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Someone else mentioned Nursing Informatics: Join HIMSS: http://www.himss.org/asp/topics_nursingInformatics.asp Attend a Conference: http://himssconference.org/ There are heaps of things you can do in Healthcare IT with a nursing background. Work ON the business and not IN it.

Grayson County College, Collin College, and El Centro College all have what is called an integrated curriculum. What this means is that once you have met the prerequisites and are in the nursing program, the classes you take will all be integrated into three classes: lecture, clinical, and (some semesters) a lab class in which you will learn all about nursing theory, pharmacology, nursing leadership and management, and nursing skills. The alternative curriculum format is a block format which Brookhaven uses. The curriculum in a block format program separates the various aspects of nursing: you'll have a pharmacology class, a lab class, a clinical class, a theory class, etc. Once you've passed them, it is expected that you know the material, and doesn't necessarily reinforce the learning necessary to pass the state board exams when you graduate. However, once you pass a block format class, you've passed and won't need to take it again. In an integrated curriculum, if you do not pass a lab class, for example, you may wind up having to take theory and clinical classes over again no matter what your grade was the first time through! So which is better? Probably the integrated format in spite of the potential of having to repeat other classes.