Central Texas College Nursing Scrubs

Cathylady · Mar 27, 2010

Congratulations!!!

avaloncar, BSN, RN · Mar 27, 2010

No I don't but congrats! I just got into a program myself..starting april 5 and I have been trying forever!...Good luck

greenfiremajick · Mar 27, 2010

Does anyone know what color the nursing scrubs / uniforms are for the ADN program? Has anyone attended their program. I was accepted into the program and would like to hear information from someone who has attended. I am so excited, I have been trying to get into a program for 2 years and finally got in!!! I'm on top of the world!

That is awesome, Kerri. Congrats! I can feel your excitement coming off the page. :yeah:

SLUPPLACE · Mar 27, 2010

Hello Kerri,

Congratulations on being accepted to the nursing program at CTC. To answer your question, I have no idea as to the color of the scrubs nowadays. I am a CTC graduate of 1980. Our scrubs were pale yellow and white, and they were not scrubs -they were either dresses or pant suits, and they were AWFUL! The only thing functional about them was their pockets! I'm so glad things have changed in that regard. Hats are gone too, although I still have (don't wear it) mine:nurse:.

When I went to CTC, I was a young Army wife and my husband was away on a tour of duty to Korea. Both kids were starting school, and so I seized the opportunity. Little did I realize that I would be going to school or clinicals all day and studying half the night for two years! At that time, there was no waiting list to get in - it was just a matter of making it through the admission process. Of course, previous transcripts were important Anyway, I got right in and took the whole course, start to finish, in 2 years. I was the graduate speaker for my class.

Our class started with somewhere around 70 students, and by graduation there were 11 of us left. They had to combine our graduation with the LVN class to make a decent sized ceremony! I think all but one of us were military wives. We all scattered with our husbands after that. I ran into a couple of classmates when I was overseas with my husband, and one of them had already quit nursing because of the "weekends, nights and holidays", and the other had started working as a triage nurse for a doctor's office. As you can see, both were discouraged from bedside nursing because of the hours.

I can tell you that CTC gave me the basis to continue a lifelong career of nursing. No matter where I have been, I have been selected to move far beyond what my Associate Degree should have indicated. I attribute that entirely to my professional ethic. I already had it before I started at CTC, but CTC emphasized it and "grew it".

I have had a delightful career, and I owe it all to CTC. I have had the privilege to practice in several foreign countries (in their systems), I worked for the American Red Cross, I was an "interim" DON at a hospital (that lasted 3 years!), I went into long term care as a DON, then a consultant, and I am currently Director of Clinical Services for 66 skilled nursing facilities in 9 states. Currently I am finishing my MSN and am researching doctoral programs.

I would love to encourage you more as you go through school. The sky is the limit if you are a highly motivated, well-educated nurse. Best of luck to you!

Susan

kerri76567 · Mar 27, 2010

Susan, WOW... you are an inspiration! I have been a LVN for almost 20 years now. I went to Temple College (then called Temple Junior College). I graduated December 19, 1990. I have mainly worked in LTC, and I love it. I am curently an ADON at a skilled facility. I can see that you succeeded your initial career goal and have definatley followed your calling. Thank you for your post. Whenever I feel too overwhelmed, I will read the post and I am sure it will give me strength. Thank you!