D_Angelo25

Hey everyone! So to give a little background info, I am 26 years old, taking my pre reqs here in TX at a local community college, and am gearing things towards my BSN. I currently work full time as a tech at a hospital, 3 shifts a week. Well, my question is, do nursing programs look at how many credit hours you take in a semester?The only reason I ask, is because right now I am taking 6 hours, and was thinking of increasing to 9 hours next semester, and then increasing course load again after that semester. I am a first time college student if it matters, I just didn't want to get in too much over my head the first semester and risk getting low marks. But aside from that, I was just curious if nursing programs would want to see a heavy course load on your transcripts, or if they just care that you had high marks completing the pre reqs. I am aware we have to take a HESI, which I am not worried about.

So I just accepted a position as a tech on an IMCU (Intermediate Care Unit), I have been a CNA for 10 years, but never in this setting. Question to nurses and techs, what is this floor? What type of patients are there on this floor and what do the techs do in that particular speciality? I start school in July towards my R.N. and I am also curious as to if this particular floor would be great experience to see a lot of complex illnesses as well as getting submerged into the acute care culture. My goal is to become an ICU nurse one day, if that helps. For years I was used to nursing home work, pretty much basic cna duties, and I have been wanting to be able to do more , utilize skills more, as well as see more, so would this unit do justice in rounding all of that out? Thanks in advance!