LadyBug1029 replied to BrittRN2b's topic in Texas Nursing
MD Anderson is in the middle of a hiring freeze. I work there and that is the official news from the powers that be. I also talked to a soon-to-be new grad who had just finished the interviewing...
LadyBug1029 replied to texasrtkd's topic in Texas Nursing
I just graduated in Dec 2008 and my class was the first required to take the nursing jurisprudence exam. It is a simple, 50 question on-line computer exam that you can take at home, open notes. It is...
LadyBug1029 replied to Mnstn's topic in Texas Nursing
Hello! I just graduated with my BSN from TWU Houston a week ago. Like every nursing program, it has it's kinks, but I personally think it is one of the best. Because the campus is located in the...
Hello and Good Morning! I am a nursing student that is to graduate in December of this year. I am starting to consider my options for employment and I am really interesting in Oncology Nursing. Does...
I am a senior 1 at TWU and we have three clinicals for both the senior 1 and senior 2 semesters. I am taking a pedi clinical all day thursday, a communities clinical all day friday and a mental...
LadyBug1029 replied to justbreath's topic in Texas Nursing
Wow. With that GPA and NET score you're in. Seriously, you have nothing to be afraid of. A lot of my class mates had around a 3.6 or 3.7. And don't worry about your age. Your energy and passion will...
LadyBug1029 replied to airforcenursewannabe's topic in Texas Nursing
Hello! There are definitely a lot of opportunities down here in Houston, specifically within the Texas Medical Center (located just south of downtown). The hospitals there are awesome and the patients...
LadyBug1029 replied to justbreath's topic in Texas Nursing
Hey bjane, It sounds like you stand a really good chance, more so than you give yourself credit for. May I ask which campus (Hhouston or Denton) that you are applying to. I did not take my pre-reqs in...
LadyBug1029 replied to abundantjoy07's topic in Texas Nursing
Hello! While I have not officially worked there, I did have the opportunity to do a clinical rotation at Ben Taub last semester. I was on a med surg floor and I had a really great experience. The...
LadyBug1029 replied to justbreath's topic in Texas Nursing
Hello, I just completed my first semester at TWU Houston. The school and the teachers are awesome, I love it. I think that the cut off for my entering class was a 3.75 but that is what I heard from...
Hey guys, I thought I'd start a thread and see if I can meet some of my new classmates. I'm so excited! Orientation is on Friday and before you know it January 16th will be
LadyBug1029 replied to sbyramRN's topic in Texas Nursing
Hello! I too am starting nursing in January (@ TWU-Houston) and they provide the CPR classes for the students. Check with your school, generally they provide the CPR for Health Care Providers class...
LadyBug1029 replied to LadyBug1029's topic in Texas Nursing
Hey thanks, I do actually have a question. I was looking at the class schedules and I noticed that Pathophysiology is only offered at night and goes to almost 9:00. What do students do for...
Hello, I just applied for TWU-Houston Spring of 2007 and I have some questions for those of you who are already going to school there. Any and all advice would be greately appreciated! 1. What do...
LadyBug1029 replied to nit1's topic in Texas Nursing
Has anyone else who applied to TWU-Houston and who lives in Houston gotten their letter yet? I know they mail them from Denton so it should take maybe 4 days to get here. Good heavens... I really want...
LadyBug1029 replied to nit1's topic in Texas Nursing
Hey guys, I applied to TWU-Houston for Spring of 07 and I haven't heard anything yet. I feel sorry for the mail man, he probably thinks I'm stalking him by the way I run like a wild woman to the mail...
LadyBug1029 replied to nurselala33's topic in General Nursing
Hey, a little trick that helps a lot to prevent getting flustered when doing MC questions is to cover up the answer choices and just read the question. Have her come up with the correct answer without...
LadyBug1029 replied to Babynurse83's topic in Texas Nursing
Yeah, I was looking over the website and I saw that open house. I think I might go just so I can snoop around the place :) and get my bearings in the med
LadyBug1029 replied to Babynurse83's topic in Texas Nursing
Hey!!!!! I sent off my application for TWU- Houston for Spring 2007 and now I am waiting for that precious letter!!! I think it is supposed to come sometime early November. I am soooooo excited and...
Texas Women's University- Houston had 1,800 applicants for the Fall 2005 semester and they accepted 80. It is based on GPA and NET score. And I got that statistic from the admissions coordinator to...
Hey, I also took A&P 1 over the summer and I was very glad that I did it. It was 8:00-12:20 every day, Monday through Thursday and it was moderately intense. It helped me alot to just have that...
LadyBug1029 replied to futurenurse85's topic in Texas Nursing
Hey, I had this same question. I am taking my prerequisite classes at Cy-Fair college in NHMCCD and they offered not a single class that would fill the requirement. So I went to look at the catalog...