jamesda

If you work for UPMC, then I think that how you get your CPR card through them depends on where you work. I'm working at a UPMC hospital now, and they offer free CPR classes every month for staff at the hospital and pay them their usual hourly wages for the time that they spend in the class. There's another UPMC facility I know of though (not a hospital) where people have to get CPR certified on their own. I recommend just asking at the facility where you work.

I got my packet today too. Woohoo! I think that from here on out, the timing of mailings and such will depend on which campus/programs people applied too, since Rory and I both happen to be in the Boyce day program. Rory, from what I can tell from the packet, for the clinicals, there is a separate registration form that we haven't received yet where we determine when our clinical day is. It's supposed to be on Mon, Thur, or Fri from 7a-3p. (I got this info from the orange sheet in our packet.) I think that will be determined by lottery too once they figure out what our clinical options are. To those of you with recent questions about CPR certification, the info in my packet says that any previous CPR certifications are considered valid until their expiration date, and then they list different places to get CPR certified (Red Cross, AHA, etc.). It says that it needs to be a Healthcare Provider CPR with AED course. There's additional info about required orientation dates and stuff, but they look like they're very specific to the campus/program that you got accepted into, since all of mine occur at the Boyce program, where I'll be attending. Good luck, folks. It's gonna be an exciting Spring.

Rory, she told me that, yes, transfers between campuses are possible while you are in the program. The main restrictions are that there has to be a spot open at the campus where you want to transfer to and you have to have passing grades in the nursing program at the campus that you are originally at. T_gnan, she doesn't know anything specific about the lpn-to-rn program since she's in the regular rn program. The same goes for my other coworkers. They are guessing that you just have to take less classes than people without an lpn, so overall tuition is cheaper and you won't have to buy books for those other classes that you can skip. They weren't able to give me any specifics though.

Heya guys, So one of my coworkers has already been in the program for a while and she gave me some info that I thought some of you might find useful. She said that before we do our medical exams and drug tests and such, we should just wait until we receive the paperwork in our packets. There will be forms that are supposed to be filled out and signed by the people who perform the tests. There's some online service called castlegate (or something like that) that we will have to pay about $100 to use, and we upload all of our medical clearance documents and stuff to that site and then CCAC accesses them from there. She also said that even if you had some of these tests done this past year, you'll probably still have to get new ones done for the paperwork in the packets since the ccac folks are kinda picky about when all these tests get done. She told me she had a TB test done for her job like 4 months before she entered the program but that she was required to have the test done again for the paperwork in the packet. So: wait until the packet arrives, and then get the tests done when it tells you to do them. Here's some other random stuff she told me. For the first few semesters, a typical schedule will consist of classes/labs on two days per week (with those taking up about five hours on each of those days). And then there's a third day of clinicals, which are usually spent at places like hospitals and nursing homes. In the first semester, clinical day is about 8 hours long, but the total number of weekly clinical hours increases in later semesters. The schedules are posted online already for the nursing classes (except for the clinicals), but we don't register for them the way we are used to. The nursing program uses a lottery system, where they randomly decide the order in which students get to pick their schedules. So people who are lucky enough to choose first will get their top choices for class schedules, and people who have to pick later must choose among whatever spots are left in the schedule. They use a similar system to determine the days/times when we go to clinicals, with some lucky folks getting their top picks, while others have to choose from whatever is not filled already. I think there's an orientation day that we have to attend eventually where all this lottery stuff takes place. Alright, that's all I can think of for now. If you guys have other questions, let me know and I can run them by my coworkers when I see them.

Congratulations!

I was just waiting for more info since I wasn't sure which specific tests they wanted and if they needed to be done at specific testing centers.

Letter arrived today. Boyce day program, here I come!

I didn't receive a letter today

No letter for me today.

My first choice is the Boyce day program (mostly for convenience of location). Second choice is Allegheny night program. I've got hospital coworkers who are already in most of these programs, and from what they've told me we'll be in good shape regardless of which specific program we get into.

I haven't gotten a response yet. I'll put a post on this thread as soon as I get one, whatever the response happens to be.

I sent my request for confirmation to the same e-mail address that we e-mailed our applications to ([email protected]) and I think that Amber was the one who e-mailed me back the next day.

I e-mailed the admissions department yesterday (Friday, 9/8) to confirm that they had all my application materials (I also e-mailed my application) and received a response this morning that they had everything and would mail out their admissions decisions within the next week or two. Good luck!

I can confirm the information in fiskaroo's last post. I sent an e-mail to the admissions department yesterday to confirm that they received all my application materials and I got an e-mail response this morning (Sat, 9/9) from them saying that they have everything and will notify me of their decision within the next week or two.