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  1. Starting nursing school in three weeks, what am I forgetting?

    txstudent6 replied to Chelonophile's topic in General Students

    Congrats! I start in a few weeks & on our list we have stethoscope, bandage scissors, pen light with pupil gauge, non programmable calculator(for dose calculations), non digital watch with second...

  2. New to Houston area

    txstudent6 replied to JacAn001's topic in Texas Nursing

    I live in Houston & start nursing school next month! Just like the person above said, its very competitive (800-900 people apply,125-150 get in) there's TWU, UTH, UTMB, a&m prairie view. Also...

  3. School during summer?

    txstudent6 replied to WindSwept's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Like the person above said, it depends on the school. For example, my school continues through the summer & even has summer start so just look up the school(s) you want to go to

  4. Getting Ahead

    txstudent6 replied to hennezzy's topic in General Students

    I don't think it would matter bc they will teach you that stuff in nursing school. I'm 19 years old too. As for me, I don't have any experience as a nurse except that I go to my mom's job as a school...

  5. Getting Ahead

    txstudent6 replied to hennezzy's topic in General Students

    I'm starting school for my BSN next month so I have some advice prereq wise. Here's some things to do... 1. Always shoot for an A in your prereqs 2. Stay on top of or why ahead of your work! 3. Be...

  6. Getting Ahead

    txstudent6 replied to hennezzy's topic in General Students

    BLS is basic life support...it's cpr. It should be required for you when you get into nursing

  7. BSN then PA?

    txstudent6 replied to Mp31495's topic in Nursing Career

    It is possible! I've thought about being PA vs NP. NP is a shorter program but it is specific, meaning you will go to school to be a (ex)family nurse practitioner & if you don't like being a FNP...

  8. UTHSC Fall 2015 Applications

    txstudent6 replied to Chelsea222's topic in Texas Nursing

    Sorry! I thought you said how many are accepted. Not sure about wait

  9. UTHSC Fall 2015 Applications

    txstudent6 replied to Chelsea222's topic in Texas Nursing

    125-150ish

  10. Pre-Requisite Advice

    txstudent6 replied to aly2bro's topic in General Students

    a lot of people do it! you just have dedicate yourself and realize that you're taking to science courses which can be overwhelming. Good luck & best wishes

  11. I want to become a school nurse!

    txstudent6 replied to KiwiCarol's topic in School

    My mom is a school nurse! She first worked at a hospital then applied to a school since we were little then.She has her ADN but we live in Texas so I'm not sure about your state. I told her to go back...

  12. High school student needing help

    txstudent6 replied to alexisjaneen99's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It's good to start thinking early! Well I went to our local community college to get my prereqs. I took summer classes, winter minis so I could get into nursing school asap. I thought about doing the...

  13. UTHSC Fall 2015 Applications

    txstudent6 replied to Chelsea222's topic in Texas Nursing

    To those that have been denied, reapply for spring! Fall has a huge applicant pool. UTH doesn't take the top 125-150,so it wasn't necessarily your scores. People have been applied up to 3 times. If...

  14. Occupational therapy or nursing?

    txstudent6 replied to confusedteen's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It depends where you work. If you work at a doctor's office, you'll have "normal hours" but hospitals are either 12 or 8 hours shift and are either days or night. You don't work everyday as a nurse....

  15. UTHSC Fall 2015 Applications

    txstudent6 replied to Chelsea222's topic in Texas Nursing

    Log into your uth and go where you normally would check your application status :)

  16. UTHSC Fall 2015 Applications

    txstudent6 replied to Chelsea222's topic in Texas Nursing

    I know yall are full of anxiety but uth sends acceptance out in waves for summer our first one was late February/early March then our second was I believe late March. Just breathe! Don't worry about...

  17. UTHSC Summer 2015 Application

    txstudent6 replied to native_texan's topic in Texas Nursing

    Mine was a link attached to the acceptance letter...here's the link https://nursing.uth.edu/currstudent/new/ The Facebook page is helpful it's a group called UTHSC Houston SON class of august 2016 :)...

  18. UTHSC Summer 2015 Application

    txstudent6 replied to native_texan's topic in Texas Nursing

    I just wanted to introduce myself! I'm Victoria and got accepted yesterday! So excited!! Congrats to all those whom been accepted & good luck to all those anxiously