Mody

i work in the ER in a suburban branch of one of the big med center hospitals and we cant keep ER nurses!! We have constant turnover and are consistantly short staffed.

I was hired on as a new grad outside the typical residency/internship program and instead did a 3 month preceptorship with another nurse. I am with one of the major hospitals in Houston in the ER. I advise applying for any and every job posted, you CAN get hired on to the big hospitals outside the June/January internship programs regardless of what they post online.

well the pearson vue trick still holds true, I passed! Yea!

I took the NCLEX-RN yesterday and I'm also anxiously awaiting my results! My results should be posted tomorrow morning via the quick results. Good luck to you, based on previous posts the pearson vue trick is pretty accurate!

I tested yesterday and tried the "trick" last night. I got the pop-up which I take as a good sign. I'll update after I get my results tomorrow so we can see if the trick is continuing to work. (hope so!)

Katy, Sugarland and The Woodlands are all quite nice and are growing. The Woodlands is a master planned community which means all your shopping, entertainment and dining can be done without leaving The Woodlands. Sugarland is probably a bit closer to town and perhaps therefore more "cosmopolitan", if you mean that in the traditional sense. The Woodlands has a higher average house value than the others, which can be a good or bad thing depending on your budget. Missouri City has some nice sections and rough sections, I'd check that out closely before you enrolled your kids in any school there.

The requirements also depend on who you want to work for. You titled your thread "Life Flight" which is the name of a service in Houston which is run by Hermann hospital. In order to work for this orginazation they require several years as a paramedic AND RN experience in critical care. Other flight orginizations that I know of will allow you to be an EMT-B and RN as long as you have strong experience.

If you will be living in Spring you will be "in district" for the Lonestar College system. All of the colleges in the system offer an ADN/RN program. The application period for the fall has ended, or will end very soon. In order to have a chance to get in your fiance will need to take several classes and take an entrance exam. You can find the information on the lonestar.edu website. In addition there are several other 2 year colleges, and several 4 year colleges in Houston that offer ADN and BSN programs. It is probably too late for the fall semester for most of the schools, but maybe he can plan for the spring or following fall.

Not sure what part of Texas you are in, but the RN program at some of the branches of Lonestar college (in north Houston) offers weekend clinicals and we have twice a week classes either day or night.

The content doesn't get easier, but I think as you progress you become more adept at handling the program. Once you figure out how to balance taking a test every other week with skills lab and clinicals (and your life at home) the whole process is easier. Hang in there, and always feel free to reach out for help.

I'm nights with monday lab. How funny, it didn't occur to me until your last post that we were in the same program! See you in class tomorrow.

Hey soso, I don't know how I missed it before, but we must be in the same class. Are you days or nights at Kingwood??

Are you asking me if I'm in the nursing program?? If so then yes, I graduate this summer. Other people on this site are talking about submitting their Cy-Fair applications now. It would suck to miss the application period and have to wait another year, thats why I mentioned it.

Which school has an application period this summer? North Harris, Cy-Fair and Montgomery are applying now and Kingwood applies in the Fall. Maybe the application period has changed?

There are several threads on this subject where people share their exact points. I got into the transition program where the point system is a bit different. The point cut off varies each application period based on how many apply and how good their points are. Generally, North Harris accpets the most students and therefore they have a bit lower cutoff, I think in the past it has been in the 11.2 range. Kingwood and Montgomery are often in the 11.4 and higher range. Check out some of the other threads for peoples exact points and whether or not they are accepted. Keep in mind many alternates end up being accepted each semester so being just below the cut off doesn't mean you won't get in.