The Graduate

Career Panelist Questions 1. What are the common roles/job positions that you see Health/Biomedical Informatics graduates attaining? What recommendation do you have for last semester graduates, more specifically, how can they traverse into the industry? 2. Are there are any top three to five skills that are a commodity in the informatics realm? 3. What advice do you have for a graduate interviewing for a technically inclined role? 4. What technical skills do you see as wanted by an employer in…

taught lessons outside of the curriculum for their major as well about the value of Mercy Heritage. It is because of the Mercy Heritage that I have deeply changed within these past year here at Gwynedd Mercy, and as I graduate in three years, I will be a distinctive Mercy graduate. Overall, being a distinctive Mercy…

are to improve the quality of care and retain new nurses while developing their role as a professional nurse. The program is aimed to boost new graduate confidence by help them understand the system and learn the environment before they threw them on the floor alone. According to National Council of State Boards of Nursing More than 40% of new graduate nurses report making medication errors, and 50% said they would not recognize life-threatening complications that require intervention. The…

career or going to graduate school. All these decisions and money “well invested” makes people wonder, if any of it was worth it. The cost of a college education effects the outcome of student-loan debts and prospective job opportunities. As many have heard before, “Be the change you want to see in the world” (Gandhi). Every school quotes this, but as I remember correctly Gandhi was never specific about relating to school or a higher education. He meant to…

college is the gateway to the middle class. “University graduates aged twenty-four to thirty-five who are working full time earn about seventeen thousand dollars more annually than their peers who have only a high school diploma, according to the Pew Research Centre (The Economist).” I do believe that college is a worthwhile investment not only for you but for your family as well. PayScale is study firm that has gathered information on the graduates of more than nine hundred universities and…

A significant problem for many hospitals is the high rate of turnover for first year graduate nurses. According to Hillman and Foster, the lowest retention rates are those of graduate nurses. Several factors contribute to this number, from a lack of applied knowledge by the graduate nurse to a lack of support from senior staff. Having a high turnover rate, especially for first years, is typically anything but cost effective. Several hospitals around the country have begun implementing nurse…

Education Graduation. This graduation is for students who received their General Education Diploma. We prepared music for about a month and then we performed it at the ceremony. The ceremony was quite small and there were few graduates however, I felt our impact on the graduates and the graduate’s impact on me was immense. These people had to overcome obstacles that the majority of people don’t have to face. These people, either by choice or by circumstances that were out of their control, were…

businesses look for college educated people to hire that have a degree that meets requirements the business searches for. All high school graduates should attend college for at least a two year degree because there are better job opportunities for those who graduate from college and there is a way for every person to pay the costs of college. Although high school graduates are able to get a job, citizens with…

about the value of college, and explains, “What is not in doubt is that the cost of university per student has risen by almost five times the rate of inflation since 1983, and graduate salaries have been flat for much of the past decade”. In other words, students are having trouble finding high paying jobs once they graduate to pay back that debt. It is no wonder why young people are thinking twice about going to…

you up to make more money, and gives you better job opportunities. First of all, a college education sets you up to make more money. As stated in “New School Year, Old Story on average a college graduate makes $415 more per week than a highschool graduate. According to “Five Ways Ed Pays”, a college graduate earns an average of 63% more in hourly wages than someone with an highschool diploma. They also make $22,000 more per year than a…