RaspberryTX RN

I'm going to play the devil's advocate here and show you what the elder care woman is seeing from her side of things. She couldn't contact you or your sister because it would be a HIPAA violation. She is also probably wondering why you never checke...

I wonder if an addict would be tempted to just dig the implant out from under their skin. Neat idea but I have to admit that I'm skeptical that this will provide long term results. Of course, if it works for even a small percentage over the long te...

If any of you are looking to save money, I would skip buying Tour Guide to Nursing School and Test Success. Maybe one of my classmates will post if they found them to be helpful. But to me, they were very common sense and a waste of money. The nurs...

I'm not really sure of everyone's age. It seems like most of the students are in their 20s. But there are a few in their 30s and 40s. There are probably some in their 50s as well but I am only familiar with people in the first semester. Not so fa...

Hi, Just wanted to say that I'm in my first semester at UTHSCSA also (hmm guess I should probably start thinking up a new username since I'm in the program now). About the TEAS test, it isn't that bad at all. A lot of people get the study guide and...

Or you can just read about it on CNN. You can start with this CNN story: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/18/mexico.drug.violence/index.html?iref=newssearch Then you might want to read up on how the threat of possible spill over violence int...

I'm so glad "God" posted. This is exactly what we've been talking about. Oh the valley is fine. All those bad things, don't mind them, it's "just the valley way!" And to quote "God", "it cant be any worst than chicago." Emphasis mine on the poor ...

Our clinical and skills lab schedules are now posted on ereserves.

As far as I can tell it's somewhere in the Nursing School building. I can't find anywhere that shows what floor etc. I was also wondering what we were supposed to wear. I'd really like to wear jeans but I don't want to if everyone else is going to...

Does anyone know the bookstore hours? I went there yesterday and they were closed. Called today and get no answer. Their website said they are open on Fridays and Saturdays but I guess they are following a different schedule since it's between sem...

FYI--In order to get your parking permit they want you to bring in your vehicle registration. I didn't bring mine and had to drive all the way back home to get it. Then when I was standing in line person after person came in and said they didn't ha...

Stay away from the valley (Brownsville, McAllen area). You do NOT want to work there. It's not safe for you or your license.

hehe only someone who lives in Houston would refer to San Antonio as dry. As far as humidity in San Antonio you're looking at ~80% in the mornings and 50-60% in the heat of the day. Corpus is a little more humid than San Antonio and then Houston m...

lancer, I haven't bought any of my books yet. I would go with whatever the UTHSCSA bookstore is saying. I think they are probably more up to date than L&M.

I was told by one of the faculty that the clinical assignments are random. She also said the scrubs for clinicals are still white. Edited to add: I decided not to go to the Heart to Heart. My family has already seen one family member go through nur...

If nursing school is really as demanding as I hear it is, we may also feel like prison inmates White is so bad about stains and undergarments showing through (even if they are white also). Glad to hear they've changed to another color.

I'm so sorry to hear this. I'm glad you aren't going to give up and will reapply. Hope to see you in the fall. Good luck to you.

That's good news. I am out of shape big time. And if I'm able to attend the one close to home, my family can get their own membership and go with me.

Is it only the Prue Spectrum? There is another spectrum much closer to my house. It would be nice to be able to pick which spectrum since we're being forced to pay the fee.

I'd continue to take the prereqs and then reapply to SAC. I'd also look into retaking the NET if it's possible. You have decent grades so I really don't see any reason why you shouldn't be accepted. Also, look into Austin Community College. I thin...

I took off some of the books like your road map to nursing school (or whatever it's called), test success, and then the publication thing. I'm not going to buy those unless we absolutely have to. But yeah, even with that and used when available it ...

If you are allowing someone to force you to go 8 to 12 hours without a bathroom break, you have no one to blame but yourself. I'm always amazed at what some people will put up with.

I think tuition is around $2100. Then we have fees, books, parking, scrubs, etc. No idea what it would be with all that added to it.

I believe Spring 2009 is the last semester UTHSCSA will be offering admittance to their bridge program. I don't know if this is going to be permanent or if they are just going to make some changes and then bring it back.

I already completed the training. It doesn't take that long.