lemonlimeEMT

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1. UT Houston NET

   lemonlimeEMT replied to elenanas777's topic in Texas Nursing

   I would brush up on your math skills if it has been a little while for you. And definately brush up on your english/grammar skills. The science stuff was pretty broad, and with the prereqs required,...

2. Need Help! Nursing Care Plan

   lemonlimeEMT replied to wjddnjs's topic in General Students

   I agree, get a good care plan book!! Your life will be so much easier. Ideally, they want you to be able to come up with appropriate interventions on your own, but as a new student, sometimes it is...

3. orentiation

   lemonlimeEMT replied to scotch's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   where whatever you want! If they require any kind of dress code or uniform, they will let you know ahead of time. Otherwise, wear whatever clothes you like, as long as they are appropriate (i.e. no...

4. Info On UT Houston

   lemonlimeEMT replied to idbeme's topic in Texas Nursing

   As far as "is the program good"? Well UT-Houston has one of the top programs in the nation. It's Doctorate and Masters programs are ranked in the (I believe) top 10%. As far as the BSN programs, it...

5. Average time to get in to nursing school in Houston?

   lemonlimeEMT replied to liz688's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   Where are you trying to go? Do you want to do an ADN program at one of the community colleges (HCC, Lone Star College, San Jac, etc)? Or are you trying to get in to the BSN programs in the area...

6. EMT-B while waiting for ADN?

   lemonlimeEMT replied to Scooter321's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   Hey, some of the best medics I've worked with are older. They picked up the EMT/paramedic thing as something to do after retirement. As long as you are phsyically capable of doing the job, then I...

7. Did RNs Have To Practice Bathing Each Other In NS

   lemonlimeEMT replied to me-too's topic in General Students

   We do that a lot too!! or when we are doing a SimLab type thing, the [good] instructors speak for the

8. Did RNs Have To Practice Bathing Each Other In NS

   lemonlimeEMT replied to me-too's topic in General Students

   well, I'm not a RN yet, but hopefully this time next year I will be!! But yes, we did practice bathing each other in NS. Okay, so we only did this for a few hours one day, but we did do it. My...

9. You know you are in nursing school when ctxt

   lemonlimeEMT replied to tnstudentnurse's topic in General Students

   when you use phrases like "as evidenced by" in everyday conversation... when you make nursing diagnosis jokes on a regular basis (like "altered level of conciousness r/t studying for exams AEB laying...

10. What Was Your Gpa???

    lemonlimeEMT replied to Dreezy88's topic in Texas Nursing

    From what I've seen, it seems to me that the interview and NET scores were the saving grace with a lot of people. Besides, in my opinion, GPA isn't the best measure of who will survive nursing school...

11. University of Texas (Houston)

    lemonlimeEMT replied to poboy31's topic in Texas Nursing

    Well for the record, I'm in the general BSN program at UT Houston. That being said, I don't know that much about the bacc-2 program. But from what I've heard, it seems like most of the people who...

12. Shopping for Fall 08

    lemonlimeEMT replied to KCnTexas's topic in Texas Nursing

    Shoes depend on your clinical instructor. For the most part, they're all pretty much okay with anything as long as the shoes are mostly white and aren't canvass. As far as clogs go, the only...

13. UTMB and UT Houston and UT Austin Summer/Fall 2008 applicants

    lemonlimeEMT replied to BrittRN2b's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Congrats!! Well I don't really know that much about the accelerated program except that I have mad respect for everyone in it! If you get the chance, get involved at school with the organizations....

14. Nursing School hours??

    lemonlimeEMT replied to NurseBettyICU's topic in Texas Nursing

    It's really not that simple. You may not be in classes all day long, every day, but NS still takes up a whole lot of time. You also have clinicals to go to, which are always at least 8 hours a day,...

15. Shopping for Fall 08

    lemonlimeEMT replied to KCnTexas's topic in Texas Nursing

    since you didn't say, i'm just guessing by your location that you are going to ut-houston in the fall? if this is the case, the scrubs are navy blue. but i'd wait until after orientation to buy your...