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http://westlinnoregon.gov/police/fingerprint-services I use the one is West Linn but the one in Portland I hear is pretty good.

I don't think it would be a bad idea to have one. Im not sure how to make one but if someone wants to that would be awesome!

My mom is thinking Saturday? She said she would get ahold of you soon.

I just bought all of my uniform stuff for clinicals. I bought my uniforms from tafford.com. I swear by my Danskos that I wear for work so I bought a pair of white ones for clinicals. I know they are very expensive but I can't wear any other shoes and be on my feet for that long. I am a CNA and when I first started working in my running shoes (which I have ran many miles in), I would come home and be in so much pain I couldnt walk. After this, I bought Dankos and I have never had a problem with being in pain after work. So from my personal experience with shoes, I would highly recommend purchasing a pair for clinicals. For the scrubs part, I personally only like Koi brand. This is my personal preference, but I have tried all other brands and this one fits me the best. They are about $20-30 a piece, but worth the buy. I asked the nursing department about lab coat and the length because I bought a 32" and it seemed a little too long. They said it has to be hip length which I assume this is the 28" length. As for books I will be waiting to purchase until the "garage sale" thing at orientation. I have looked on amazon and will probably but them from there since I can't stand buying books that are highlighted/written in, but I think its worth looking at the "garage sale". Stethoscopes - I will buying the Littman Cardiology III. All the nurses I have worked with swear by this and say it will make hearing everything much easier and you can use it when you are actually a nurse because they last a long time. medisave.net is a good website for the stethoscopes and they often offer free shipping as well as free engraving. I have hear many nurses say to get an odd color so you know which one is yours and to engrave your name on it so it doesnt get stolen. I dont think we have to purchase BP cuffs. The facilities and the school should have those for our use. For CPR, my mom is actually teaching the class at St. V's so I will be joining so she has enough people (I think she needs like 4 people at the least to make it worth her time). Valeria, she did mention you had contacted her so she wanted me to join the class as well. So it sounds like it is going to happen if you are still planning on taking it with her.

I had 57 points out of 60 with a 3.91 gpa (1 B in a&p 2) and I had a prior degree, and over a year in CNA experience. I didn't feel that my essay was great but I'm sure that the points weren't all that they look at. This was my third year applying at PCC and each year I earned more points by retaking a few classes and gaining health care experience. When I met with an advisor they said they really wanted to see health care experience in their applicants.

Some schools may only require 1 TB test (not 2), so I would wait until we hear at orientation before getting 2 tests. Clark required 2 but I have a feeling we may only need 1 for PCC. As for CPR my mom is an instructor so I took a class with her, but Im sure you can look on the American Heart Association website and find a class. I would recommend taking it through American Heart Association (Health Care Provider course) and not the Red Cross. I have known a lot of people who took it through the Red Cross and had to retake it through AHA because it wasn't the correct course.

Also you don't need a titer as long as you have record of the immunizations.

All the titers can be done at the same time. The TB can be done at anytime.

I got blood tests for my MMR and my varicella and I was immune to them so if you can show a copy of that result you shouldn't need anything else.

I have a list that Clark sent me and they required a titer for varicella, MMR, 2 TB tests within 3 weeks, TDAP, hep B (3 shots) and I think that was it (I don't have the list in front of me). All schools are just about the same for required vaccinations.

I took bio 234 a few summers ago and loved the class (my favorite class I have taken at PCC). My instructor was incredible! I would recommend taking it this summer. I look the 8 week course (2x a week) and was the best way to do it I think. It was very interesting information on the microbio side as well as an awesome biology review.

Hey everyone! I'm excited to say that I will be attending PCC in the fall! I graduated from University of Oregon in 2011 with a B.S. in general science with minors in human physiology and biological anthropology. Some of my "clinical" experiences include: worked as an EMS intern at Portland Fire & Rescue, I was a peer health educator at UO and worked in the health center, and the past year and a half I have been working as a CNA in a long term living facility and love my job! Currently I am taking a CMA class to start becoming familiar with medications so pharmacology will be a little bit easier. Im still not sure about working while Im in school but I still have some time to decide before school starts. This has been a long roller coaster with this whole application cycle. This is my third year applying to nursing school and have been denied the first two years. This year I was accepted to Clark and PCC and chose PCC since I dont live very far from the campus. I am so excited to finally start this journey during nursing school! See you all at orientation!

Got the email! Officially accepted!

Yesterday I saw that everyone had gotten an email for their acceptance or wait list #and I hadn't gotten anything yet. I assumed I was not accepted or wait listed... then today I looked at my other email I don't use and found the email. ACCEPTED! Then I continued to read the other emails sent out to see the email about the calculation mistake. I went from being disappointed (from not having an email at first) to being so excited (for about 30 seconds until the last email came out) to now being just annoyed that I could not be accepted at all. Bummer. Well lets hope they figure this out soon!

I did my CNA (1 and 2) training at Cascade Medical School in SE portland. I know quite a few people who went there for theirs, which is why I chose it. Its 4 weeks for the CNA1 (2 weeks in class Mon-Fri 7-4, and 2 weeks for clinicals (Mon-Fri 7-3). They also do the board test at the same facility. I think it was about $800 for the class. Thats my recommendation, but there are tons of places in Portland to do the class (but some are much longer than 4 weeks).