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  1. UT Houston Fall 2010 (University of Texas at Houston)

    kimmy088 replied to mjbayuda's topic in Texas Nursing

    Yes, we got that lecture also. ALL classes will get that lecture... but they're just trying to get you into the mindset that a C still means that you will be a RN needless. Weekends = more time to...

  2. UT Houston Fall 2010 (University of Texas at Houston)

    kimmy088 replied to mjbayuda's topic in Texas Nursing

    Yes, you can pick out your own scrubs. You do not have to buy them through the school. You will just need to buy the patch and name tag from the school but you'll learn about those when you get your...

  3. UT houston spring 2010 hopefuls

    kimmy088 replied to butterflykiss's topic in Texas Nursing

    Some students are assigned to nurse preceptors (one-on-one) and some students are put with clinical groups (groups of about 10 nursing students) headed by a clinical professor. If you are linked up...

  4. UT Houston Fall 2010 (University of Texas at Houston)

    kimmy088 replied to mjbayuda's topic in Texas Nursing

    Navy

  5. UT Houston Fall 2010 (University of Texas at Houston)

    kimmy088 replied to mjbayuda's topic in Texas Nursing

    I guess you could take it and then see if you could exempt the class... or you could take it over the summer and take the one at UT... or you could not take it at all in the summer and wait....

  6. UT Houston Fall 2010 (University of Texas at Houston)

    kimmy088 replied to mjbayuda's topic in Texas Nursing

    I'm a first semester student right now. The schedule we had was monday from 7:45am to 10:45am (then labs from 11 to 1 or 1:30 to 3:30) Tuesday from 8 to 12 usually unless you have post-conference,...

  7. UT Houston Summer 2010 Accelerated Program

    kimmy088 replied to LoveTexas's topic in Texas Nursing

    you can put your name on your stethoscope, the professors won't

  8. UT Houston Fall 2010 (University of Texas at Houston)

    kimmy088 replied to mjbayuda's topic in Texas Nursing

    Ah that sounds good! Just make sure that you can open powerpoint .pptx files also!

  9. UT Houston Fall 2010 (University of Texas at Houston)

    kimmy088 replied to mjbayuda's topic in Texas Nursing

    Yes, most if not all of the lectures are powerpoint and most of the lectures are available to download off of blackboard. The only class that doesn't provide power points is patho because that is...

  10. UT Houston Fall 2010 (University of Texas at Houston)

    kimmy088 replied to mjbayuda's topic in Texas Nursing

    or you can also use safari. If you go to the top of the screen and click the develop option, then hover over user agent, then you can pick internet explorer. It works great... also this is JUST...

  11. UT Houston Fall 2010 (University of Texas at Houston)

    kimmy088 replied to mjbayuda's topic in Texas Nursing

    yeah you go through around 60 to 120 slides each lecture. So actually 2000 is a conservative

  12. UT Houston Fall 2010 (University of Texas at Houston)

    kimmy088 replied to mjbayuda's topic in Texas Nursing

    Yes, macs are fine to use. I'm using a mac currently, and I've had no

  13. UT Houston Fall 2010 (University of Texas at Houston)

    kimmy088 replied to mjbayuda's topic in Texas Nursing

    In general, everyone has their laptop in class both for writing note and to browse the web when they start to fall asleep . There are a good bunch of us that have macs, but mostly it's windows....

  14. UT Houston Fall 2010 (University of Texas at Houston)

    kimmy088 replied to mjbayuda's topic in Texas Nursing

    The only way they are like the lectures during the semester is the length. There are some days at the beginning of the semester (since you guys won't be in clinicals until probably late october/early...

  15. UT Houston Fall 2010 (University of Texas at Houston)

    kimmy088 replied to mjbayuda's topic in Texas Nursing

    okay thanks for that! hmm... i'm guessing they'll do bootcamp sessions for you guys like they did for us. It was somewhat useful... at least it got you used to sitting in lecture for 4+ hours at a...

  16. UT Houston Fall 2010 (University of Texas at Houston)

    kimmy088 replied to mjbayuda's topic in Texas Nursing

    Congrats everyone! :) enjoy your summer... it's a tough program! When my class got accepted they sent us orientation/bootcamp dates. If you don't, then it should be in the packet they send you....

  17. UT Houston Fall 2010 (University of Texas at Houston)

    kimmy088 replied to mjbayuda's topic in Texas Nursing

    Even though utlink says that it is available from 8am until 9pm, it's usually available a couple hours before 8am and a couple hrs after 9pm... it just depends. Congrats to those who have gotten in!...

  18. UT Houston Summer 2010 Accelerated Program

    kimmy088 replied to LoveTexas's topic in Texas Nursing

    when is the orientation and/or bootcamp for you

  19. UT Houston Fall 2010 (University of Texas at Houston)

    kimmy088 replied to mjbayuda's topic in Texas Nursing

    well if you checked your status in the morning and it hasn't changed, that doesn't mean that it won't update later in the day. It takes a day for it to update on utlink... so it just depends on when...

  20. UT Houston Fall 2010 (University of Texas at Houston)

    kimmy088 replied to mjbayuda's topic in Texas Nursing

    Yes, natatat is correct. You will need to cover up the tattoo with long sleeves or a watch when you go to clinicals (and for the rest of your nursing career most probably) to look professional....

  21. UT Houston Summer 2010 Accelerated Program

    kimmy088 replied to LoveTexas's topic in Texas Nursing

    I'm a current UTH nurisng student There are a few people in my class that have the 3M Littmann Master Cardiology Stethoscope, but most people just have the classic II or lightweight. I would say the...

  22. UT Houston Fall 2010 (University of Texas at Houston)

    kimmy088 replied to mjbayuda's topic in Texas Nursing

    Some of you have been accepted to TWU, and I remembered that there was a really good post in our old thread about TWU's vs UT's program and here it is: Here is the link to the old thread if you want...

  23. UT Houston Fall 2010 (University of Texas at Houston)

    kimmy088 replied to mjbayuda's topic in Texas Nursing

    I got an email from the admissions department telling me that i was accepted...then my utlink changed to provisional acceptance. however, some people's utlink changed first then they got the email....

  24. UT Houston Fall 2010 (University of Texas at Houston)

    kimmy088 replied to mjbayuda's topic in Texas Nursing

    oh right i forgot to say that i started the generic program this past january :) so if you guys have any questions, don't hesitate in

  25. UT Houston Fall 2010 (University of Texas at Houston)

    kimmy088 replied to mjbayuda's topic in Texas Nursing

    If i remember right, there were a few in my class that went through the same situation. I think they called UT and got a pretty straight answer. I think you should call in about this one...they...