Texas State University Fall 2014

Tas1991 · Apr 16, 2014

Goobertron,

(1) If your science credits expired (been 5 years or more) and you have retaken the courses, the current GPA's of the retaken courses are the GPA's the SON uses when calculating your overall/science GPA's.

(2) If you failed or have a low grade in a science course and you retake the course to earn a passing grade or higher grade, both GPA's from the 1st and 2nd time you took that course will be averaged and is used to calculate your overall/science GPA's for the SON.

khajworo · Apr 25, 2014

Hey Guys,

I have a question for you all. I've been thinking about applying to TSU St. Joseph SON, but I can't seem to convince my dad (also partial educational investor) that it's a good idea. He feels that because the school is so new, that I'd have more opportunities going to a more established school. I am curious if any of you have been to informational sessions or talked to someone in regards to where clinicals are done. I read in a previous year someone said "nursing home or skilled nursing facility where the acuity is lower than hospitals". A nurse friend of mine said this wasn't a good thing because you won't get all the live experiences at would be given at a hospital setting, such as surgery, labor and delivery, ect. Does anyone know if this is the case?

Any additional information would be greatly appreciated.

Marina.h · Apr 27, 2014

Hey Guys,
I have a question for you all. I've been thinking about applying to TSU St. Joseph SON, but I can't seem to convince my dad (also partial educational investor) that it's a good idea. He feels that because the school is so new, that I'd have more opportunities going to a more established school. I am curious if any of you have been to informational sessions or talked to someone in regards to where clinicals are done. I read in a previous year someone said "nursing home or skilled nursing facility where the acuity is lower than hospitals". A nurse friend of mine said this wasn't a good thing because you won't get all the live experiences at would be given at a hospital setting, such as surgery, labor and delivery, ect. Does anyone know if this is the case?
Any additional information would be greatly appreciated.

Welcome!

First let's start with the name of the school. Its not called St. Joseph. It's St. David's school of nursing, as in St. Davids Healthcare with like 7 hospitals in central Texas.

It is a bit scary since it's such a new program but to me, I find that beneficial. That means not only are all of their equipment and facilities only a few years old but it also means they have designed their curriculum around CURRENT needs of central texas hospitals and the nursing community at large.

The quote you are referring to about nursing homes for lower acuity is referring to our first set of clinicals. It means we will be assessing patients and practice charting or administering medicines as opposed to like placing central lines our first clinical. It's meant as a reassurance that they aren't throwing us in the deep end. If you go to the son website, you can look at the current curriculum and graduation plans and you'll see that as we progress through the program, we focus on more difficult subjects, including mother/baby/peds. Our clinicals later on in the program will be at area hospitals in Round Rock. Just do some reading on the website and see what you can find out.

Also, if you look up the Texas board of nursing they have NCLEX pass rates for every school in Texas. On average, we have the same pass rates as UT Austin, percentage wise. Statistically, that means they have more students failing the NCLEX since they have a larger number of students in their program. This shows Texas State is at the very least competitive with big name schools and in my opinion, slightly better.

Both schools, and others in Texas, offer information sessions so go check them out and get a feel for what they have to offer. For me, UT Austin has always been a dream of mine but when I went to their information session they were stand offish and a little elitist, didn't offer a tour, and were not transfer friendly and the whole experience put a bad taste in my mouth. Each and every time I've been to Texas State to drop off paperwork or whatever, each person I've encountered has been friendly and enthusiastic, even in just giving me directions to someone's office!

rquinn1989 · Jun 5, 2014

Hey guys! I have applied for the fall 2014 program. I just graduated with a degree in Exercise and Sport Science with a minor in Psychology from Txstate.

Here are my stats:

4.0 science GPA

3.71 overall GPA

TEAS:

81 reading

90 math

86 science

80 English

84 composite

Can't wait to hear something!

st1245 · Jun 20, 2014

Hi everyone,

I just got an email today saying that I have been accepted to TXST's nursing program for fall 2014. I was planning on going to utmb, but I have decided to go to TXST. I have been living in Austin the past 2 years and I plan on working here after I'm done with school. Does anyone know if there is a Facebook group for Fall 2014 students?

Thanks!

eba63 · Jun 23, 2014

Congratulations! Yes, it's call St. David's School of Nursing - Class of 2016!

uta.student · Aug 18, 2014

This is helpful insight guys thanks and congrats. To those accepted, could you share whether you were a transfer student or were you going to UT when you applied to the nursing school? Thanks.

lisahall111 · May 1, 2015

Hey guys, I am starting St David's this fall and I am wondering what the schedule is like. I was hoping someone could give me an idea of the class hours and clinicals since they haven't given us any info on that yet. Thanks!

Marina.h · May 2, 2015

Congratulations Lisa! The first semester you will have classes wed-Friday and clinicals on either Mondays or Tuesdays. I think you get out by 3:00 for everything. For most of the first semester, your clinicals will be spent in the simulation lab at school. You all will be split into groups of 10 and you'll learn skills you'll need for clinical in the hospital. You won't actually go to a hospital until the last 4 weeks of school. The second semester you'll have two clinicals, one on Mondays and one on Tuesdays and classes wed-Friday. Hope this helps! You can PM if you have questions. :) congrats again!

lisahall111 · May 2, 2015

Thanks!