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University of Pittsburgh!!! I am going to be a junior come fall in the BSN program. I could never see myself anywhere else, the opportunities this school offers is amazing. HUGE on research though, they shove it down our throats lol

I'm in a BSN program and I had clinicals tues/wed of my sophomore year. monday any time after 12 I would go to the hospital look on the board for my patient assignment and pull them up on the computer. by tuesday morning at 7am I would have to have all their background information completed including labs, medications (dosage, normal value, side affects, nursing considerations, etc), diagnostic tests, pmh, adls, orders, and 1 nursing diagnosis. this was checked by our instructor and if any wasnt completed or done correctly you would get in trouble with a warning. if more than once you got sent home and had to make up the clinical day or be put on a performance plan which meant if you messed up again you didnt pass clinical. after tuesdays clinical day i had to go home and finish the rest of the packet which included discharge instructions, another nursing diagnosis with interventions etc etc while coreecting anything by 7am on wednesday. there were some nights i wouldnt sleep because the patient had so much information and explination that needed to go along with them. the packet was about 10 pages each week, one week mine ended up being 32 pages.

definitely agree with the FWB idea. also with all the caddy girls in my program its hard to hide anything from anyone when we see each other all on a daily basis..

Question regard the BSN-DNP...i know this is going to sound dumb, but can a new graduate nurse who has not taken their NCLEX exam yet apply to these programs? basically can you apply at the beginning of your senior year of undergraduate study for the following fall like you do from high school to college??

my high school gpa was a 3.0, i graduated about 30/220, and got a 28 on my ACT..i was the most average student you could probably find haha. i was in a good amount of EC's, sports, few leadership, a lot of community service, volunteered in my hospital ED, and had outstanding essays (which i believe got me to where i am now). i was accepted at all 13 nursing schools i applied to. i now attend the university of pittsburgh.