist staffing. While there is an intensivist shortage, the magnitude of this shortage is unknown. Estimates of the shortage are based on current ICU staffing models rather than an intensivist model. I have seen several hospitals implement an intensivist model without hiring new intensivists by simply integrating existing physician groups."

"Hospitals need to ensure that critically ill patients have access to this life saving intervention. To realize these benefits, ICU must be appropriately staffed with intensivists," Dr. Pronovost concluded.

In 1998, several large U.S. healthcare purchasers formed The Leapfrog Group to initiate breakthroughs in patient safety and to improve the overall value of healthcare to consumers. The Leapfrog Group has grown to include more than 34 million employees from more than 105 major U.S. corporations, representing in excess of $59 billion in annual healthcare expenditures. Using this financial influence, The Leapfrog Group seeks to create a business case for improved quality in healthcare by rewarding high-quality providers with preferential use and by helping employees make more informed hospital choices based on indicators of high-quality care.

"The Society for Critical Care Medicine has advocated for intensivist-led, multi-disciplinary critical care for the past 30 years," said Joseph E. Parrillo, M.D., editor-in-chief of Critical Care Medicine. "The research supporting our position continues to grow."


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Critical Care Medicine is the official journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine. It is the premier peer-reviewed, scientific publication in critical care medicine. Each issue presents critical care practitioners with clinical breakthroughs that lead to better patient care, the latest news on promising research, and advances in equipment and techniques.

2007-12-16 13:46:42 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health Care

2007-12-16 13:30:08 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Careers & Employment

how can I do this plz help

2007-12-16 13:11:48 · 4 answers · asked by john 3 in Other - Careers & Employment

I'm a first-semester junior at Clemson. I have a good GPA (3.74, I've been on the Dean's List each semester) and I'm currently undergoing a class to get my CPR/Fist Aid cert. I want to be a Physicians Assistant and I need a lot of med exp. I searched constantly last summer for an internship, job, shadow, or anything. I never found anything - my doc was unwilling to let me shadow and I know no one in the field. I applied to several hospitals - the problem is that they have online apps and I never even got a phone call. I called these hospitals to contact a manager, they referred me to the online application. I was considering working to be a CNA this summer - 3 weeks of training, and the remainder of the break for working. But I fear no one will hire me to work around school-summers and breaks. Apparently orderlies don't exist anymore. Is there another direct-patient care job I could have? It doesn't need to pay - I have loans. In addition, does anyone know of any in Charlotte, NC?

2007-12-16 13:08:19 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health Care

or which jobs in the medical field require the least amount of social skills

2007-12-16 12:57:11 · 6 answers · asked by Me Encanta Espanol 4 in Health Care

Let's say you are applying for a job at a resturant or retail store, are filling out the application nealty and with correct spelling. On the application, one the the questions are, "Why would you like to work for this company?"

If you write, "I am in desprit need of a job and a source of income, and would also love to become a team member." Would writing that on an application turn off the employer from interviewing/hiring that job applicant?

2007-12-16 12:26:19 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Careers & Employment