Anyone Starting At UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing?

akb1988 · Dec 5, 2007

Thanks! I submitted my application and all other documents necessary before I even took the test.

danh3190 · Dec 5, 2007

I don't remember how long it took them to send me my letter. When you can't stand it anymore you can call them and ask them when you might hear from them. The current semester ends on 12/14 and the next starts on 1/2. I'm not sure how many people are around between semesters.

Congratulations on the great scores.

mommyjskns · Dec 5, 2007

The spring semester starts February 25, so I think that you will hear relatively soon, as there are things you need to do before you start. I don't think that you have anything to worry about, but I know how you feel as I went through it last spring, waiting to hear if I was accepted for Fall. My semester ends next week, then we start again on January 2. The spring class has time..........like I said, the start date for it is Feb. 25. This should give you ample time to get all of your paperwork and shots taken care of. Good luck!!!!!

akb1988 · Dec 12, 2007

Thanks for the help!!

dorselm · Dec 16, 2007

I really like the school. I just moved on to Nurs203, my first was 202 and I finish the 200's with 201.

My advice so far :

Nurs 100 and 101: these will be 16 wk classes but will go fast. Each wk go home and rewrite your notes and study a little everyday.

Nurs 102 (another 16 wks) will be the first clinical experience. Practice on everyone at home on head-to-assessment. It will help you to become more prepared when you go to clinical and really practice with vitals. Also, this is the course where you will be lectured by every Nursing 102 instructor. There are about seven. Everyone have different styles some lecture really fast and some lecturers are down right boring but they all come with lots of content so notetaking and study skills need to really be good.

Pharm ,(Nurs 103) will be another class taught during the 16 wks above) go home rewrite your notes, use notecards and take them with you whereever you go and study them. The test have a lot of content in them. ALWAYS REMEMBER THE 5 RIGHTS WHEN GIVING MEDS!!!!!!

Nursing 202 (from here on out, 8 wk classes that fly by): these questions are definitely all about critical thinking. Questions like " Your pt presents to the hospital with symptoms of X, Y and Z. What would you do first? Meanwhile, in lecture the information comes at you like, this is diabetes and this is what the symptoms are, this is abnormal and this is how you treat it." So basically, no memorizing, study to retain the info. Know what normal is, and what abnormal is and how to correct it or get it under control.

Best of luck!

pghstudent · Jan 23, 2008

Were any of you waitlisted? That is my biggest fear at this point.

I'm studying to take the test in April, and hoping to get in for the fall term (september 2nd). i think i have plenty of time to get everything ready, i just don't want to be wait listed for a year or two.

mommyjskns · Jan 23, 2008

I don't think they waitlist. I think if you do well on your test, you will get in.

dorselm · Jan 26, 2008

No, I didn't have to wait. I took some prerequisites before taking the entrance exam and it really helped me to pass, especially the Science part. After I passed the exam, basically I was accepted.

dv_platinum · Jan 28, 2008

Hi, my name is Doug. I am studying the PSBRN Prep booklet from Morrison Media LLC so that I can pass the entrance exam for SON. Has anyone heard of this book? I've seen some of you mention "Nursing and Allied Health Entrance Examination". I am shooting to take the test in May so that I can start on Sep. 2nd. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

mommyjskns · Jan 28, 2008

Hi, Doug........the Allied Health Book is an excellent study aid. If you look on the school's website, they list 4 different books to study for this test. The science section is by far the hardest in my opinion. With that being said, I scored in the 94th % on the science and in the 99th % in the other 3 categories and the book I used was the Marion Gooding Allied Health book. Good luck!

Heaven08 · Jan 30, 2008

Hi! My name is Cindy and I plan on taking the PSBRN exam for SHadyside SON in February for admission to the fall program starting in Sept. I have been out of school for awhile and am very nervous about this test.

Can you give me any in sight? I have bought the Nursing School and allied health exam book along with the Barron's HOw to... I have also gone to a few websites and done their practice tests. Is there anything else I could do to prepare?

What makes the science portion so hard? Many threads have commented on that. Thanks in advance for any help you can give:specs:

strider1500 · Jan 30, 2008

What makes the science portion so hard? Many threads have commented on that. Thanks in advance for any help you can give:specs:

Greetings,

I found the science part difficult because the study guide I had, did not cover the same material that was on the test.