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  1. UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing '09'

    As a current student I can give you this "humble" opinion. Stick with your plans on going to Shadyside. Does the administration suck? Incredibly so. Once your in, it will feel like they are trying to fail out people weekly .... After the first two s...
  2. UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing '09'

    You will do a clinical at children's from my understanding. I am only starting clinicals this week, but I know children's is down the road as we learn more. I have heard nothing of labor stuff, but I know several students are going to McGee. Perha...
  3. UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing '09'

    For anyone starting in August 2010... selling "relationship-based care" book for N101 and Alcamo's 8th edition fundamentals of microbiology w/ Baron's Microbiology the easy way. Accepting first reasonable offer. On campus Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursday...
  4. UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing '09'

    @ shrwanda: I started in the spring carried over from a fall waiting list. There was a long delay in sending out acceptance letters, because they were determining whether they were going to keep it @ 10000 or goto 15000. If you are all ready enrol...
  5. UPMC Shadyside 2010 hopefuls

    I may not be the best to ask. I am on match.com and can't seem to ever write the right thing to score a date LOL..... Anyhow .... IMHO I would not focus on the grades you had at that school. How I would address it is as you stated before; a growt...
  6. UPMC Shadyside 2010 hopefuls

    You may be forced to list it unfortunetly. If there was no indication that you went to the other school then it would be easy to just ignore it. However as you pointed out the application asks for all schools in the past 10 years. I would unfortun...
  7. UPMC Shadyside 2010 hopefuls

    You can't get away from your high school grades. I am starting the program in 2 weeks and graduated H.S. in 1990 and had a B.S. degree allready. I still had to turn in my records for H.S. .... Crazy huh? But anyhow, more importantly, you can avo...
  8. UPMC Shadyside 2010 hopefuls

    Okay all ... I just got my parking squared away. I have been sitting on this knowledge until I could get my account and parking spot locked in. At 5750 Centre Avenue is an alco parking lot. Its 0.3 miles from the school. Took all of 5 minutes to w...
  9. UPMC Shadyside 2010 hopefuls

    Anyone else having trouble finding the Laboratory manual ISBN 00073403571.... I called Mcgraw-Hill and found out that ISBN is for university bookstores/professors. Its a bulk number or something on that line. Anyhow the good news since there are no ...
  10. UPMC Shadyside 2010 hopefuls

    sending you a private message through this website pasunshine. The book is Laboratory Manual for human A&P Mcgraw-Hill and I don't mind at all. will giveyou my email and phone number in the Private message.
  11. UPMC Shadyside 2010 hopefuls

    Oh yea .... BTW ... I am in Session A anyone else wanna chime in on the role call and find out who your classmates will be?
  12. UPMC Shadyside 2010 hopefuls

    Yea seriously I picked up a used AP book for 80 bucks and had the manual ordered for substantially more until it was cancelled .. go figure. Chatum bookstore has been closed since it started snowing. Who knows when and if they will get the manuals in...
  13. UPMC Shadyside 2010 hopefuls

    Does anyone from a previous class have the labortatory manual for human a&P Isbn 0073403571. I had an order in through amazon and it got canceled. Sold out and those were only used copies. I cannot find new anywhere and chatham has not ordered an...
  14. I am starting my RN program March 1st. I just recieved my course list for the first session and it does include a medical terminology book requirement as Nursing 100. So I guess it really depends on what school your going to. My program is 22 mont...
  15. UPMC Shadyside 2010 hopefuls

    Answers..... KBM318: the child abuse clearance is a requirement by the state for employment in a field that has exposure to children. Hence, you only need to do the clearance for Pennsylvania. However the clearance does require you to list every wh...
  16. UPMC Shadyside 2010 hopefuls

    There is little he will get from the information session. All that is discussed is as you quoted from my previous post. Stuff such as classes and books will be given to you later; I am going to assume around January or February. Joanne or Natalie ...
  17. UPMC Shadyside 2010 hopefuls

    The letter I received after a long wait informed me that all seats had been filled for the fall classs. If I was interested in applying for the Spring class, my file would be given priority. To be considered for the Spring class I had to return the...
  18. UPMC Shadyside 2010 hopefuls

    Basic List: ID Badge (you can still get these in December check your packet for dates) (I would post them here but .... I am sure the school doesn't want random people showing up and trying to get one.) Setting up date in February to meet and review ...
  19. UPMC Shadyside 2010 hopefuls

    i do not have the exact date in front of me, but it was before any of the information sessions. i just went to the information session, so the date is now past due. things learned at the information session that have gone unanswered but questioned in...
  20. UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing '09'

    Its been a few months since I took the test ... but ... I scored a 94 I think in the science portion .. that being said my last A&P class was over 10 years ago, and I was a hazardous materials major with mostly chemistry as a background. The Scie...
  21. UPMC Shadyside 2010 hopefuls

    i all ready asked work for the nov 18th session off. as for lost mail .... eek!.... concerned myself but no horror stories ... i was still going to mail it, but am going to send it certified with delivery receipt. that way i know whether it got ther...
  22. UPMC Shadyside 2010 hopefuls

    Hi KBM318 unfortunetly looking aorund briefly I seem to have misplaced my paperwork from before.... I am sure I will find it tomorrow. My total average was 97 for the four sections. My science was my lowest with a 94 if I recall correctly. I foll...
  23. UPMC Shadyside 2010 hopefuls

    Well after a long long wait (applied for the fall 09 semester this past spring) I received my admittance package today for March!!! Yay!!!! For those still waiting and still curious about tuition forgiveness, it remained the same as the fall. You wil...
  24. UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing '09'

    well after a long long wait (applied for the fall semester) i received my admittance package today for march!!! yay!!!! for those still waiting and still curious about tuition forgiveness, it remained the same as the fall. you will have to come up...
  25. UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing '09'

    In reply to those torn between schools whether it be Mercy or CCAC ... There was an article this weekend in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Now, I have not yet been accepted for March, so probably should be discouraging everyone away from shadyside .....