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The requirement of junior level or higher for transferred courses means you can't transfer pharmacology or pathophysiology from a community college or junior college.

Every semester a few lucky students at UTHealth (the new official name for UTHSC) School of Nursing don't have to take pathophysiology because they transferred it from another school. It has to be junior level or higher. Most students who have done this took it from UT Arlington online. You still have enough time to do this before the fall. You might be able to take it from TAMU-CC's nursing school because they offer it online. Those who transfered patho had an A at the other school. Are you guaranteed this will work? No. It worked in the past, but this could change at any time. Only a handful of students do this, so obviously you don't have to. Should you? It's a very polarizing topic. Some people find the discussion of extra school work before starting nursing school to be highly offensive. For many people, having a summer off to relax is the very best possible preparation before starting in the fall. For others, having a lighter load in the first semester is very helpful and worth the earlier sacrifice. Everybody is different. There isn't any single, one right answer. Most people don't take patho in advance and do just fine.

You'll need to take Healthcare Provider CPR before you start. Don't lose the card - you'll need it when you apply for a job. You can take a great class for free by signing up at The Junior League of Houston, Inc. website. Just make sure you register for Healthcare Provider, not Heartsaver. CPR Typically classes fill up very quickly. Registration opens exactly one month prior at midnight. For example, if the class starts on the 20th of the month, registration opens on the 20th of the previous month at midnight (night of the 19th, morning of the 20th). You snooze, you lose. Keep checking back and you should be able to snag a free class before you start in May. Free is good, but they do a good job teaching you, which is more important in the long run.

You either get in or you don't. You can estimate a probability, but a good chance is not the same as a real acceptance. It's hard to be patient, but worrying about it doesn't help at all.

The Junior League of Houston offers free CPR classes. CPR. You need the Healthcare Provider class. The most popular times (i.e., Saturday) are difficult to get. Registration opens a month in advance. For example, registration for the November 10 class opened on October 10 at midnight. If you want a Saturday class, you should be up at midnight. The classes that run on two evenings don't fill up quite as quickly.

You should start a Facebook group. All of the classes before you have a group. The naming convention is to use your graduation date. For eample, UTHSC SON Class of May 2014. However, if you want to get technical, UTHSC is the old name. UTHealth is the new name. Using your start date will cause confusion.

The NCLEX is an adaptive test. It is designed for you to miss half of the questions. If you aren't missing half of the questions, it gets harder so that you will. With most people, the joy of answering a question with confidence doesn't last nearly as long as the sinking feeling from guessing at a question. With that in mind, since you will miss about half of the questions, you may feel badly for most of the test. The NCLEX simply feels harder than it actually is. The overwhelming majority of test takers pass it on the first try, so it isn't impossibly hard. It just feels impossibly hard when you take it. Don't get discouraged when the test gets hard. Don't let that undermine your confidence and crumble. It's going to get hard. Accept that and stay focused. Don't be a quitter. I know people who cried afterwards, which is understandable after being so stressed. My advice is to plan for a trip to a spa, get a message, or get lots of hugs after the NCLEX.

When courses are repeated, they take the most recent grade, which could be lower.

Getting in is one thing, doing well is another. I highly recommend getting admitted to the UT Arlington Academic Partnership program and taking pathophysiology and then transferring it to UT Houston. TAMU Corpus Christi also has a pathophysiology course that may transfer. You need a 3 semester hour, junior level, nursing pathophysiology course for it to be considered for transfer. No guarantees as to transferrability, but even if you don't succeed, you're way ahead for being better prepared when you do take patho at UT Houston.

You may safely ignore sections that are not required by the school. Since you are so worried, perhaps you should purchase the HESI study guide book (search for it) so that you'll know what to expect. This will keep you calm because there won't be any surprises. As general advice to everybody, do you absolutely KNOW where you will go to nursing school, that you will be accepted where you want? Of course not, which is why you should consider taking all sections of the HESI. The next school you apply to might require one of the sections you are planning on skipping. I took the HESI three times because each new school I applied to required an additional section. On my third attempt, I took all sections.

The Junior League of Houston offers free CPR classes. http://www.juniorleaguehouston.org/?nd=p_event&event_category=CPR

were you in the rn to bsn program for already licensed nurses or were you in the bsn program for people who want to become nurses? as far as the bsn program for people who aren't nurses is concerned, it depends on the partner hospital as to what the quality of the educational experience will be. in this 15 month program, the partner hospital is financially responsible for providing and equipping a clinical lab with patient simulators. the clinical instructors are contractors hired by uta. results can vary from partner hospital to partner hospital. it isn't like being a student attending class in person in arlington.

UTHSC SON Bacc2 Class of 2012

Last year San Jac told me they'd take my Lone Star HESI scores if I'd submit an official transcript from Elsevier. Are you sure you talked to the right person? Have you asked the overall program director?

The Junior League just posted the April CPR schedule. Remember, it is free: http://www.juniorleaguehouston.org/?nd=p_event&event_category=CPR