kitty_deville13 BSN, RN

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 wasn't the greatest student (c-average) so I was kind of fr...

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 though.

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 consol that you shuttle to and from.

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, heritage place, south side surgery center, a few differen...

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. Somewhere the 80's and 90's.

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 work 2-9, tues; class 8-12 work 2-9, wed: class 8-12 ...

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 brand new at all of this. we had a discussion after o...

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 applying!

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 week. It can be 5 days a week depending if you need...

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 council. My suggestion for successful studying is doing y...

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 on transition day!

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 orientation day.

I asked Dr. Balistrieri and she believes non-employees can use the daycare. Stop in her office and see her on orientation day. Thanks!

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 it.

You're allowed to record lectures.

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] I look forward to meeting all of you soon. I'm not...

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 hitters.

Scrubs to clinicals only.

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 healthcare providers course. I took mine at ccac on a Sat...

You won't graduate earlier but your schedule will be freed up which is a blessing.

I sent mine in before but they recommend you wait til you get your scores.

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 in your packet explaining it more. I believe most ...

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 way already. If you can do them before the start ...

http://www.psbtests.com/site_resource_files/11RNSAEsq.pdf this is exactly how it is.

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