sewnmom BSN, MSN, RN, APRN, NP

If you are travelling at the holiday time, what are the chances of getting off for Christmas or Christmas Eve? What about other holidays?

I took the OCN two weeks ago and passed. I thought it was difficult because it covered so much information. I used the GREEN hardback Cancer Nursing book that I borrowed from work and went through the Jones and Bartlett OCN review course book. I used...

Congrats! me too!

I also applied.

Good luck to all of you! I finished the program in May 2013 and started working as a nurse in June. I went to the Allegheny campus. My daughter will graduate from the South Campus program in May of this year. While the programs were slightly differen...

The book store at south told me the "bundle" of books would be around $900 - not sure if that included the tote bag or not. They were not in yet. Hoping they are soon so I can get my daughter her set and get everything she needs with no surprises. I...

DO NOT BUY ATI books anywhere else! You need to pay for the actual logins for them - hence the money must go to ATI directly. You can buy the used books to get the books early but they are useless for the semester because you have to have that login ...

I just finished my first year of nursing school. I am 49 years old and have four children, two of whom are in college and two are in high school. They are as much work as they were when they were little, just in different ways. My advice is for any n...

The android nurse version 2030 must have been released!

I have several NCLEX books, NCLEX 4000 (3500 is sometimes available with text book online perks) and many websites I frequent to find questions. I find online quizzes and reviews on all subjects I am studying. Even if the questions are general infor...

Many sources: Online Books (buy them at half price books - the Saunders one is low on questions but good on rationale and teaching info - it was the specific one they recommend) - I have five of them. they really help especially if they are grouped ...

You should be fine jme123. It just takes organization to keep it all together. I have a sheet above my desk that I schedule my study time allottment for each day. At first I thought maybe it was too silly to do that - but I found that it really did h...

I did A&P 2 with my first semester of nursing classes. It was not too bad. I did have to miss some A&P for nursing stuff - my prof was very understanding. I did micro this semester with my second semester of nursing. It was NOT fun. I had a ...

You need to take the fingerprinting receipt to a location and have them electronically fingerprint you. Then you wait... You can get your clearances all done. If you doctor will agree to fill out the ACTUAL physical form they send you AFTER your phys...

I called south campus because no info packet yet. They are going out this week. Not sure if they moved the due date or not for the finalized papers. Hopefully they get here soon. Also if you had fingerprinting done in the past, some of the locations ...

It is a definite time committment. I am officially finished (as of 1.5 hours ago) with my first year. They tell you over and over again that C = RN. Not the most encouraging thing to hear. If you get an A or B you are doing FANTASTIC. The goal is to ...

I dont think they know yet. The PAX was said to discriminate against international students. It was a weed out tool for sure because of the broad spectrum of science it went over. It had physics and earth science on it - neither are in the pre-requis...

If it is any consolation, I was talking to some staff members and they told me that this time they had more applications then ever before. They said each semester they seem to get more and more. The elimination of the PAX test made that number go up ...

It is very competitive to get a slot. If you have your co-reqs done, you get points for those. When they had the pax test it was gpa plus pax then bonus for bio 161, 162 and 175. Now they take your GPA and the bonus for those three classes. My daught...

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On the scrub fitting - you do not have to go (at least we didnt two semesters ago). You can mail in your order or take it to the store. As far as working - it is tough to work and do nursing only but many in my class do it. You must maintain a 75 to...

Yes you can go right to one of their stores. They may not always have all the sizes right there to try on (they have a traveling rack they bring to the fitting). I went to the fitting but I am going to take my daughter to the store. Also I bought Lan...

Do you have a degree already Jas101? If you need to wait another semester there are many classes that would help in the nursing program. Pathophysiology and medical terminology are two that come to mind right away. I am going to pm you some info as w...

I would suggest getting them. You are exposed to lots of nasty things. My records were all complete but my dr did the titers and I was not immune to two of the things. Well worth the test. I would let the doctor make the decision.

It is very competitive with lots of applications. Like I had stated on here somewhere, my daughter had a 4.0 and a 3.9 in high school but is taking a/p I now so no extra points. When I applied I had a 4.0 and an extremely high pax score. When they go...