HouTx BSN, MSN, EdD

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    Global Health college

    HouTx replied to anna7hanna's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    There is no evidence that this school is accredited for RN education at all. The main website landing of any accredited school MUST clearly indicate accreditation status - for ADN & Diploma...
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    Lost

    HouTx replied to catdog5's topic in First Year After Licensure

    GRRR - this makes me soooo angry. As an educator, I believe it reflects well upon a new grad when s/he is uber-careful. It is the job of a nurse manager to ensure that the newbie has adequate...
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    Dallas hospitals that offer loan forgiveness?

    HouTx replied to TexBSN2016's topic in Nursing Career

    I haven't heard of this yet. Can you ask that instructor for more
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    anyone in the TWU or A&M Prairie View BSN program?

    HouTx replied to trishajlee's topic in Texas Nursing

    I think it's great that y'all are all so proud of your schools & everyone wants to claim "# 1" status, but HERE is the BON data. FYI - Foundation of evidence-based practice.... always seek...
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    My Story

    HouTx replied to startingover2016's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Your story is inspirational. Thank you for
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    Manager changing schedule from days to nights with 2 days notice...

    HouTx replied to RNBearcat's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    By all means, go ahead and exercise your rights by escalating the issue to HR if you feel that your manager has violated the organizational policy. But, if there has been no violation - this route...
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    Sfsu elmsn 2017

    HouTx replied to _mcdmcd's topic in School, College Programs

    You may have a better response rate if you post in the Student forum or your
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    So, what's it like?

    HouTx replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    Very interesting thread - my clinical practice area is Critical Care & I've worked in and around a wide range of settings from teaching hospitals to the smallest of the small critical access rural...
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    Background check pre-BON

    HouTx replied to audraaj's topic in General Students

    I don't know if this will be good news or not, but in Texas, admission to a nursing program includes background checks. (detailed information is on that link). This requirement was introduced to...
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    Rasmussen College RN Degree

    HouTx replied to PowerliftingLady's topic in School, College Programs

    It's obvious that you have invested a great deal of effort in determining the best nursing education route to take. I just want to caution you - poor NCLEX results are a huge RED FLAG. Failure to...
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    Letters of recomendation

    HouTx replied to NewNurs2020's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Do you attend church? If so, your pastor would probably be willing to serve as a reference. If you're active in your children's school, their teachers could also do it. Wishing you the best of luck...
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    Admissions competition gets us wound up tight!

    HouTx replied to TuesdaysChild's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    YIKES! That instructor should have provided a warning to everyone about the time lag for grading. But maybe s/he didn't anticipate any "eager beavers" jumping in so early to get their
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    High School Direct Entry vs. Traditional Route

    HouTx replied to mxm80's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    All schools establish their admissions criteria based upon evidence.... data that are associated with student success. The school has a ton of data that was used to establish their criteria. It's...
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    Does segregation exist in hospital settings

    HouTx replied to DesiDani's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hmm - at times, there is a de facto 'segregation' based on religious beliefs when caring for patients with strict gender-based religious rules. For instance, when members of a very important (Middle...
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    What DFW Nursing School can I get into??

    HouTx replied to amd22's topic in General Students

    Are you unable to attend a school out of the DFW area? I understand that TAMU has recently launched a BSN program in Texarkana - sometimes it is easier to gain admission to a new program....
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    Help! I need recommendations for wireless headphones (patient use in facility!)

    HouTx replied to amanda419's topic in General Nursing

    What a great idea! Do you already have TVs with USB ports that can be used with Bluetooth adapters? Have you talked with your ICP to discuss how headphones would need to be disinfected between...
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    Yet Another Post About Low-Stress Nursing Positions???

    HouTx replied to MTtoBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Am I the only one who just wants to give OP a big ol' hug??? Based on his concerns and stressors, I think that he desperately needs a good clinical mentor... Someone to reassure him that he IS making...
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    Doctor Behaving Badly - What would you do?

    HouTx replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Wow - great article. Every hospital is supposed to have a policy & procedure for handling disruptive physicians, so that should be our first stop. In addition, filling out an incident report will...
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    How do you know this is what you want to do?

    HouTx replied to Stressed_'s topic in General Students

    Honestly? I loved (and still do) telling people what to do. It's hard to do it very well unless you have the expertise needed to come to the right conclusions. As a nurse, this is never a problem....
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    !help! Qualitative question !!!

    HouTx replied to marie233's topic in General Students

    I'm so glad that you're being encouraged to look at qualitative research - it's often downplayed in favor of the 'numbers' advocates. This technique is very useful for investigating the issues...
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    A lot of tension between students and faculty in my BSN program

    HouTx replied to Lemon Bars's topic in General Students

    OP's post is very articulate with a very cogent analysis of the issues. I was looking for some clues about the program setting, but when I came across the use of "university", I concluded that this...
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    Disappointed

    HouTx replied to nerdy student's topic in General Students

    Sorry you're disappointed. I took a look at your previous posts & saw that you were asking for information about how Kaplan differs from HESI - this is probably not something that many people...
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    Prerequisite Knowledge

    HouTx replied to Sblanco15's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    As an educator, I've come to the conclusion that mastering most complex 'nursey' things is a three-phase process. The first time you take it -- YIKES! What is all this? I have to memorize a lot of...
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    Suggestions/advice on succeeding in A&P class

    HouTx replied to jamienora's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Have you talked to any of your classmates who are more successful to determine if there is anything you could change to achieve better results? Just based on the information you've provided, I would...
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    Why???? Almost BSN, discrimination stopped me

    HouTx replied to Mypassionisalive's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This is a new one for me. I've come across a lot of 'discrimination' claims, but can't recall any based on hair