danh3190

danh3190

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  1. New Grad Question

    danh3190 replied to tigerlily44's topic in General Nursing

    The HR folks at our hospital are used to having students interview before graduation. When I sent in my acceptance, the HR people automatically set my start date one month after graduation. They...

  2. Anyone Starting At UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing?

    danh3190 replied to ChristineN's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I wonder if they would be able to arrange for you to take the test in Washington somehow. I'd probably ask the question

  3. Anyone Starting At UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing?

    danh3190 replied to ChristineN's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Depends on the school. Shadyside does allow you to use a calculator. Sewickley did not allow them (2 years

  4. Anyone Starting At UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing?

    danh3190 replied to ChristineN's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Once you start clinicals you'll need a stethescope. That won't be till January. I think we needed a cheap penlight too. No need for a BP cuff. Dress was casual. I found the classrooms to be cold...

  5. What nursing school did everyone attend?

    danh3190 replied to SoontobeAdrienneRN's topic in General Nursing

    I just graduated from Shadyside Hospital School of Nursing in Pittsburgh. They're now associated with Chatham College. I was very satisfied with my training

  6. Anyone Starting At UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing?

    danh3190 replied to ChristineN's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    A lot of people carried backpacks. A couple had a rolling bag. One of my classmates used notebook computer during the A&P and Micro courses, but I didn't see him using it afterwards. I doubt...

  7. Anyone Starting At UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing?

    danh3190 replied to ChristineN's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I'm looking at my schedule from my 1st semester in 2006. Seems like a million years ago now. In the 1st two semesters you take the Nursing 100 courses and Micro and A&P. In the 1st 16 week...

  8. Flu clinics

    danh3190 replied to NightOwl06's topic in General Nursing

    I did get a blood flashback one time giving flu

  9. Job change after failing

    danh3190 replied to emilysmom,RN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I'm really sorry you failed, but it's great that your manager likes you and wants to keep

  10. I just purchased KAPLAN

    danh3190 replied to sweetmya's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    We had to take Kaplan as part of our cousework in the last semester of school. I like its layout and it has a lot of tricky/difficult questions. I've been using NCLEX 3500 too. A nice review but...

  11. Same question 3 times on NCLEX

    danh3190 replied to pupnurse's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Maybe that was one of the test questions. In our Kaplan class they said that 15 out of every 75 questions don't count; they're just new questions that are being tested

  12. Need help from an experienced Grad on Ethical Dilemma

    danh3190 replied to mlee9985's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I chose my topic by looking at the health news on Yahoo regularly. I paid attention to the articles that made me angry. What I ended up writing about was mandatory

  13. Average KAPLAN scores and passed NCLEX

    danh3190 replied to angelina02_21's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Thanks for the encouraging info. I guess I'll schedule the NCLEX as soon as I can when I get my Authorization to Test. I get decent Kaplan scores, but I really feel like I'm guessing at least half...

  14. Did taking Latin help you in becoming a nurse?

    danh3190 replied to sam3992's topic in General Students

    I took Latin all 4 years of high school almost 40 years ago:eek:. Although I can't think of a specific way it helped me in nursing school, as above posters have said, it's helped me throughout my life...

  15. Does it really take 8 years to become a NURSE??

    danh3190 replied to MK6babies's topic in Nursing Career

    In the Pittsburgh region we have a number of diploma programs, a few Associates programs, and a number of BSN programs. When I looked into nursing the ASN programs had prereqs and it would have taken...

  16. Careplans in Nursing School?

    danh3190 replied to NurseWannabe1129's topic in General Students

    I thought care plans were useful for the first rotation or two to drum the idea of nursing diagnosis into my head. After that I'd gotten the hang of it so could knock them out pretty fast and they...

  17. What are clinicals all about????

    danh3190 replied to BucklandRN's topic in General Students

    Some people find clinical easy and classroom hard and others are exactly the opposite. Personally I always found clinical to be difficult. That said, it wasn't that bad. We had good clinical...

  18. Are these procedures so bad?

    danh3190 replied to shelikesmorningglori's topic in General Nursing

    I never saw a bone marrow aspiration in nursing school. In L&D they were putting in a lot of spinal catheters for anesthetic, but because I was busy keeping the patient positioned properly I...

  19. Any older people in pre-nursing?

    danh3190 replied to Dancinagain's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Just graduated a 2 year RN program at 56 y/o. For some reason the program admitted a bunch of 45+ students my year so didn't feel at all odd. We pretty much all graduated, and we were all A & B...

  20. Possibility of EMT after nursing??

    danh3190 replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

    As a brand new graduate nurse and a longtime paramedic, I was just looking at the requirements for the PHRN in PA. As I understand them you take an EMT class then you take the national registry...

  21. I'm in at Shadyside!!!!!!!

    danh3190 replied to mommyjskns's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    don't let people scare you! i thought micro was a blast. besides you'll find that which class is easy and which is hard usually depends on the individual. congrats on your admission from a june '08...

  22. Essay for UPMC Shadyside application process

    danh3190 replied to finallyfound10's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I didn't know about the Philosophy statement when I wrote my essay. I just wrote about why I want to be a nurse, why I'm applying so late in life, and I think I put something in there about liking...

  23. Anyone Starting At UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing?

    danh3190 replied to ChristineN's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    That would be surprising in that Shadyside has all the students they can handle, so all they would get from the loss of Mercy would be a longer waiting list and the opportunity to use Mercy for...

  24. UPMC Shadyside

    danh3190 replied to kel3678's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Welcome to Shadyside. Only 2 weeks till graduation and I'll miss it. It was a lot of work but nice people and a lot of fun. Hope you enjoy it as much as I

  25. Move to Pittsburgh?

    danh3190 replied to hpcat's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I moved to Pittsburgh from Chicago to go to school in the 70s. What I loved about Pittsburgh was the trees, hills, flowers, wildlife. I also liked that it was a small city so I could get out of town...