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1. Dallas Nursing Institute

   tlstudent replied to Txstarr972's topic in Texas

   Can I just ask why you would go to the LVN-RN bridge at DNI instead of El Centro? Isn't DNI really expensive? I pay like $320 a semester for the RN program. That's about 1500 total. ?

2. Dear future nursing students,

   tlstudent replied to BeeFree963's topic in General Students

   KWilson! Check their prereq requirements. TWU requires Chem, Womens studies, Multi Cultural, and statistics. BUT is supposed to be super awesome and supportive. UTA requires a very basic math and not as many, if any specialized courses, AND is expand...

3. Dear future nursing students,

   tlstudent replied to BeeFree963's topic in General Students

   @Brillohead- I'd be really careful going into the Nursing program thinking that you don't have to study that much. Our program starts with 60- All with GPAs above 3.5- and that number gets weeded down to 40 after that 1st semester. It's completely di...

4. How will I juggle school and family - advice?

   tlstudent replied to Nurse2bESK's topic in General Students

   Ha! All of the above. I'm a single mom of two, ages 4 and 2 as well! I HONESTLY barely remember seeing my kids the first semester of Nursing school. But every chance I got I did something fun with them. Stopping at a park on the way home from the sit...

5. Funny or embarrassing moments in clinicals.....

   tlstudent replied to wahwahgerman's topic in General Students

   One of my BF in Nursing school is an international student from Kenya. He's very nice and knowledgeable, but still a little shy. During a 1st semester clinical he was doing his Head to Toe assessment on a Female, early to mid20's pt, whose boyfriend ...

6. Dear future nursing students,

   tlstudent replied to BeeFree963's topic in General Students

   LOL! Oh my. All of these people exist in my class too! I think end of 2nd and begining of 3rd is the peak of the annoyances. I know that the people I am most annoyed by on any given week, maybe my buddy the next. BTW: I don't work, but I'll have to ...

7. Frustration & No RN Job Opportunities

   tlstudent replied to LuvScrubs2's topic in New Nurse

   I'm still in Nursing school, graduate in Dec 2010, and most of the people in my level are already finding Nursing jobs. I mean, we're getting hired as Techs for now and the floor managers are already talking about what we'll be doing once they hire u...

8. Any RN's applying to MSN/NP prog without a BSN???

   tlstudent replied to khrissi17's topic in Post Graduate

   I was looking into these programs too. In the ones I've seen, the Science credits have to be no less than 5-7 years old. And they're laid out so you get your BSN in the process of getting the MSN. Transferring from one school to another, especially f...

9. El Centro's Admission Process For Nursing Program for 2010

   tlstudent replied to KaseyP's topic in Texas

   That changed a while back. The Very best thing to do is go to El Centro's Paramount building and pick up the newest ADN packet. Go to the info session if you can. When I got in the lowest gpa was a 3.1 or something. The previous semester didn't have ...

10. ADN course from Dallas Nursing Institute

    tlstudent replied to nichelle82's topic in Texas

    I would really recommend you looking into the Dcccd programs!! There are 2 separate ones, El Centro and Brookhaven. They cost about half of whatever the DNI will charge and the Dcccd programs have really good standings with the area hospitals. Which ...

11. I passed the HESI and only studied for a week!!!

    tlstudent replied to SoSimplyMe's topic in Texas

    I don't think that patting yourself on the back for not trying is a good mentality to take into Nursing school. The entrance Hesi isn't that hard. But Nursing and Nursing school is guys. Sorry if it upsets you, but I wouldn't want a student nurse li...

12. El Centro or Brookhaven?? Dallas ADN Programs

    tlstudent replied to lgtx3's topic in Texas

    It's only shorter cause Brookhaven goes during the summer while El Centro is off. The courses are also different. You can see the classes on the different web sites. I go to El Centro. I think we study systems for all ages at the same time (except pe...

13. Does anyone know about the VA nurse residency program in Dallas?

    tlstudent replied to Becky8's topic in Texas

    El Centro has clinicals there. I haven't been myself, but from what I've heard... it's not the best place to work in Dallas. I've found Medical City and Baylor to be the most Nurse/ PCA friendly. I mean, EVERYONE at Med City was awesome and nice.