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hey all,

im currently a full time na @ passavant

i really wanna get started with nursing school

i wanted to know if anyone knows what the schedules are like for mercy and st margarets schools of nursing and any advice for applying.

st mags is full for fall of 2013 but should i apply anyways in case a stop opens up?

thanks!

Specializes in transplant/case management.

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 work 2-9, thurs & fri: clinical 7-3, sat: work 9-6. It's brutal but it can be done. I always take the day off from work before a test and then ill work after clinical then. I also have all my core classes done already so I don't need to take anything but nursing. So no a&p, micro, psych, soc, etc...

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@kittydeville Does Mercy accept 100 students each fall? Also, how did you do on the psb?

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Specializes in transplant/case management.

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.

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i just cant decide if i should send in my application or just go ccac

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@kittydeville well that's good. Do you do most of your clinicals at Mercy? I wasn't sure how that worked.

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@frawaed I would try for both! Like I said it doesn't hurt to get accepted to both :) maybe we'll be classmates in 2014 lol

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@ashleynicole are you for sure going to mercy?!

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Specializes in transplant/case management.

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 different hospice places, Magee and Children's bilingual clinic. You won't go to all but they're all in the running for going to.

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Okay that's pretty awesome! Are you currently a student or have you graduated already? Also, I live in the Beaver county area so it will be a commute for me. Where do you park? Is there a garage?

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Specializes in transplant/case management.

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.

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That's good. That's one thing I was really worried about was the driving back in forth but it wouldn't be so bad if classes were only a couple days a week.

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really considering st mags for fall 2014 but dont know if my sats are high enough so i dont have to take that entrance test

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