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Pretty much what twin said. You can get shoes/stethoscope/patches. We have navy blue scrubs for the Kingwood program. You can buy any kind of navy blue scrubs, doesn’t have to be a specific brand. Get plenty of notebooks, pens, pencils, etc. Invest in a good laptop or iPad, you’ll need it for sure. Lab packs aren’t available until close to when school starts so you may have to hold off on that. They included our hemostats and scissors. I ended up buying an extra pair because I didn’t know they were included. We use the wong’s pediatric book for anything pedi related. You can probably get that off of amazon for cheap. I bought it at the bookstore and it was like $50 to rent/$100+ to buy but you’ll need it the entire 2 years for Kingwood. So search on amazon first before renting/buying somewhere that’s crazy expensive. Also, getting a good drug guide book and a NANDA nursing diagnosis book may be helpful for clinical with care plans and remembering meds for client education. I know my clinical instructor wanted us to know why we were giving each med, how it pertains to their medical diagnosis, side effects, all client education points, precautions, drug interactions about each med we were giving and we had to explain all of it to the patients before giving each med. Those will come in handy!
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It depends on if you’re an in-district or out of district student. I kid you not, I paid over $3,000 my first semester but I was considered out of district because I had moved from out of town. Classes were $1800, books $1200. That isn’t including uniforms, lab bags, extra supplies, stethoscope, shoes. If you do have financial aid, it’ll help a lot. I paid out of pocket and it was costly as an out of district student. In district students do not pay as much. The book price was actually good because for Kingwood, we use the same books for the entire 2 years. This next semester my bill is $2000 lol I am like OMG! It’s a lot for me.
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It all depends on your clinical instructor. Some people said their instructors were more strict but my clinical instructor was amazing and very laid back. She didn’t grade hard at all. She was very personable and graduated from lone star as well. She kind of knew what we were going through and could relate. For the first semester, they divided us amongst 2 facilities. We mainly dealt with elderly patients. We got to perform skills as we checked off on them. So if you didn’t pass (for example) medication administration check offs, you couldn’t pass any medications to patients. We were very hands on. We worked closely with all medical staff (RNs/LVNs/CNAs/Physical Therapy/Doctors)! We worked from 630am-5pm once a week. You can pick which clinical day you wanted out of Monday/Tuesday/Friday or Saturday. Whichever day you picked, that was your day each week for the entire semester. So try to pick a day that is convenient for you. I know some people work while in school. I wish we could get the same clinical instructor every semester but I believe it changes up each semester so I’m bummed. I loved my instructor lol
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I can try and look and see if I can find any helpful resources. When you’re taking the exam, I’d recommend taking breaks between sections. After you’ve finished one section, take a 5-10 minute break to refocus before the next section. I started with the easier sections first. I think you’re given 5 hours? I can’t remember. So take the sections you know most about first then you’ll have more time for the sections you may be weaker at.
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You will get in, no worries. I used the Hesi A2 book to study. I took the hesi after studying 2 days while on vacation lol the math and reading sections were pretty basic. I used the hesi book to review A&P, grammar and vocabulary. You can also look at quizlets. That helped me a lot. Some of the same words were on my exam as on quizlet. I can honestly say the first semester wasn’t too bad. I would say you will need to study at least a week before exams. I would not procrastinate. I ended up taking night classes and I love that they give you that option. You have more time to study for exams because they will be during the evening. My personal tips for studying are the read over their powerpoints, listen to lectures again (they record lectures for you to go back and listen to which is a plus) and study the nclex questions they give you. The nclex questions they give are a HUGE plus. They’ll be posted on discussion boards on D2L before exams. I also reviewed my notes. I didn’t really read the books to be honest and I did well. The part that stressed me out the most were the skills labs! OMG, I was a nervous mess before each skills check off. Lol you get 3 attempts to pass each skill. I know some programs only give you 1 attempt. Kingwood gives you 3. So they want you to pass. They are very helpful if you need any assistance. For skills, you will need to practice, practice, practice. They have open labs that you can come in and practice during the week before you perform the skills check off. Take advantage of this!
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If anyone has any questions, don’t hesitate to ask me. I’m going into my second semester at the Kingwood campus in August. I was accepted off of the alternate list with a 7.456 last admission period. I ended up getting 2 A’s and 1 B (89.04 lol) my first semester!! If you are going to the Kingwood program, I’d personally suggest taking pharm before getting in. It will be a load off your back. I took it during the fall of last year before I got in. Also I’d recommend taking your micro and a&p 2 early if you haven’t yet. That is less stress for you. It is very competitive getting in but I’m doing well and I was accepted as an alternate so keep your heads high! You will get in and do well ? Again, if you have any questions, let me know. My email is [email protected] if you need to email personally. I’m here to help as much as I can.
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It was pretty basic to me. Know your conversions and ratio/proportions and you should be fine.
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No problem. I’m here to answer any questions if you guys need help or advice. We started off with 81 students. Looking at the roster there were 52 in day class, 29 in night.
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Yes, I love it! All of the students and staff are EXTREMELY nice. They go out of their way to help you succeed. I have heard of other programs “weeding out” individuals, but they aren’t like that at all. It seemed like they broke down the information easily so you can really grasp every concept. I will say during the beginning of the semester, it was slower compared to the end. There seemed to be an exam every 2 weeks and skills check off every 2 weeks at the end. So it was a little hectic, but overall I enjoyed my first semester. Can’t wait until the second. The upper level students even helped us out a lot as well. I would definitely recommend Kingwood if that’s an option.
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I actually enjoyed the night class. I work better with a smaller group than with larger groups of people. It’s also a plus on exam days. You get to study all the way until 5pm instead of taking the exam early in the morning at 9am. So I honestly loved it. I know a few people work so if your job is during the morning, you can come to class at night. I had my clinical on Tuesdays so I just had Tuesday/Wednesday and Thursday every week for school. The other 4 days, I was off and free to do whatever. This semester seemed extremely laid back and I learned a lot.