Fall 2014 Baptist School of Health Professions San Antonio

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I am looking for info on the acceptance rate on the RN program for BSHP, or average TEAS scores that are accepted into the program. I applied for the Fall 2014 and I will be taking my TEAS soon. Any information or if anyone else applying???

And for us clinicals have been assigned. We haven't been able to put in preferences.

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What's the issue with pharmacology? Everyone has horror stories about that class!

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I take it the second half of next semester ?. Your 16 week semesters are broken into 8 week sessions. So you're classes are only 8 weeks so everything goes pretty quickly.

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@Amanda We will need our books for future semesters.. They have the book list up on the website and it goes into future detail about the books for each semester.

@MilSpouse I called about that very same thing today.. They told me my transcript from usta hasn't been sent over yet. Idk why I've sent like 2 excluding the one I applied with and in addition to a transcript I requested via email ughhh

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@Stefanie would you say that 2 classes that last 8 weeks is better on the work load than if we had 4 classes for 16 week classes?

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@Misskriss I contacted them and was informed it should be in the system by the end if next week.

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@MissKriss I'm not sure yet. Your first semester you will only have one class at a time, so I've never had to deal with two classes together. The classes are pretty intense though, so I can't imagine having 3 or 4 classes at the same time. This way gives you the time to focus on one thing at a time.

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What's the issue with pharmacology? Everyone has horror stories about that class!

Our pharmacology course, as told by my instructor this summer, is/was being revised. It was completely disorganized for the first summer session, I do not know about more recent and future semesters. The biggest problem my classmates and I found was that in your first semester you will be taught to study and apply your knowledge the "NCLEX way", which is a "what is the best/safest/most-correct answer" but in pharm it is fact based. It's pure memorization, which is hard to convert back to after learning the other way. You're also learning about thee to five prototype drugs each chapter and have about ten chapters to cover for each exam. I'd recommend taking it in the summer (especially if you've completed your gen eds) so that you will have less distractions.

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@Stefanie That seems like a great plan to have. If you complete a semester at Baptist are you eligible to take the cna exam?

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isnt pharm during the second semester? if so, we start in the fall so pharm would be in the spring? or do you have the option to mix the classes around?

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thanks for answering my question about renting guys :)

I was also wondering about clinicals. Whats it like? What will we be doing?

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You are correct @freet, your pharm course will be in the spring. You do do not choose you schedule, it is chosen for you with the exception of summer classes (gen eds/pharm/adaptations) if you have not already taken them.

@amandaac7 you will be performing basic care, much like what CNAs do for the fist 8 weeks. You will take and chart vitals, glucose levels, and basic head to toe assessments. Bed baths, eventually giving oral meds, helping your patient ambulate and many other things. You will have your clinical instructor there on the floor with you and they will supervise tasks like giving meds. They will be there for any questions you have. You will also have a post conference which will sometimes include a math quiz, that comes in your second 8 weeks I believe.

I'm sure @stefanie will correct me if I have missed anything important.

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