Mom/Nurse2b

It's funny how you have exactly 3 posts on this website, all of them slamming Parkland. Are you a nurse? Medical professional? Reporter? What qualifies you to speak how you do other than that ridiculous webpage?

Are you kidding?! That website is such a joke! It looks like it was put together by some teenagers. Movie clips? Haunted houses? Please! I work at Parkland and it's wonderful. We receive the sickest of the sick, mangled of the mangled. The ...

How did it go today? What instructors did you meet? I absolutely couldn't stand Mrs. VZ in the first semester but now she's my favorite! Don't feel too overwhelmed. I know after the first day, I was really scared and wanted to quit. It gets bet...

It's cold! Bring a jacket or blanket. It's 100 degrees out but we freeze in lecture.

No gum only applies to clinicals. You can have it in class. :)

LOL! I just read the last question about the bridge students. Josh, I'll let you take that one...

Hi fellow beta blocker! See you Tuesday!

2nd semester was harder as far as schedules go. There were 8 clinical days and 4 simulation labs.

It's totally do-able, it just takes dedication. I have 5 children, ages 6-12 and a husband that works full time. If I can do it, anyone can! ;)You'll make some great friends and you'll have this amazing "ah ha" moment when it will all just click.

I think there were only 3 clinical days at the nursing home that first semester.

The only time your schedule will be Mon-Fri will be during your summer 2 semester after your freshman year. I'm sure they want you to block out that much time so you are more flexible to the clinical schedules, but you will not go 5 days a week. Eve...

I'm trying to think of anything else I had to buy at first. A large binder to hold the massive amounts of paperwork, a clipboard when you start clinicals.... They provide almost everything else.

The BON books-they told us we needed to buy the print copy. It's too long to print out yourself and it's referenced in several lectures and tests. This is up to you. I think there are several in our class that didn't buy the actual books and they w...

Yes, you will need your own stethoscope. Any kind will do. BP cuff-it's handy to have your own, especially for the first few weeks, but you don't have to have it. They have several in the lab and you won't be able to take your own BP cuff into cli...

Hey guys! I'm a sophomore in the program right now and I can answer some of your questions. It's not a 5 day week, it will change constantly, but Thursdays are always lecture days from 8:30-4:30, Wednesdays are test days, usually only a couple of h...

Congrats to all the applicants! I look forward to meeting you in the Fall! :) If you haven't received an email yet, don't despair. They are notoriously slow with paperwork. I asked ***** 2 weeks ago if the new applicants had received their letters ye...

I'm a nervous wreck! I sent in my application a few weeks ago and now begins the long wait! I've searched all the threads on this site for Navarro information and have seen a lot of posters saying they didn't get into the program on their first try...

It sounds like you'll be in the top of the applicants but you never know for sure. It all depends on the group applying. I don't think they can have a preference, legally, although there are several guys in our class. There are 65+ girls and I thi...

Hi Katie! Oh boy, do I remember what you're going through! The wait seems like forever! I'm not sure of my final points, they didn't tell us that, so I'm no help there. Sorry. What is your GPA, what extra points did you get and what is your TEAS ...

He still hasn't gotten an award letter either. They've tried to drop his classes twice but then gave an emergency extension until financial aid came through. Keep us updated on any progress.

I'mThatGuy-that makes me feel so much better too! I usually run 2 miles 3 days a week and 4 miles on Saturdays, which is my long day. It's a HUGE stress reliever for me and I am so scared to lose that. I'm glad to hear that it's still do-able in NS...

In the front but to the side. If my children call my cell phone (emergencies only!) or I have to use the restroom, I want to leave the classroom without distracting anyone else.

My husband is in the same boat as you with DCCCD. I did all my pre-reqs with them for the past 3 years and have never had a problem. This year they must have changed things up because he can never get any answers, they lost his application and we S...

I didn't really answer your question in my last post. I guess my tenative plans are to run on the mornings that I don't have school and on the weekends. For example, I go to school on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays this semester, so I will run ...

Holy crap I'm so glad to see someone else post this! I'm a new runner-about 8 months. I'm a stay-at-home mom so I can pretty much run whenever, but my routine has been to run in the mornings after my kids leave for school, around 7 am, then come ...