UT Houston Fall 2010 (University of Texas at Houston)

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Anyone here applied already?

Have you taken the NET exam?

Parking is very costy down there. Plus, consider fighting traffic for 30-60 minutes, the wear and tear on your car, plus the wasted time (you could study some if you are on the park and ride instead of driving). I am hoping it will work out. $5 is cheaper than the gas would prolly cost to drive down there not to mention the cost of parking.

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I'm in pacesetters too!

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I was thinking about doing contract parking, I know its pretty expensive but I don't think I want to do park and ride.

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congrats!

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I'm in the Clear Lake area and would be willing to carpool...

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I got into pacesetters too! I don't even know which program is better.. Does pacesetters not have clinical at all for 3 semesters and only the 4th semester? Do we have any patient contact in the first 3 semesters?

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I got into the traditional program :) I'm just happy I got INTO the program haha :)

From my understanding of the Pacesetter's program is that instead of doing a section and then clinicals you do all the clinics in the last semester. I think we all still take the same classes, just the clinical part is different :)

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From the UT website:

New Pacesetters Program Will Help Students "Live the Life of a Nurse" While Earning B.S.N.

HOUSTON - (Oct. 22, 2009) - The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Nursing is now seeking applicants eligible for admission to its Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.) program to sign up for its new Pacesetters option.

A redesigning of the four-semester B.S.N. curriculum, the first three semesters in the Pacesetters program will be classroom, simulation and limited clinical studies. During the final semester, students will have full-time clinical rotations over 16 weeks.

This new concept, which is open to 50 B.S.N. students for fall 2010, is being developed by a task force chaired by Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Cathy Rozmus, D.S.N., R.N.

"Our goal is to create an educational experience that will get the student living the life of a nurse while still in nursing school and help develop the strong critical thinking skills demanded by a clinical workplace," said Rozmus.

In the typical nursing school curriculum, a student may go to class (or have online work) two days a week and train in clinic two days per week for a semester. Often, the two clinical days will be in different hospitals - for example, one day for psychiatric nursing and one day for pediatric nursing. The student might not get any continuity-of-care experience and receive brief, limited contact with each hospital's system of care, location of supplies, charting methods, etc. In the UT School of Nursing at Houston's Pacesetter program, these 50 B.S.N. students will have one semester consisting of 40 hours per week of clinical experience in the same hospital system.

Clinical partners, such as the Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, will help the nursing school schedule the Pacesetter B.S.N. students for the necessary 16 weeks of full-time clinical experience.

"Memorial Hermann Healthcare System is delighted to partner with the UT School of Nursing on this initiative to enhance senior student exposure to clinical practice. This program will add to the graduate nurses' skill set and begin the process of entry into the professional nursing workforce before graduation," said Memorial Hermann Healthcare System Executive for Nursing Tim Bevelacqua, R.N. "The desired end result is a more job-ready graduate whose transition to professional practice has been improved."

"The Pacesetters program is a win-win for everybody and, potentially, a national model for new educational approaches to addressing the nationwide nursing shortage," said UT School of Nursing Dean Patricia L. Starck, D.S.N., R.N.

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Thanks katherine1024! That helped! Im excited about it... But are we not going to be in different rotations like in different nursing areas such as PEDI, PYSCH, etc.. or is all that incorporated in the last semester?

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It sounds like that is incorporated into the last semester: "During the final semester, students will have full-time clinical rotations over 16 weeks." It said the rotations would be done in the same hospital system, meaning we will do different specialities of clinicals during the 16 weeks, but all of them at a Memorial Hermann Hospital. That what it sounds like to me.

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YAY congrats to everyone that got in!

I got my acceptance e-mail just now, my hands are still shaking! I hope this isn't some cruel april fool's joke ahah

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Congrats everyone! :) enjoy your summer... it's a tough program!

When my class got accepted they sent us orientation/bootcamp dates. If you don't, then it should be in the packet they send you. If or whenever someone knows the date(s) could you post it? Some of the J1s (juniors first semester) from this semester (aka my class) are curious. we're looking forward to meeting the new J1s in the fall!

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