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Hi @blondienurse9, I am so sorry for getting to this so late. I must have gotten really busy with school and missed it. It has been pretty insane lately. As far as clinicals go, if you are precepted they will ask you when you are available and work with you from there to find someone to shadow at the facility you are assigned. If you are placed in a clinical group, you will likely have set days (I've only been in one group clinical so far), as this is what I did. I have heard it is possible to work full time and be a student in this program, however it depends on how many hours you are taking. I had to cut back to part time at my work because it was becoming difficult to complete assignments and I was becoming really stressed. Everyone is different though, so please plan as you see fit. The program is designed to be completed in 5 semesters, straight through with no breaks (other than the few weeks between semesters). However, keep in mind, this program was designed for people in the military who could possibly have long breaks between classes/semesters. If you complete the program as it is intended, you will be done in 5 semesters from when you begin. You can take as few classes as you want at a time or take a semester off. The cons to this are that it will take longer and they don't hold a place for you in the next classes if you get "off-track". Please don't let the off-track comment scare you though. The only reason I said it is because I want you to be aware that you will have to sign up for classes right away. It really isn't a big deal though. Again, sorry for getting back to you so late. I hope you have found this information helpful.

It's been like 2 years since I've taken them, so I can't really remember exactly how them were. The only thing I can remember is that I had John Addison for Health Alterations and he was awesome! I would highly recommend him if you can get him. For Pharmacology, just read the book and study I suppose. I hope this helps. Let me know if you need to know anything else and I will try to help.

I honestly don't remember. I took it in 2013 and cannot find my transcript at the moment. I think the main thing to look at is that it is Statistics for Life. You can always contact someone at the school to see if they can give you any information about the class transferring.

I took mine at DCCCD. The only two classes I took at TAMUCC prior to starting nursing school at TAMUCC were Health Alterations and Pharmacology. Looking at this page -----> Bachelor's of Science in Nursing (BSN) - eLine - Texas A&M University Corpus Christi - the Island University ----- it looks like they want you to take MATH 1442.

That's the thing, it's not out of my hands. I intend to take this fully in my responsibility from now on. I'm going to research sites for clinical and then send the information to our clinical placement coordinator so that she can fill out a preceptor agreement. It is just so irritating that I need to do a job that I pay a lot money for someone to take care of for me. Please don't be nervous about it. Other than clinical placement, the program itself is not that bad. I just want you to be aware of everything possible going in so that you may prepare for things like this. Anyway, @NurseRae78 & @madisongrinn, congrats and you will do great as long as you are yourself. Getting an interview is a great sign. I'm pretty sure a lot of people do not get this opportunity.

I need to rant, so please excuse this post. I need to let you guys know something about this program. Clinical placement is entirely flawed! They take way to long to place you at a location, even if it is within the same hospital. I realize they have a lot of student being place at the same time, but they need a better system. I just has a friend, who WAS a semester ahead of me and was set to graduate in August this year, tell me that she is now having to graduate in December because they took way too long to place her and she didn't have enough time to finish her clinical before the beginning of the current semester. This didn't happen to me and I am so infuriated. The very thought that it could, upsets me. I can only imagine how she feels right now, but I cannot let that happen to me. I've got everything set up to graduate in December. The thought never even crossed my mind that the school would let that happen, but apparently it can and you all need to know this fact. It is in your own hands to make sure this doesn't happen. They leave you in the dark and even if you contact someone by email, it takes forever for them to reply. I'm going to call someone at the hospital about OB clinical, directly, and get this going. I cannot let this happen to me. I hope this helps you guys in any way possible. I just had to vent to someone and you also really need to know this. Thank you.

@madisongrinn - That's awesome! Congrats for getting this far! All I can really say about the interview process is that it is through WebEx. My advisor set everything up after we agreed on the date and time. Some of the professors were sitting at a table in the interview and they just asked me some questions, such as why did you choose to go into nursing? My advise is just to be yourself and don't stress about it too much. I know I was extremely nervous about it as I didn't know what to expect. Clinicals have been going well, although I have only been in a couple so far. I am awaiting notice of my OB clinicals. I'm glad I am now in a position to give others some insight. Let me know if you have any more questions.

So the first day went pretty well. We were very busy. I should be able to work with the same preceptor as she works fixed days. However, there are also pros to working with multiple nurses to see different points of view. I like mine though and I think I'll stick with her if she'll have me :). @bubbles500 good luck to you, hope you get in! Which semester are you applying to? If you have any questions, I'll try my best to answer them for you.

Update for TAMUCC nursing program clinicals. I have officially been placed at Harris Methodist in Fort Worth. I start tomorrow and I am pretty nervous. I hope everything goes well. It seems like they are pretty flexible with which days you can partake in clinicals, at least mine anyway. However, the manager on the floor I'll be on says I may not have the same nurse preceptor every time. I don't know if that is good or not so good, but we shall see. We'll see how it goes!

@tatertot11 - do you have a Facebook account?

Looks like you can private message someone once you have made 15 posts on allnurses. I don't know how else to get my email to you and I don't want to post it here.

K, me too! Goodnight!

Ooh man, not looking forward to the care plans... And thank you! I need all the help I can get. You wouldn't happen to be selling any of your books, would you? I just started looking at my books for 2nd semester and they are expensive. Especially med surg...

Yep, for Funds! I've never done clinicals before. Did you start nursing school at TAMUCC?

Haha, yes they said that Harris contacted them and that I should hear something from them soon. Are you at Harris?