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I'm an instructor at UTHSCSA. There is no magic GPA but in general most students have a GPA of 3.5 and above. You must have a 3.0 to be competitive. Other things are also looked at such as interview, TEAS test score, etc.

You will be amazed at how much you really know. Don't worry about the other students and "what experience they already have". Most students don't have experience. Just prepare for your clinical the day before by reading up on the diagnosis your patient has and what to expect. Read up on your meds, etc. Each day you will feel a little more comfortable. As a clinical instructor, I don't expect my students to know anything when they first start. One of the most rewarding aspects of my job is watching as my students grow throughout the semester. Don't be afraid to ask questions.

I am a professor at a university. We had 400+ qualified applicants this semester and accepted 130. We would love to accept more but can't because there is a shortage of nursing faculty. I would say to decide what your long term goals are. If you want to continue your education to the MSN or doctoral level, go to the university. If you want to stay a staff nurse, a community college would be fine. Most of the students who got in to our school had a GPA of 3.5 or more. We look at other factors as well such as interview, entrance exam scores, etc.Good luck whichever route you take. Nursing is a wonderful profession.

RossaysoonRN, I'm not sure why you are getting so defensive. I was just trying to help demarys who asked a question. You are correct that 2.2 # is equal to 1 kg. What you did incorrectly was divide 17.14 by 2.2 instead of converting your oz to pounds 1st. You would first divide 14/16 to get 0.875. Add the 0.875 to 17 to get 17.875. Then divide 17.875 by 2.2. This is a very common mistake, but in pediatrics just a little bit off can make a significant difference in the dose.

Yes this is inappropriate. If some are afraid to go to the Dean personally, then write an anonymous letter with specific incidents, etc. I would go to the course coordinator first and if there is no resolution, go to the Dean.

As a clinical instructor myself, I feel it is important to have a caring, open attitude with students. This helps them to feel less intimidated and enhances learning in my opinion. I don't really know why some nursing instructors and nurses in general act the way they do. We are a profession well known for "eating our own". I hate it! We are all in this together and are better as a team than we are divided. Go to the Dean of Students about this instructor. That type of behavior shouldn't be tolerated.

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I am a pediatric nursing instructor. The method used by JennieB30 is the most widely used method. I'm sorry RosssaysoonRN but your answer is incorrect.

The VA hospital has a program as well.

What schools do you teach at?

We are in the process of revising our BSN curriculum. Our theory/didactic courses are currently combined with a clinical component. Our dean would like us to separate our courses. We currently don't give a letter grade for the clinical portion. It is pass/fail. I'm interested in what other nursing schools are doing. Do you have separate didactic and clinical courses? Do you give a letter grade for clinical or is it pass/fail? How are pass/fail courses calculated when you have a student apply to your graduate program? We have heard that some schools consider a "pass" as a C so this could really affect a student's GPA when applying for graduate school. Any help you could give me would be greatly appreciated. If you could let me know what school you teach at I would appreciate it. We are doing a survey and I don't want to duplicate results.

UT Austin has an excellent nursing school. They do have several prerequisites that you are required to take at UT. They do that so that they know the quality of classes their students are receiving. Otherwise, if someone took it somewhere else they may not have the knowledge base that is required in some of their upper division courses. This would put the student at a disadvantage. Texas AM just opened so I don't know much about the program. They are probably working out some things since they are new but their curriculum looks good and AM is a quality university overall so I think it would be fine.

My husband and I are both nurses. I am pedi and he cares for adults. It has worked out great for us. We have worked in the same facility and at different facilities. Both have worked out fine. It has been really nice because we understand when the other is working late, sad due to a patient dying, etc. We are also lucky because since we work with different populations we can use each other as a resource.

This looks reasonable to me. The only thing I would take a look at is the # of lab hours in the Fall semester. Since you have 2 classes with labs in the Fall, you may consider moving a class to the Spring semester where you only have one class with a lab. Just a suggestion.

Even though I am a peds nurse, my husband is an adult nurse so this info is from him: Both Methodist Metropolitan and Baptist M.C. are downtown hospitals. Methodist is part of HCA, a for-profit hospital system. Methodist would be a more community feel with chronically ill pts with multiple co-morbidities. Baptist would have a more medical center feel with a little more acutely ill patients. Of course, all pts in the ICU are acutely ill, but hopefully you understand what I mean. You will not see Level I trauma at either of these hospitals. Level I trauma all goes to one of three hospitals here-University, Brooke Army Medical Center, or Wilford Hall Medical Center. Although Spanish is good to know at any hospital in SA, you can get by without it. There are usually enough Spanish speaking nurses to get by just fine. Older adults may speak Spanish only, but most younger adults speak at least some English. You'll get some Spanish only pts downtown but you would see more at the University Hospital which sees a lot of indigents. A lot of elderly people live in those areas. I can't speak to the work environment/staff at either hospital. Hope this helps.

The medical center area, northwest, and north central SA are the most popular areas to live in. I've been a nurse here for over 20 years. Let me know if you have any other questions.

I know that Case Western Reserve has a DNP program with an educator focus.

They are currently revising the TEAS exam. I don't think the newest version will be available until October 2009 though. The new exam will focus more on math and science. Go to atitesting.com and I recommend getting the study guide and online assessments offered by them.

I totally agree with the other posters. Many hospitals have or are now phasing out LVN/LPNs. Pay and opportunities are much greater for RNs.