White scrub top with burgandy pants, white athletic or nursing shoes (no clogs). Lab coats for pre-clinical days. Not bad really and pretty comfortable too.
We had to have our criminal background check done before orientation last April. The cost depended on how many places you had lived in the past 7 years. Mine was only $32, another woman complained that hers was over $200! We were told the check wa...
I am so happy to hear that I'm not the only one who prefers to study alone. I've read so many posts declaring how indispensible these groups can be that I was more than a little worried. Not only do I study better alone, but the idea of trying to s...
I start the program in 2 weeks. I'm taking all the classes above, plus my multicultural studies req. That adds up to 19 hours of nerve wracking fun. I'll let you know how good/bad it is....if I can still form coherent sentences! Susan
I've spent between $400-500 on just the 7 required books. There are also 4 more recommended that I estimate will cost $250-300. I'm still trying to decide how many of those I'm really going to need. They all sound important enough to buy, but I wo...
I took depo for 2 years. I had one period the month after my first shot, and not another until 9 months after my last shot. It took an additional 9 months after that to get pregnant. I won't get into the amount of weight I gained. I wouldn't do...
One of the first classes I took when I returned to school was an online statistics class. Be prepared to devote a lot of time to learning the material and working the homework problems. There are times I struggled with it, but I managed to come out...
Nursing Assessment, nursing therapeutic techniques, pharmacology, cultural issues in health care, pathophysiology, and the nursing experience. That's 19 hours total. Is there room in that corner for 2?
I've been accepted to TWU-Dallas for the fall semester. The minimum GPA for admission was a 3.7, I've heard it was higher for Houston. Unfortunately, you just can't predict that cutoff point ahead of time, it could go lower or higher depending on t...
We have to wear maroon or wine colored pants (or skirt) with a white scrub top with the school patch on the left sleeve. We also must have a lab coat w/ patch for preclinical days. Shoes must be white nursing shoes or low top athletic shoes with no...
I have 8 required texts to buy (including one for a Cultural Issues in Health Care class to satisfy my multicultural studies req.) and 3 recommended. We were told not to buy any type of equipment yet, reps will be bringing several types of stethosco...