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yeah, I spent a day in nicu...not enough time to see or do too much. The RNs there were warm and friendly. Congrats on the offers-I can't wait to be in your shoes :)

sorry...yes! I loved Parkland :) It was quite different from anywhere else I've been. Autonomy...well...not so much-mainly because there were sooooo many med students/residents there that were very eager to be involved and therefore made most of th...

Jadzia~ I'm curious how the hospitals get you to commit. I'm new to all of this so forgive the ignorance...do you sign a contract and how binding is it. I'm wondering if you get a sign on bonus and then don't follow through w/your commitment do you...

I'll be graduating in May and am looking into going into L&D in Dallas metro area as well. I'm currently doing OB clinicals at Parkland and have met a ton of RNs that went straight into OB from graduation. Parkland has a 6-7 month long OB resid...

We use it and I LOVE it :) Some of my classmates don't use it, but I think it's great reinforment of the lecture/book material.

thanks for the info! I really appreciate it :)

Congrats to all of those that just graduated :) I have a couple of questions for y'all...during ob/peds/psych will we have to go to the hospital the day before and pick out patients like in the other semesters? I'm trying to determine which day of ...

the book pack was around $400-$500...it included all books needed...except peds/ob/psych and foundations, for the entire program. I am so glad that I bought the package because you were able to download the books onto your computer and reference them...

not yet...I heard that we had the choice of parkland on mon or fri or big baylor on fri, but that they still needed one more ob clinical instructor for the last spot (not sure if the last choice is big baylor on mon or what....) it's such a pain not ...

ditto jla...with a BIG reminder to be as flexible as possible. There were numerous times when we had schedule changes at the very last minute...it does make it hard for those of us with kids or those that are working, but they really do expect you t...

you'll go through the summer...that's what makes it a fast track ADN. only 16 months-woohoo! I'm so happy for you :) I remember being sooo excited and wanting to start right away. Once Ann sends out a group email giving your class more info you'll...

Congrats! I am so excited for you :) Go out and celebrate!!!

what is it like? hard@ but fun and exciting :) what color scubs do you have to have? white...yuck! do you need a specific brand of scubs, medical equipment etc? just white scrubs...you'll get them embroidered w/your name and the school logo. you'll ...

oh, please don't think she's horrible! She's a great instructor...I'm just a bit soft and need encouragement and nurturing. I have LOVED my current clinical instructor and the skills lab coordinator is awesome :) But because I know how sensitive I ...

I love Mrs. Routh :) But, I know she's super hard on her clinical group...I think she's made them each cry at least once this semester. I know that it's for our own good and she's just setting us up for success, but I don't know if I am strong enou...

we're doing med surg this summer...1st half of summer is skills and lecture and the last half is clinicals. We will have ob, peds and psych in the fall (I think 5 weeks each, right?). Yay! I can't believe our 1st semester is almost over...any you'r...

the rumor mill says big baylor, MCP and med city. But we don't know for sure. We're going to register next week, so we'll find out for sure then. I'm leaning towards meyer...he helped w/ a check off and seemed pretty cool-but I wasn't sure if that ...

I had Dr. S, too and she was amazing! One of my favorite teachers :) If you decide to take chem at BHC, I had Dr. Bambrough and she is great. She made it really simple and fun. Hey 3rd semester students...our choices for clinical instructors this...

Truthfully I haven't had any bad teachers while at BHC. I'm not sure what specific classes you want suggestions for, so let me know and I can tell you who I had. I found most of my study friends just by talking to ppl in class; you'll meet a lot of...

Our scrubs are white (yuck!) and you do have to get them embroidered...they'll give you the name of a place to get it done. You can buy your pants anywhere; it doesn't matter what brand, they just have to be white. Any scope will do; I purchased a ...

I had 32. not sure what the lowest points was, but we have 3 or 4 ppl in my class that were originally alternates....some people accepted and then a week or 2 into the program quit so they were in.

The program is CRAZY! When they say that you will devote every spare minute to it...believe it! I am having a great time, though. It's hard, but you already knew that I would just say to plan on spending more money than you think, studying harder f...

Hey! I am currently in the program and about to finish my 1st semester. I would definitely complete as many (if not all) of the support classes (patho, end of life, micro, etc) before starting the program. Can you take those classes and be in the p...

Hey guys! We (1st semester) start clinicals this week...a few of us are hoping to get a head start on patho statements. I was wondering if you had any ideas on some definite diseases we would be seeing (telemetry and med surg floors.) Any help woul...

all us newbies are completely overwhelmed with the 1st 3 weeks of material please tell me it's normal to feel on top of the world one day and completely overwhelmed the next...our first lecture exam is on Monday and I don't even know where to start....