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@Emerald99 would you be willing to answer a few questions about your FastBacc experience?

@Arash I’m right there with you. I’m not taking HESI until Dec 3. I am just not confident enough in the math section to take it sooner. I’ll be studying the NurseHub & Elsevier guides the next 2 weeks.

Those are great grades, congratulations! I was told the FastBacc application will open on CAS in early June. I'm wondering if they will notify applicants about acceptance prior to the Traditional start date in January.

I'm sorry no one responded to your inquiry! What did you decide?

Congratulations!

With the application deadline around the corner (May 31, 2018) I thought it would be fun to get a role call started. What are your stats? Are you also applying for the May 2019 Fast-Bacc? (Application opens in June 2018) I am applying to both programs with a preference for the Fast-Bacc if given the choice. Science GPA: 3.8 (B in Micro lecture, but A in lab. A's in all other science courses) Overall GPA: 3.9 HESI: Scheduled to take in early April. Will update with scores once received. Pre-reqs remaining: World Religion (taking Summer 1 at Collin College & Bible (taking New Testament during Summer 2 at DBU)

Thanks everyone, this is all very helpful information! :)

lol, Not sure about the flipping...maybe just another way of saying turning? :)

uh-ohh, that can't be good. i'll ask next week.

:) Yeah, I think she was referencing crushing pills.

Just looking for some opinions here. I am a nursing student and have been feeling like we do the same things everyday at clinical: assessment, bed, bath, adls, vs, meds, & the rare NG or foley. Today I asked my clinical instructor when we will be advancing to more complex tasks. She replied something to the effect of, "Honey this is it. This is what nurses do. We are here to flip, turn, crush, and smear." That caught me a little off guard. I know how vital all of those things are to patient care, and realize that the things we have been doing in clinical are the building blocks of nursing, but our classroom instructors keep saying, just get through these basics and then we'll get to the "good" stuff. So my question is: What's the "good" stuff? In your everyday lives as nurses do you feel like you do more of the "good" stuff or more of the flip, turn, crush, and smear? :)

Also, I was thinking that you may check the intranet of the hospital where you are doing your clinicals. The hospitals where we do our clinicals have a neat thing where you can click on the medical diagnosis and it gives you suggestions of nursing interventions to include in your nursing careplan.

These are two sites I've used in the past to get a few ideas as to what I should include in my careplans. I don't use their premade careplans, but rather just the site for ideas. http://www1.us.elsevierhealth.com/MERLIN/Gulanick/Constructor/#New http://www1.us.elsevierhealth.com/Evolve/Ackley/NDH7e/Constructor/ Hope these help. :)

My husband and I lived in McKinney on the border of Allen and McKinney very near the 121 & 75 intersection until last July when we moved to NC. We LOVED everything about living there, but hated the commute. We both worked in Richardson and it took us about 45 minutes in 8am traffic on a very good day and about 70 minutes on a bad day. There are lots of side streets besides 75 to get you around snarls & jams. That being said travel during off-peak times was pretty good; it only took us about 15 minutes to get to Richardson and then another 15 to get downtown. I remember passing a McKinney Regional billboard everyday that read, "Nursing is your life's work, not commuting." I also remember seeing ads for sign-on bonus for certain specialty areas. In a few years when we move back to TX we are planning on moving back to the same area. Also, just a little tidbit FYI the town of Melissa is where the Collin County landfill is located so you may not want to live in that area b/c the air is quite smelly in the hot TX summers. :)

As far as quality of life issues, Waco and the surrounding communities have been making some pretty decent strides in the past few years. There is a new development with a lot of shopping, eateries, etc on Hwy 6 very close to where the new Hillcrest will be located. Also the downtown/suspension bridge area is working on renovations to bring in more mixed-use urban development type establishments. Now granted the retail/restaurant aspect of Waco is nothing compared to the metro cities like DFW, Austin, SA, or Houston, but I think they seem to be doing pretty well for a city their size. As far as hospitals go, I have family that work at both Providence & Hillcrest. Each seems to enjoy their respective hospitals although I don't know much about their staffing ratios or the like.