SoontobeRN16

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1. Texas Lutheran University DE-MSN

   SoontobeRN16 replied to JustSurviving's topic in School, College Programs

   First semester, we didn't start clinicals till week 9, since we had to do all of our clinical check offs. Also, the first clinicals are pretty short only 7-8 hours. Each subsequent semester, the...

2. Texas Lutheran University DE-MSN

   SoontobeRN16 replied to JustSurviving's topic in School, College Programs

   Most classes have a break in between anywhere from 1-2 hours. There are three trimesters a calendar year. Each is about 15 weeks long followed by 2 weeks off. The breaker are in January, may and...

3. Texas Lutheran University DE-MSN

   SoontobeRN16 replied to JustSurviving's topic in School, College Programs

   The course load IMHO was tough but not unreasonable. Classes started as early as 7am and finished by 5p, but it wasn't that long every single day. I'm trying to remember back to my first semester. I...

4. Texas Lutheran University DE-MSN

   SoontobeRN16 replied to JustSurviving's topic in School, College Programs

   The first semester of school is very classroom heavy expect to be on campus every day. As the semesters go on, you will be at school lesson less however, your time will be spent doing more clinicals....

5. Texas Lutheran University DE-MSN

   SoontobeRN16 replied to JustSurviving's topic in School, College Programs

   Colleen, I just graduated in the first cohort. The reason the DEMSN track is not yet accredited is because CCNE will not give accreditation to a program that's just starting. It takes at least one...

6. Texas Lutheran University DE-MSN

   SoontobeRN16 replied to JustSurviving's topic in School, College Programs

   In our cohort, we started with 27, lost one to medical issues and 3 dropped down to ABSN. The DEMSN program has higher grade requirements than the ABSN program due to being graduate classes. The...

7. Texas Lutheran University DE-MSN

   SoontobeRN16 replied to JustSurviving's topic in School, College Programs

   Good afternoon. I am in the first cohort of this program and we are set to graduate in 8 weeks. Overall, my personal experience has been great. There have been some challenges with scheduling and...

8. Texas Lutheran University DE-MSN

   SoontobeRN16 replied to JustSurviving's topic in School, College Programs

   The first cohort of the program has one semester left and the second cohort just started in January. So no update on job. However, many of the soon to be graduates have already interviewed and had no...

9. Texas Lutheran University DE-MSN

   SoontobeRN16 replied to JustSurviving's topic in School, College Programs

   They do not do a white coat ceremony. Pretty much all graduates of TLU have jobs before they graduate, many on units they worked at during

10. Texas Lutheran University DE-MSN

    SoontobeRN16 replied to JustSurviving's topic in School, College Programs

    In terms of grading, the scale that is used university wide is A = 89.45-100, B = 79.45-89.44, C = 74.45-79.44, D and F are below that. Since this is a graduate program, you must maintain A’s and...

11. Texas Lutheran University DE-MSN

    SoontobeRN16 replied to JustSurviving's topic in School, College Programs

    It is definitely beneficial to live close to campus all of the semesters, if possible. Even subsequent semesters you will still be going to campus 3-4 days/week. Most of the clinicals are going to be...

12. Texas Lutheran University DE-MSN

    SoontobeRN16 replied to JustSurviving's topic in School, College Programs

    Don’t get me wrong. There are some things that are annoying or unorganized. However, I attribute most of it to being in the first cohort and not having ironed the kinks out yet. But overall, it is a...

13. Texas Lutheran University DE-MSN

    SoontobeRN16 replied to JustSurviving's topic in School, College Programs

    I have to say, the first semester is the most challenging time wise as all of your class are on campus and you are going every day. The subsequent semesters, your on campus time goes down...

14. Texas Lutheran University DE-MSN

    SoontobeRN16 replied to JustSurviving's topic in School, College Programs

    First semester, we had two classes Monday 8-11 and 12-3. Tuesday we had lab 7-4 for the first 10 weeks and clinical for four weeks from 630-1230. Wednesday we had lab from 8-11. Thursday we had class...

15. Texas Lutheran University DE-MSN

    SoontobeRN16 replied to JustSurviving's topic in School, College Programs

    Hello all. I am currently in the DEMSN program at TLU and I love it. Feel free to reach out to me if you have any