UTHSC Traditional BSN Spring 2014 Applicants

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I have seen many threads for previous applicants for past semesters to the UT Houston School of Nursing. I wanted to start one myself as I am applying for the spring 2014 traditional BSN and have yet to find a thread for it. Although I opened it for applicants, I would also encourage previous applicants, current/previous students, and applicants for other semesters at UTHSC to join in and share in this exciting time!

Green circle for me as well. On the bright side there is only 15 days to wait for an answer! Unless you get wait listed...then the wait will continue. Keep the faith :)

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Nada ... flower23, I'm thinking the same thing ... Maybe Monday (sigh)

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Hi all,

I am new to this site... I too am in the dreaded waiting game with you all. All I see is my green dot. Hoping to hear something soon! :(

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Specializes in IMU:Cardiac/Neuro.

The Rn-BSN program?? I am! :) that's what I'm waiting on:(

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Anyone know if UT Houston requires the HESI to be taken at the end of each semester or at the end of the program? I have been trying to look it up without any success (Only the HESI A2 info comes up). Seems like they would since a lot of other programs require it in some form...

Has anyone received an acceptance letter yet? I thought I had mine the other day, but then it ended up being a second course eval. I am curious about what time the new student orientation is going to be held at on December 17th.

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Anyone know if UT Houston requires the HESI to be taken at the end of each semester or at the end of the program? I have been trying to look it up without any success (Only the HESI A2 info comes up). Seems like they would since a lot of other programs require it in some form... Has anyone received an acceptance letter yet? I thought I had mine the other day but then it ended up being a second course eval. I am curious about what time the new student orientation is going to be held at on December 17th.[/quote']

Yes, they have HESI's at the end of each course and then at the end of the program. I've been checking the mail every single day like a crazy person & have yet to get mine either. On these forums the Spring 2013 applicants didn't start receiving theirs until November 15 and later :(

As for the orientation, I've been searching everywhere for info of past orientations but haven't found anything (except for a posting about it being 8 hours long) so I'm assuming it will probably start at 8 or 9am? Hopefully they'll have more info in the acceptance packages.

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Last year the orientation was dec 18 from 8:30-4

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Anyone know if UT Houston requires the HESI to be taken at the end of each semester or at the end of the program? I have been trying to look it up without any success (Only the HESI A2 info comes up). Seems like they would since a lot of other programs require it in some form...

Has anyone received an acceptance letter yet? I thought I had mine the other day, but then it ended up being a second course eval. I am curious about what time the new student orientation is going to be held at on December 17th.

Yeah, there's a HESI for every class. You'll take a fundamentals (for care I), patho, and health assessment HESI first semester. I think they're doing the pharm HESI in the last semester now.

There's also med/surg (for care 2), psych, OB, pedi, leadership/managment, community, high acuity, and I believe the J2s are doing a research HESI now.

Also an exit HESI in last semester that you need to pass to graduate.

I don't think they're bad at all but others struggle with them. It just depends, I guess!

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Thanks for the replies.

That is going to be a long day if orientation goes from 8 to 4. Oh well guess it has to be done.

What kind of scrubs do we have to wear? - Hope they aren't white. And are they only mandatory for Clinical rotations?

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Thanks for the replies.

That is going to be a long day if orientation goes from 8 to 4. Oh well guess it has to be done.

What kind of scrubs do we have to wear? - Hope they aren't white. And are they only mandatory for Clinical rotations?

Yeah it's just people talking, some of it's worthwhile and other things aren't.

Navy blue scrubs. You wear them for clinical and anytime you're in the skills lab, which will be every Monday for health assessment, the first 6 Tuesdays for care 1, and a couple other dates for care 1 that will be in your syllabus.

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Alright no white! haha thanks again. Some random times to wear the scrubs it seems.

Also, is the accelerated and pacesetter programs going to be the same? I applied to the accelerated program but both take like 15 - 16 months and the pacesetter seems to do all the clinical rotations at the end of the program according to UT's website. Is that the only difference?

Accelerated:

https://nursing.uth.edu/prospstudent/bsn/tradbsn/bsn-curriculum.htm

Pacesetter:

https://nursing.uth.edu/prospstudent/bsn/tradbsn/curriculum-bsn-pace.htm

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Haha well health assessment doesn't have lecture, just lab time. Care you'll be in the skills lab until you start clinicals, and there's maybe 1 or 2 sim labs or something after that.

They're switching to pacesetter only next spring. Yeah you just do all your lectures during the first 3 semesters, and I think you do care 1 and psych clinicals. Third semester you have no clinicals. 4th is all clinicals, and don't forget those awful care plans, plus you still have to take the exit hesi. I'm in the traditional program so I can't talk about the pacesetter program from experience.

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