OneDayAttaTime BSN, RN

Same boat here. Graduated with my BSN December 2011 and have been working in peds oncology since I passed my boards. Want to go back for my masters but have no interest in NP. Was thinking maybe a pediatric CNS with a focus in onco but am just afraid...

Do you remember the interviewers' name? If so, DM me I can probably get the info for you. I work at CHOP...was hired as a new grad ;-)

GO! Yes CHOP is magnet and yes they prefer BSNs but they also knew that you were an ADN candidate from your resume/profile--and that didn't stop them from inviting you!! CHOP gets a gillion applications every day and some people never get to set foot...

I took the HESI exit exam this past Tuesday. I think the hardest part of it is that it's LONG...it's 160 questions--by about 80 I was starting to get crosseyed. The questions are sorta random, and a lot of the diseases/disorders we hadn't covered unt...

15 more days (and only 5 more days of class). Can't believe when I first started counting it was 706 days...

The six month full time/temp positions seems to be what CHOP is moving to as far as new grads now. Few units here hire new grads anyway (though the NICU is one of them) and I guess this is at least a way for you to get some experience as many manager...

Not that I've ever seen/heard of--they're usually dayshift 7a-330p or 7a-7p depending on what rotation it is.

I had a 4.0 GPA going in (CCP) and due to a computer glitch, my groups scores were never calculated so I don't know what I got on the NLN (the whole system went down or something and we didn't even get to finish the exam). I say apply anyway--no one ...

I would have to agree with chuckster--I work at a Philadelphia hospital now and with this area being so saturated with nursing schools anyway, employers can have their pick of the litter. They're all after (or trying to maintain) magnet status as wel...

Hey there, I am in a similar boat--I am a December 2011/January 2012 grad--BUT, I already live here in Philly. I also already work in a hospital here. With that said, I've gotten mixed signals as to when to actually apply. One of the charge nurses on...

CCP is a day nursing program--their latest nursing class is like 3-5pm. Though they do say that due to site availability your clinical may be on an evening and/or weekend--that is not the norm. I took my prereqs at CCP but am now in the evening/weeke...

Once you're in the nursing program at La Salle you need a 75 to pass--74 and below is failing. And yes, I think their minimum GPA is a 3.0 for admission. Apply, I say. If you're concerned about the GPA piece (and they look at more that just your GPA...

Clinicals probably start around the second week(end) of September. You guys will be in the lab for the first few clinicals to do check-offs before you actually go to your site, but you still need to wear the full uniform for lab.

The pants are like sandpaper lol. That sucks that they won't sell you the patch. I can ask around but like I said, no one wears that thing (labcoat) anymore so I'm not sure who still has theirs handy (mine is long gone). And next week is our last wee...

Hi there, Supposedly, it is mandatory to use the vendor. Depending on how scrutinizing your clinical instructor is, they will send you home for being out of uniform (if they can even tell)--and then you'll have to make up a clinical. But eventually (...

Sorry phillygrl, just saw this. You probably have all this info by now but just in case... Clinical uniforms are navy blue. Currently we wear navy blue scrub pants and navy blue polo shirts. There's also a white labcoat that I never wore a day past F...

They will actually register you for your first semester. As far as books you can either go to to bookstore or look them up online by course number (you'll be taking NUR 304 and NUR 307), but honestly I doubt if they're posted this early. Clearances w...

Contact the School of Nursing and Health Sciences Admission Counselor, Cara Schiavo, at (215)-951-1308 or by email at [email protected]

Congrats! :hpygrp:

A lot of students buy used books (me myself personally buy brand new from Amazon which is usually about the same price). Or, you can always hook up with someone who's a couple semesters ahead of you and borrow theirs--the books usually don't change t...

It is what you make of it--some people do really well and others not so much. Even though it's technically part-time it doesn't feel like it. Plus most of us have jobs, kids, etc. It's absolutely doable, but it's hard work. I get federal financial ai...

You actually do not need to already have a bachelor's degree in order to apply for the ACHIEVE program (I don't).

hope that helps! la salle achieve student, december 2011

I would have to agree. I work full-time and have lectures at night and clinicals on the weekend. I also have 3 kids (4 if you count my husband), so it is HELLA hard. Nursing school is tough but you create amazing bonds with other students "going thr...

You get out of it what you put into it. Pharm is definitely no cakewalk. You have to read and you have to work hard--but it's doable. We did lose about 7 students after pharm this summer...