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1. CCAC Allegheny Evening Fall 2014 Nursing Students

   wmr5 replied to wmr5's topic in Pennsylvania

   See everybody tonight!

2. CCAC Allegheny Evening Fall 2014 Nursing Students

   wmr5 replied to wmr5's topic in Pennsylvania

   My Clinical Requirements link on Certified Profile hasa due date of 7-11-14 for everything other than the drug test. I would assume we need to get the ball rolling now. I am waiting on the physical appointment and the background checks in the mail.

3. CCAC Allegheny Evening Fall 2014 Nursing Students

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   Has anybody began the process of downloading and submitting ALL of the background check forms? I would like to get started now, but I am not entirely sure if they want a completed background check before a particular date?

4. CCAC Allegheny Evening ICU clinical opportunities?

   wmr5 replied to wmr5's topic in Pennsylvania

   Thank you for your time.

5. CCAC Allegheny Evening ICU clinical opportunities?

   wmr5 replied to wmr5's topic in Pennsylvania

   Some clarifications: my contacts from volunteering as an EMT on an ambulance are over 45 minutes away, not possible to capitalize on. My ability to meet other staff and faculty is second nature to me, I do exploit my position to both network and coll...

6. CCAC Allegheny Evening ICU clinical opportunities?

   wmr5 replied to wmr5's topic in Pennsylvania

   Leigh, do you work at a research institution?

7. CCAC Allegheny Evening ICU clinical opportunities?

   wmr5 replied to wmr5's topic in Pennsylvania

   Thank you for your comment, I will explore this option...further.

8. CCAC Allegheny Evening ICU clinical opportunities?

   wmr5 replied to wmr5's topic in Pennsylvania

   This is a very helpful suggestion. Exactly what kind of info I was hoping to get from this site. Now I just have to navigate through the UPMC system, since I am currently a part-time employee as an EMT/Pre Hosptal Provider, to be eligible for these p...

9. CCAC Allegheny Evening ICU clinical opportunities?

   wmr5 replied to wmr5's topic in Pennsylvania

   Thanks for the feedback. Presby ER was the place. I first spoke to the ER attending about volunteering as an ER Tech. He looked at me in my lab coat (I work in a research lab in Scaife and just walked down with a friend who is an Internist attending ...

10. CCAC Allegheny Evening Fall 2014 Nursing Students

    wmr5 replied to wmr5's topic in Pennsylvania

    Hmm, good question. I believe the registration is soley for nursing classes being that acceptance into the program is a prereq and your co-reqs are up to you to fill in along the way. But, I'm not sure that they also want to supervise your current an...

11. CCAC Allegheny Evening ICU clinical opportunities?

    wmr5 replied to wmr5's topic in Pennsylvania

    Ok, just spoke with the liver transplant fellow and he did say that many ICU nurse managers do not like to hear that your reason for becoming an ICU nurse is for the purpose of becoming a CRNA, because, for one it takes the hospital and unit nurses m...

12. CCAC Allegheny Evening ICU clinical opportunities?

    wmr5 replied to wmr5's topic in Pennsylvania

    Hmm, a lottery system...random...I am empathetic for you Mizz1371; and for myself of course. I rarely get what I want in a "lottery" from my experience. I guess I will just have to go with what I get then; being proactive about either an ICU PCT, or...

13. CCAC Allegheny Evening ICU clinical opportunities?

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    Thank you for the information carbon86. I'm also searching for info about any insight into the specific clinical opportunities within the program, do you by any chance know what areas are covered and where they are? Or are they different for each sem...

14. CCAC Allegheny Evening ICU clinical opportunities?

    wmr5 replied to wmr5's topic in Pennsylvania

    Thank you for the information carbon86.

15. CCAC Allegheny Evening ICU clinical opportunities?

    wmr5 posted a topic in Pennsylvania

    Hello everybody. I am currently in the process of enrolling into the CCAC Fall 2014 Allegheny Evening nursing program and I am pro-actively both asking and seeking information about what opportunities are available to acquire clinical experiences in ...