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Mrs.NorthmanRN · May 15, 2011

apcn requirements:

- duly accomplished dean's form

- prc license (certified true copy)

- board rating (certified true copy)

- tor (photocopy)

- pna membership card (photocopy)

- letter of intent addressed to:

imelda a. mangaser

deputy director for nursing

submission of requirements: may 25, 2011 from 9am-12nn

-goodluck exam may 30. :eek:

thnx

mod note, tagalog removed as per terms of service of the site. please post only in english

bleuler · May 16, 2011

hello sir bleuler! can you give me some tips about the panel interview?? i'm scheduled this june.. please sir.. :):):)

jaycee16, no need to worry about the panel interview because they will just ask you some personal questions.. like about your family, hobbies, etc.. they will also ask about your job experiences if you have.. also, as far as i know, no one's failing the panel interview because no one failed in our batch and the batches prior to us.. Godbless in your interview.. just relax and enjoy answering their questions.. btw, the interview will be on EOP or english only policy.. just so you know.. c=

aximile · May 17, 2011

moby21. the requirements was posted already by mrsnorthman. strictly 9am to 12nn only at DNET office 2nd flor PGH main building. see u there. Godbless to our exam.^^

moby29 · May 17, 2011

mrs.northman and aximile., thank you for all the information. both of you will be blessed :saint: .,

goodluck

aximile · May 18, 2011

all of us will be blessed. hehe. anyway, do u have any idea how many hours will be our training per day and what will be our shift or if it is okay if we'll going to absent sometimes because im planning to apply also to other hospitals. (haha. funny im assuming that i will be accepted.)

moby29 · May 22, 2011

my friend told me that it is an 8hr duty, 6am-2pm, from monday to friday. and we will be rotated through different wards.,

Ra!nne, RN · May 25, 2011

hi guys! pls share something about your experience when you had your final interview and how long will it take after the final interview for you to be deployed?

jaycee16 · May 25, 2011

jaycee16, no need to worry about the panel interview because they will just ask you some personal questions.. like about your family, hobbies, etc.. they will also ask about your job experiences if you have.. also, as far as i know, no one's failing the panel interview because no one failed in our batch and the batches prior to us.. Godbless in your interview.. just relax and enjoy answering their questions.. btw, the interview will be on EOP or english only policy.. just so you know.. c=

thanks sir! Guess I really have to do my best, hope that everyone would pass. thank you so much for the advice.. :yeah: :yeah:

Mrs.NorthmanRN · May 28, 2011

Hiya! Goodluck to all those who would be taking their APCN tomorrow.

Are you ready? Nervous? I sure am. Let's pray and hope for the best.

Have a great Sunday everyone.

aximile · May 29, 2011

hi mrs.northman. i was so upset last wed because i dont have that certified true copy thing. im so ****** off because i became relaxed and not even wondered what does it mean. therefore i wasn't able to pass my requirements. haha. anyway, there are still next year everything happens for a reason.^^ tomorrow i will going to pass my requirements to UP pahinungod because im really desperate to experience pgh. I'm planning to volunteer there after my OJT in other hospital.

Godbless Moby to your exam.^^

Mrs.NorthmanRN · May 30, 2011

APCN EXAM & whatnots :nurse:

Hi, y'all!

By this time- the last batch of the examinees have taken their exam. I took mine around 8:30. I'd just like to give my two cents about APCN exam so that the future takers would have an idea of what to expect. This forum has been of great help to me and in turn I'd like to do the same.

So... this was the APCN exam that I took.

1. It's a 50 item exam.

2. The time allotted for it was 45 minutes

3. It was 45-item multiple choice and 5-item computation

4. Subjects that were asked: MSN! no MCN, CHN... nada

5. The computation involved dosage calculation. Using calculator was allowed. (I didn't bring one unfortunately... but some did- so... kudos to them for thinking about it ). Anywho... we where given a situation... I think the client has CHF and we were to compute about the correct dose of lanoxin (not sure...) to be given stat, q4, q12, q12 there on after.

(It was simple dosage calculation but it would have save time a bit if you have a calculator. May next time they'll give IV computations. And Lord knows I have an allergic reaction to division... hehe And... uhm... ask the proctors first before you bring them out)

6. ... there was one about Pedia (the question was like... you've found a child who couldn't identify himself... what would you do sorta thing :))

7. How the question were phrased... uhm they where easy to read (Lord knows some NCLEX questions are just migraine inducing that I have to translate them in tagalog just to fully grasp what it was asking). But I found them a bit tricky. That or my 1 year hiatus from all things nursing has finally taken its toll. hehe.

So the questions were fairly straight-forward. Just read them carefully. I believed I was lulled into a false sense of security... hehe that or I'm over analyzing the question again. I'm a bit OC that way. :)

8. Here is an example of a 'who-would-have-thought-they'd-asked-this' question

-Prothrombin is a ______ protein blah blah produced by the _______

a. alpha, liver b. alpha, kidney c. beta, liver d. beta, kidney

-Fi02 on mechanical ventilation...

9. Medical Conditions/ Procedures that were mentioned... CVA, Renal Failure, MI, DI, oh gee... I'm having a hard time wracking my brain... pharmacology (ASA, epinephrine, mannitol), DM, spinal injury, Px on Mechanical Ventilator, ER,...

10. ECG (1)... uhm... an ECG strip was shown and we were asked to identify what type of arrhythmia.

Is it too much info? Sorry if I've over-shared. :lol2: I guess I chatter and drone a bit when I'm anxious.. :eek:

Oh well... hope it helps.

Mrs.NorthmanRN · May 30, 2011

hiya, aximile

The same thing happened to the guy that was behind me during the application. It's **** because he came all the way from Bataan.

Anywho, I'll be passing my requirements too at UP Pahinungod. The admin there told us that it would take a long while to be scheduled for such (probably next quarter... that's what she said) because of the enormous amount of applications that are yet to be processed. We were advised to pass asap and to expect a long wait. Well... unless you're UP alumni.