kitty_deville13

kitty_deville13 BSN, RN

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  1. I told myself that if I passed my NCLEX that I would share my story on here to give hope to other people…so here we go! So I graduated in July 2015 from a diploma program in Pittsburgh. I...
  2. UPMC Mercy School of Nursing -Class of '15

    I think if they offer you a job after you pass your boards, you have to take it or pay back your loans. Not 100% sure on that
  3. upmc nursing schools

    I'm currently a student. I'm from beaver county too. It's about an hour drive for me. I don't mind it though. Just make sure to leave about a 1/2 hour early for morning commute. They have parking by...
  4. upmc nursing schools

    You do most of your clinicals at mercy. You may have 1 day you will rotate to different sites a few times each semester. We went to the children's place, children's hospital, Canterbury place,...
  5. upmc nursing schools

    It depends. They've been letting in bigger classes but we don't have a ton of room in the school so I'm not sure how big the fall of 2014 class will be. Between 80-100 people. I did okay on my psb....
  6. upmc nursing schools

    I'm a certified pharmacy tech so I'm on my feet all the time. My sced is really packed though. Each semester your sced is different so based on last semesters sced: sun: work 10-6, mon: class 8-12...
  7. a.m. care

    i finally found a site where i can get some answers to all of my nursing school questions. halleluiah! right now i am a first year student approaching the end of my first semester, so i'm pretty...
  8. upmc nursing schools

    I go to mercy and I love it there! I work full time so it can be done but it's super stressful. Good luck on
  9. UPMC Mercy School of Nursing -Class of '15

    I think it's too late to apply for this upcoming fall. You would have to apply to the fall of 2014. Most classes are 8am-12 or 3pm depending if you have to take other courses. It's normally 4 days a...
  10. UPMC Mercy School of Nursing -Class of '15

    I'm working on some tips for your class to help everyone out as far as getting adjusted to what nursing school is. I'll be handing them out on transition day too along with the rest of student...
  11. UPMC Mercy School of Nursing -Class of '15

    For all piercings, it's a safety issue incase someone somehow would try to pull it out while you're on clinical. It's only during clinical though, not class. Hope you guys liked orientation. See you...
  12. UPMC Mercy School of Nursing -Class of '15

    Some people took the CLEP for English and said it was okay. Good luck on it. I'm CLEPing sociology this summer. I already CLEPed out of psych and it was horrible. You should get your book list on...
  13. UPMC Mercy School of Nursing -Class of '15

    I asked Dr. Balistrieri and she believes non-employees can use the daycare. Stop in her office and see her on orientation day.
  14. UPMC Mercy School of Nursing -Class of '15

    Mercy has a good Wi-Fi connection you can use all over the hospital. I'm not sure about the daycare. There is a daycare for the employees of the hospital but I'm not sure if the students can use
  15. UPMC Mercy School of Nursing -Class of '15

    You're allowed to record
  16. UPMC Mercy School of Nursing -Class of '15

    Hey guys! If I may interject here... I've been voted the president of student leadership for Mercy! So if you guys need ANYTHING at all, message me on here or you can email me at [email protected]...
  17. UPMC Mercy School of Nursing -Class of '15

    I would get as much out of the way as you can. I'd def take a&p 1&2, and micro. If you can get anything else out of the way too then do it but those are the heavy
  18. UPMC Mercy School of Nursing -Class of '15

    Scrubs to clinicals
  19. UPMC Mercy School of Nursing -Class of '15

    Naturalgirl, I can't reply to your message. It said something about you exceeding your limit for messages. My email is [email protected]. Send me an email lol You need to take the cpr for...
  20. UPMC Mercy School of Nursing -Class of '15

    You won't graduate earlier but your schedule will be freed up which is a
  21. UPMC MERCY School of Nursing Class of '14

    I sent mine in before but they recommend you wait til you get your
  22. UPMC Mercy School of Nursing -Class of '15

    First off, congrats on getting accepted! I'm in my first year at Mercy now. It's such a great school and you have made an awesome choice! Tuition reimbursement is a great option. Everything should be...
  23. St Margaret SON Feb 2011 start?

    I go to mercy. I know they're going to be changing the program but I don't know what they're doing. I think my class is the last class to go through with the old way. I have all my pre-reqs out of the...
  24. Just took PSB for UPMC Mercy, ask away!

    http://www.psbtests.com/site_resource_files/11RNSAEsq.pdf this is exactly how it
  25. Just took PSB for UPMC Mercy, ask away!

    Have you tried any of the practice books? I know a lot of people like the Barron's nursing school entrance exams