Hello, my name's Tien and I'm going to apply for TWU Houston Fall 14'. I noticed there's a topic for Dallas but none for Houston so I'm starting this one, hoping it will be a place for us hopeful applicants to come and share information.
BTW, my stats are: GPA 3.892, TEAS V 85.3%, 2/4 first attempt, and previous BA in Business. I'm scared b/c of my "1st attempt" since I see most that got in have 3 or 4/4 ...
Textbooks have been posted and I was wondering if it is necessary to purchase all "required" books for each course. In my prereqs teachers posted required text but did not actually require the book. Nurs 3005 requires 7 texts, I think that is a bit overboard and super $$. I was planning on renting through Chegg, what is everyone else doing?
I wouldn't say they are all "required", they can do a bit overboard with the books. If you are good with reading texts, or like to have them for reference - here is are the ones I would (personally) recommend:
Concepts - Potter and Perry (text only), nursing videos for the visual learners out there
Patho - you don't need the book for class, but it is a good reference/door stop.
If you are a text book minimalist (like me), here is what you must have:
Assessment - BUY THE BOOK and WORKBOOK! You will need both for class and lab, you will not survive the class without reading the text and the workbook is required for lab.
Concepts - Nursing Diagnosis book & drug book before clinical rotations start (mid-semester)
For those of you that are confused go here for a list of books:
Thanks for the info! Do you also think it would be okay to wait until the first week of classes to buy books? I hate buying them all and returning half to Chegg. Are most of the prof okay with giving students a week to catch up on reading?
Do you also think it would be okay to wait until the first week of classes to buy books? Are most of the prof okay with giving students a week to catch up on reading?
Go ahead and get your assessment book and workbook - these shouldn't change. This is also probably the only book you will NEED to read (and read again), the others make good references.
The other books, feel free to wait on (you may never want them anyway). The nursing diagnosis and drug book you need about 4-6 weeks in or can borrow one until then.
What days and times are the orientations for TWU Houston? I ordered scrubs and supplies from them but I got accepted to another nursing school and wanted to sell the scrubs and use the other items for the other school.
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Here is some info from the TWU website for orientation regarding dates and times: New Student Orientation - TWU Student Life - Houston - Texas Woman's University