LonghornLK

Hi Everyone! It looks like this is a post compiled of people accepted into UTMB's Accelerated BSN Spring 2011 program. I too will be attending in January and am so excited! Will anyone else be living in Houston and making the drive for the weekly seminars? I have not looked online recently to check, but does anyone know when orientation will be? Hope to hear back from y'all!

Hi there, I actually spoke with someone from Student Wellness yesterday, and she said if you have the first 2 immunizations done by the start of classes you will be fine. Apparently that won't affect the time period of clinicals. I still am not sure when clinicals start. I don't know if you have had your 3 series Hep B previously or not, but this info might be helpful for you. If you already have had your Hep B 3 series of vaccinations but no titer drawn, then you need to get a Hep B titer. If the titer is positive for antibodies, you are good to go. You will need to document the titer and 3 series. They just put on paper that it needs to be 4-6 weeks after the 3rd, but apparently this doesn't matter. If your titer is negative, you will then need to get the series again. If the titer is questionable as to whether or not it is pos or neg then you have to get a booster.

I just received my acceptance into UTMB's Accelerated BSN program. Does anyone know when students in this specific program start doing clinicals? I am gathering up all my vaccinations and I see that the Hepatitis B vaccination has to have all 3 immunizations with a positive titer 4-6 weeks after the 3rd immunization. I'm still trying to figure out if I had a titer drawn within this time frame from back in the day...but it looks like if I haven't then I will have to do the entire process again. I'm concerned because it states in the acceptance letter that "students must complete all immunizations prior to enrollment" in one section yet it also states "Imunizations are required for all students AND must be completed BEFORE a student may participate in any patient care activity." (Hence my first question of, does anyone know when students in UTMB's accelerated program start doing clinicals). If you know this answer PLEASE let me know. I can never seem to get the right person on the phone or via email at UTMB.... Thank you so much!!