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I'm applying for spring 2017 (I know it's early), I am starting in the fall at UTA taking micro, technical writing on campus and texas gov. (POLS2312) and med. terminology online. I can't apply for spring because I need to bring up my science GPA. I really want to be on campus even though I am partnered.

Congratulations- good luck on the NCLEX!

Congratulations to you! I recently visited UM out there and absolutely loved it. I stayed in the Commons hotel, right across the street. I highly recommend the hotel. I too am moving out there fall of '15 because my husband is going to be attending Pharmacy school. Not to steal your thread but I really appreciate the suggestions that are coming in for where to live. We too have a dog and will likely be looking for a town home or house near the U or rail. I am an LVN and will be looking for work and to get into a MANE program for my BSN in 2016 once we are situated, anyone have suggestions on that as well?

i didn't apply to UTA ap Bsn because I have another couple of semesters of pre-reqs. i applied to UTA biology major and was accepted, so i should be able to complete micro and technical writing, and apply to the program in the spring to start in spring of 2016. anyone have any input on tarletan's ban program and the worrying disclaimer: "you may have to find your own preceptor for certain clinical rotations"?

I agree with The Commuter. However, when moving up here try to move after you get your job, I moved where I would be against traffic and my commute was only 20 min. Had I been with traffic it would have been almost an hour. McKinney has a lot of "New" hospital buildings going up and there is always the giant Children's medical center, but you probably don't want to live too close to Childrens.

OMG! Time management What I ended up having to do (because our instructors were notorious for giving us bad info) : I took all of my class schedules, syllabus and "memos" and kept them in a seperate folder with a big empty month-to-a-page-calander in the brass brackets. I would combine the info from all my classes, clinicals and preclinicals and write them in different colors on the big calander. I then went back in and highlightes exams and "big deals", after that I wrote myself "mandatory" study times before the exams. (like the weekend/week before the exam. I'm a big procrastonator, so this helped a ton. Plus, our teachers were big sticklers about stupid stuff, like on this day bring "this", or on that day wear "this"... so i wrote it down and made everything ready for the next day the night before. On a side note, I don't know if your school makes a big deal about your uniforms, but mine did. Given that half the time i was under-rested and malinformed, I kept a clean spare set of "whites" and a full professional outfit and lab coat in the trunk of my car just in case. I knew a few girls that showed up in the wrong thing or forgot their labcoats and they suffered severe consequences. (Two girls had to repeat semesters). At the begining of the semester and I know it will probably add a lot (maybe a couple of hundred) get a second set of all your id's (school and state) made, get an extra pair of uniforms. PUT the extras in your car in a big zip lock bag and forget about them. The ID is so easy to forget. I forgot it once and realized that I left it in another purse. My husband had to miss work to bring it to me, and I almost was late to clinicals, which at the time ment that you were dropped from the entire course. After that I just threw it in the glove compartment of my car. Back to the begining of school: Take notes when they go over your syllabus. Take note of how many days you can be tardy, how many total hours you can miss, what exams count, what homework counts, what projects count. These things are all important when you have to choose between doing a really nice big project for pedi or studying for your pharm exam.

My advice from a new lpn grad is don't stand out. If you have previous medical experience- forget it. Grades are subjective, clinically and in class. If they expect you to know a lot and you only know average, your grades may be lower than they should. Threat everyone in every setting like they know your instructors, you never know who is in the elevator with you or who is sitting next to you in the cafeteria. Good luck, and most importantly, smile.

I am a new LPN, with no experience. I am really interested in working in corrections in my city. I did a semester of externship there and I think I would like to work there. Here is my concern, and perhaps someone might have some good advice for me (DON, ADON's out there?): My history: I graduated high school in 1998 and worked at 2-3 jobs at a time for about five years. I kept one of those jobs for 2 years and one of those jobs for almost 5 years. (interlacing other jobs on top of them). Then, my mother got sick and I quit everything to go to Guatemala for her surgery. (Unemployment and bad credit happened within a few months). I had a couple of jobs for a couple of years after that. I then got married, and he said, go to school. So I tried to get a flexable job (i tried 2 times and both times they turned out not-so-flexable). Then I went to school for almost 2 years and remained unemployed for the entire time. The applications for corrections facilities are very specific, like: " make sure you list your employment dates for each job, each position at each job, seperately with complete XX-XX-XXXX dates" and I simply don't have that kind of information. I wrote to the social security administration to get my entire employment history for the past ten years, but I don't know how long this will take, should I apply with "approximate" dates or wait for a reply from the social security administration? Should I even bother? I wouldn't hire me with that kind of work history, and the irony is that I want a career- you know, work my way up the ranks at the same facility. ***sigh*** thanks for your replys in advance.

huh..., all the answers are really good.... but I just started nursing school too and I find that taking a memory foam pillow helps my back. YEA, It's one more thing to carry but at least when I get home I don't go straight to bed (like I did last week). I bought the little airplaine ones, sometimes it's under me, sometimes it's lumbar support. either way it helps. That and whatever pain med I have that day :). Good luck-

You roll up to Jack in the Box at 6:30 PM and ask for a breakfast jack and coffee. OHOH! I almost forgot this one: I rolled through 3 consecutive stop signs on my way to get lunch at Jack in the Box, and the only lights around were WAY behind me, they turned out to be a police officer. He stopped me and asked me if I saw them, AND if I knew what they ment. And my only answer was: I only have 30 min for lunch!! (they only warned me, lol.)

If you want to live in the suburbs (sugarland/katy/woodlands) plan on driving for an hour if you are going to be working in the med center. Does traffic stress you out? need a shorter commute? There are some nice places in montrose/ heights, which are like 15 min. away from the medical center. Though, in houston, anything inside the loop (the area inside the 610 loop) is going to be pretty high. It can be reasonable if you are renting though. Make sure to check out the place first. I don't like to drive, so I steer clear of anything outside the loop, and anything in the Galleria area. Here are a couple of good resources to look for places to live: http://houstonpress.com/ you can find a lot of individual renter/sellers in there http://chron.com/ the "big" newspaper in houston. http://www.thegreensheet.com/default.aspx a free add based paper that circulates here. there is also a website that shows you how bad/good traffic is in an area that you are planning to live. Remember, Houston is HUGE. If you live near only one freeway, chances are you are going to HAVE to take that freeway everyday. Check the freeways at around the time you expect to be going to work. (It's a live map) http://traffic.houstontranstar.org/layers/ Good luck. Hope it helps!

1)who r u talking to? 2)what test are you talking about? The NClex? If so I think that you register once you have enough clock hours to take the test. Anytime after that you can register to take the test, and it depends on when they have an opening to let you. you should ask this question on another thread (i.e- recent nursing grads forum) that way you can get the input of someone that's just been through it.

60 degrees outside is cold enough to have people complaining about how cold it is over here. welcome to houston!!! been here all my life and have seen maybe 1?2? inches combined snowfall over 20 years! last christmas it started to "snow" (was it really snow??) on the day before christmas when everyone was out shopping. people actually abandoned their stuff inside the stores, lost their place in line and just walked outside to look at the white dandruff type stuff falling down. i will admit, i was one that did so! pm me for cool stuff to do down here. ;-)

I look very asian, but I'm hispanic, so working in a family care clinic for a chinese doctor he taught me what to say as a curtesy to his patients. I would walk in, paper garments in hand and say (in mandarin): "I don't speak chinese, please get naked" 'undressed' was completely unpronouncable!