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I'm curious why OP wants to be a nurse. REALLY curious.

Sorry, but I just have to ask -- is this kid having any peer group or social interaction problems that would lead him to seek out positive attention at school? I know, I know, but humor the little voices in my head!

Yes. Our local community college refers to it as an "integrated" versus "blocked" program. Some refer to it as "horizontal" versus "vertical" learning. It's been around in one form or another for quite a while.

The BON website shows Cybertex's NCLEX pass rate stands at 40%. Perhaps your car did you a favor! Best of luck on the HESI.

If you will be living close to the I-45 HOV lane in Spring, check to see if the METRO HOV lane buses run down to the Med Center. It will save you drive time and parking costs. Otherwise, I know single-passenger car commuters can buy passes to use the 290 HOV lane; perhaps the I-45 HOV lane offers the same. I use the 290 HOV lane and it cuts my downtown commute time almost in half. (I-45 and 290 are major freeways in Houston.)

T.R.O.L.L.

Jon Haws, the NRSNG Academy creator and owner, knows his stuff. No question. But you have to consciously shut out his constantly saying "Okay?" at the beginning, middle and/or end of every other sentence. Drove me nuts at first. And YES, the transcripted portions of the lessons are worthless -- it's a straight, uncorrected version of each lecture, and misspellings/grammatical errors abound. But if you listen to and watch his lectures, ignore his speaking mannerisms and focus on what he's actually communicating, you learn tons. Don't read the lectures-- listen to/watch them. And his written materials are great. I'm using his lectures in conjunction with classwork/readings, so I cannot speak to their use as NCLEX preparation. But he does need to clean up the written transcriptions of his lectures, as they are very unprofessional in their current form.

Yep. The BON intends to change the approval status to "Conditional," which means no new students allowed. https://www.bon.state.tx.us/pdfs/board_meetings_pdfs/2016/January/3-2-15-a.pdf (If this link doesn't work, everything is on the Texas BON website under "Meetings")

Lupe1984 -- If you come across any other ADN program in the Houston area with a night program (and isn't some for-profit start-up mall school), would you be willing to post it here? Thanks!!

The BON public website meeting agenda outline for the upcoming BON quarterly meeting next week shows that the HCC-ADN program approval status will be dropped to "Conditional" (no new students allowed), but it doesn't show that the HCC-LVN program lost accreditation. Is there a rumor going around that the LVN program is shutting down or something?

The Texas BON meeting agenda (available to the public on the BON website) indicates that the HCC-ADN program approval status will be dropped to Conditional as of end of January 2016. "Conditional" approval means the program cannot admit new students for the Fall 2016 semester.

Just a thought -- your forum name is "WantToBeMidwife." Correct me if I'm wrong (truly!), but I believe midwifery is an advanced practice RN role. The LVN route would be a step in that direction, MA would not.

SG101 = MyStudyGroup101 LLC I love their audio CDs. I listen to them in the car while making my daily sitting-in-Houston-traffic ventures.

I can say only that the Texas BON's website shows that the HCC ADN program is being downrated from "Full Approval" to "Full Approval With Warning" due to low NCLEX pass rates. This change appears in the Board Meeting Agenda for the January 22-23, 2015 meeting. I have heard complaints from friends of mine who attended the program that it's disorganized and too crowded. To be fair, the Kingwood and North Harris ADN programs are also being downrated for the same reason. Some people are of the opinion that the low pass rates are due to testing changes from two years ago, but others point out that the majority of programs managed to weather the changes.

Love the "Mindset Stuff" -- so true, and so often overlooked.