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That hospital has. Pretty bad reputation tbh. I’ve known people who worked in the ED there and never heard a good thing about it. Usually there are issues with understaffing and a lack of supplies.

I know there were some people in my cohort that got interviews with the ICU, I haven't heard anything out of the ER yet but I think they started reaching out too. Did anyone hear back from Memorial Hermann TMC ER?

Congrats!! Which location?

I did too! But I haven’t heard anything. She mentioned it would be Monday at the latest IDK if anyone heard differently.

We have an exam pretty much every week. Some people were able to maintain their jobs before, but really only if it was some flexible virtual work or picked up a shift here or there when they had a free day. But the vast majority of us don't work.

For my cohort, one was about clinical and giving us info on that. Another was a computer-related portion where we were given a prompt and typed a response, and then one was just info about the program as a whole. We could ask questions but it was mostly just us listening to them on those two info sections. To answer this question: Thank you so much for your response! Do you by any chance remember approximately how many questions each person got in total for the interview portion? Also, were any of them related to covid? I think we each had around 3-4 interview questions, they were not COVID related but it was discussed in other sections. The questions were pretty basic interview questions.

Congratulations! They will give you an agenda at some point. My interview was a full day that was split into four sections. One of those sections was a group interview, we were in small groups of 5-10 and each got a few questions. Pretty basic interview questions (where do you see yourself in 5 years, tell us about a time when you had a struggle and overcame it, etc). Besides that, it's more about them giving you information so you can be sure that it's the right program for you. Look professional, if you wear makeup go light, don't wear earrings, have your hair pulled back. If you can, wear red, white, or navy. Have a computer with a working mic and webcam, and set it up Zoom the way Tammy tells you to. Be on time, but they were like 10 minutes late to open all the Zooms so don't freak out LOL.

Yes I did my CPR a couple of months before the application was due. However I don't think that was required and they gave you time to get it before the semester began. If accepted, they will give you a list to complete (vaccines, titers, CPR/BLS, etc) to complete. We received invitations to the interview in mid-September, had the interview like a week or so later, and then got our acceptance another week or so later. Then in October you are expected to get that list done.

I believe you submit a resume as part of the application packet. Honestly I applied to several schools I can't remember exactly which schools asked for a resume, but it seemed like most did.

They never said how they weighted our backgrounds so I can't say either way. From what they said, it was fairly holistic. They look at degree, work experience, grades, TEAS, related health-care experience. Everyone's background is very different.

I found ATI really helpful, since they write the TEAS and NCLEX. They sell a study guide that's like $25 and has some practice tests in it. It helped me a lot.

I believe it was a 75, for each section and overall. Most people I spoke to had scores in the upper 80's and 90's. We wear red scrubs to clinical and black to lab. They are really particular on the scrubs and will send you to a specific uniform store so I wouldn't purchase anything early.

Sure! I think there's a way to send private messages LOL

You are completely right! Everyone's background is very different, and many people worked as CNAs, PCAs, scribes, EMTs, etc. They do take that into account for admissions, and it will definitely help you in any nursing program!

Oh you should say hi and talk to any us you see! We're a friendly bunch. The TEAS was more difficult than the HESI, in my opinion, but use ATI practice tests (if you aren't already). That will help tremendously. Since ATI writes the TEAS, their practice tests are very similar to the actual TEAS. We even use ATI in the program to prepare for the NCLEX, since they also write that. If you don't get a great score the first time, you probably have time to redo it anyway so don't worry too much! The program is really hard, but honestly all nursing programs are hard so IDK if it's really THAT much worse. It's really fast paced and most of the work is on the students. They don't handfeed the info, they expect you to find it yourself. The profs are really supportive. We probably spent about 80-90 hours a week on it, between hw, studying, lectures, labs, and clinicals, for the first semester. It calms down a bit after that. Schedule: Monday- labs 8-5 ish Tuesday- lectures 8-4 Wednesday- clinicals or open Thursday- lectures 8-4 Friday- clinicals or open Saturday- some had one or two clinicals days throughout the semester Wednesday and Friday are clinical days, on average about one clinical a week, sometimes none and sometimes two though it changes every week. We get more clinical days each semester. Hope this helps! You can keep sending questions if you have any more ?