kktegan

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1. St. David's/ HCA nurses- Is Meditech on the way out?

   kktegan replied to yankintejas's topic in Texas

   Probably not, I heard HCA has a stake in Meditech.

2. UTHSC Summer 2017

   kktegan replied to tay_rechea's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Admitted students day is NOT orientation. At Admit day you get more information on registering for classes, financial aid, parking, and you will get to speak to other students too about their experiences in nursing school (I will be there!). I would...

3. UTHSC Summer 2017

   kktegan replied to tay_rechea's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I started Summer 16 and we started with 120-125 students.

4. UTHSC Summer 2017

   kktegan replied to tay_rechea's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Its about 12 weeks vs. the normal 16 weeks of a long semester.

5. UTHSC Summer 2017

   kktegan replied to tay_rechea's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I had clinical at the school today and saw them setting up for the information session. I'll be honest and say summer is probably the best term to start. You're easiest semester is the first one (even though at the time it feels like you're dying) an...

6. UTHSC Summer 2017

   kktegan replied to tay_rechea's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Over 100 for sure. I couldn't really tell you. We have some students from cohorts in front of us who failed or dropped a class and are now in our cohort.

7. UTHSC Summer 2017

   kktegan replied to tay_rechea's topic in Pre-Nursing

   My stats: Overall 4.0 Nursing GPA 4.0 Hesi 95% CT 980 Honestly, do not put too much thought into stats, there is no rhyme or reason as to how UTHealth picks students.

8. UTHSC Summer 2017

   kktegan replied to tay_rechea's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I started Summer 2016 and we started out with about 120 students.

9. UTHSC Summer 2017

   kktegan replied to tay_rechea's topic in Pre-Nursing

   You are required by the BON to have a minimum number of clinical hours. It doesn't matter if your semester is shorter than a normal semester, you will have the same number of clinical hours as longer semesters. Your semester will just be more compact...

10. UTHSC Summer 2017

    kktegan replied to tay_rechea's topic in Pre-Nursing

    It doesn't matter what semester your last semester clinicals fall into. You have to have to same amount of clinical hours as any other student to graduate.

11. Should I do all clinicals at the VA?

    kktegan replied to amm105's topic in General Students

    Well because 1. it's a teaching hospital and the nurses are used to having students on the floor and 2. I had other classmates who were at well known magnet hospitals and the nurses were very weary of letting the students do things they were checked ...

12. Houston New Grad Pay Rate?

    kktegan replied to ant123's topic in Texas

    The higher pay in the med center offsets the huge amount in parking you will be paying a month.

13. Should I do all clinicals at the VA?

    kktegan replied to amm105's topic in General Students

    I recently did clinical at the VA hospital here in Houston. I was a really good experience. I learned a lot from the nurses and they patients were awesome! And yes, it is a teaching hospital. I was able to do a lot more there than I would have at ano...

14. UTHSC Houston - Summer 2016 Applicants

    kktegan replied to veganbunny's topic in Texas

    ap29390, are you in the Facebook group? Some others are in similar situations. Do you have a previous bachelor's degree? Log into Facebook | Facebook

15. UTMB Fall 2016

    kktegan replied to NotHerRealNameCathy's topic in School Programs

    I think it's for accepted and waitlist. I was accepted and declined my acceptance and never got one. I would go ahead and do it, you'll end up getting off the waitlist at the last second and you'll want to have all your ducks in a row.