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1. Dallas Nursing Institute

   dustydawntx posted a topic in General Students

   Hello Everyone I am wondering if anyone knows anything about this school. I looked them up on the texas board of nursing and they check out there. So I want to talk to some of the grads from them. I started nursing school before and think I want to r...

2. Roll Call - Introduce Yourselves, Texans!

   dustydawntx replied to TheCommuter's topic in Texas

   Well I am the mother of two kiddos. 3 girl & 5 boy Full of energy!!! I just finished my first semster of Nursing school -LVN. I have lived in Texas my whole life. Born in Sherman moved to Denton at age 3 and lived here since. Been in school for a...

3. Holy cow! Final grades

   dustydawntx replied to Achoo!'s topic in General Students

   WOOT:balloons: WOOT:balloons: WOOT :balloons: First Semester is OVER !!!!!!!! SWEEEET !!!!!!! I got 3 B's and 1 A. Med Surg = B Clinical = B Not sure how but an A in EMA Skills = B Celabration time is near!!!! Just 8 months to go!!! Graduation ...

4. Finished my first semester...did pretty good!

   dustydawntx replied to justme1972's topic in General Students

   WOOT:balloons: WOOT:balloons: WOOT :balloons: First Semester is OVER !!!!!!!! SWEEEET !!!!!!! I got 3 B's and 1 A. Med Surg = B Clinical = B Not sure how but an A in EMA Skills = B Celabration time is near!!!! Just 8 months to go!!! Graduation Augu...

5. Who's got the dorkiest student uniforms?

   dustydawntx replied to tutored's topic in General Students

   WE have Khaki tops and bottoms for the class room and White tops and bottoms for the cinical days. Panties MUST be full cut "Granny Panties" and white at all times. Men must wear boxers. The school patch must be 4 inches from the cuff on the left s...

6. Question about TWU

   dustydawntx replied to cdquiroz1's topic in Texas

   If you want to save yourself huge buckets of money apply to go to North Central Texas College. www.nctc.edu It is almost as hard to get into their RN program as TWU but with half the cost. I have two small kids so they have worked out really well fo...

7. Starting Nursing School on Aug 27th?

   dustydawntx replied to beth66335's topic in General Students

   Yippy I am glad to see some one else excited to start school. Even my best friend is not as happy as I am. We have our first "check off" wednesday!!!!!!! Our first test is sept 10th !!!!!Yike I can't wait.. NCTC here I come !!! Dusty

8. HCC A&PI Help...

   dustydawntx replied to Ange07's topic in Texas

   I took it early so that I would not have so much stress during the nursing classes. It turns out that I now have "Free" Fridays aka extra study time. I have classes from 7am-4pm so it will be very nice to sleep into 6:30am. So depending on how you s...

9. Is It a Bad Idea To Stay in a Bad Marriage Until School Ends?

   dustydawntx replied to cdietrich404's topic in General Students

   My LVN teacher told everyone in the class at Oreintation... During the course of nursing school, Ladies, be ready for a bad relationship to get worse or end altogether. Through the years I have seen hundreds of girls do the same thing you all are ab...

10. MR/DD Facilities

    dustydawntx replied to niceguytx's topic in Texas

    Stay as far away from the State SChool as possible . I worked there for 4 years. They do have good benefits but the work vs. pay totally BLOWS!!!!!!!!! There is no overtime, it gets roled into sick or vacation time. 4 years ago RN's on the lower le...

11. Any Info on Grayson or NCTC?

    dustydawntx replied to melimayer's topic in Texas

    Dang I was hoping your were in the LVN program too. Yikes!!! Your orientation is 6 days before school starts!!!!! WOW that would be a BIG stressor for me only having 6 days to get everything ready. Hope to talk to you soon. I haven't figured out how ...

12. Any Info on Grayson or NCTC?

    dustydawntx replied to melimayer's topic in Texas

    Melimayer have you heard from any other students (other then us) for the Fall NCTC class ? 6 days and counting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope oreintation is as fun as I think it will be. Do you know if there is a NCTC forum? Thx Dusty

13. Any Info on Grayson or NCTC?

    dustydawntx replied to melimayer's topic in Texas

    Melimayer I will be looking forward to meeting you at orientation. !! Have you got your CPR cert. yet? If not let me know I know of a class this weekend. Do you have your packet completed? SO excited with you!!!!!!!!! Dusty

14. What are the item(s) you need most for nursing school?

    dustydawntx replied to rn2be2006's topic in General Students

    Hello All I am looking for a good solution for my need(want). I am needing a recorder that is rechargable so I can listen to my notes to and from school. I have read that a PDA is great to have and so I really want one. I am leaning away from an IPOD...

15. LPN-RN Programs in North Texas

    dustydawntx replied to niceguytx's topic in Texas

    https://allnurses.com/forums/f175/brookhaven-el-centro-northlake-mountainview-234014.html that is a thread to read. In Denton( where I am ) TWU and North Central Texas College, both offer nursing courses. If you are looking at different areas look at...