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Texas Health School
Admissions Requirements and Application Forms
We at Texas Health School invite you to visit and discuss plans for training to enter a new career in allied health and nursing. We will help you select the best program of study to get you started in a new position. We will help you find placement. We welcome you to visit us at your convenience or to call for information on programs and class starts and book a tourat 713-932-9333
Medical Assistant
The program requires that you:
- Have a high school diploma, GED, or equivalent qualifications.
- Applicants with foreign transcripts from international institutions must have their transcripts evaluated for equivalency to a U.S. high school diploma and/or postsecondary education by a recognized evaluation service.
- A Wonderlic Scholastic level exam score of 13
The ability to read and wr ite in English.
- All applicants must be at least 17 years of age and must be 18 years of age prior to starting their scheduled externship/clinical.
- Complete a background check.
Nurse Aide
The program requires that you:
- Have a high school diploma, GED, or equivalent qualifications.
- Applicants with foreign transcripts from international institutions must have their transcripts evaluated for equivalency to a U.S. high school diploma and/or postsecondary education by a recognized evaluation service.
- Should an applicant not possess a high school diploma or its equivalent, he or she is required to take a test to determine the student’s ability to benefit (ATB) from the program.
- A Wonderlic Scholastic level exam score of 11
The ability to read and write in English.
- All applicants must be at least 17 years of age and must be 18 years of age prior to starting their scheduled externship/clinical.
- Complete a background check.
- Applicants for the Nurse Aide Training Program must sign a statement and be verified they are not listed on the Nurse Aide Registry (NAR) in revoked status, or as unemployable on the Employee Misconduct Registry (EMR) and have not been convicted of a criminal offense as listed in the Texas Health and Safety Code (THSC) §250.006(a), or convicted of a criminal offense listed in the Texas Health and Safety Code (THSC) §250.006(b) within the five years immediately before participating in the program.
Medication Aide
The program requires that you:
- Have a high school diploma, GED, or equivalent qualifications.
- A Wonderlic Scholastic level exam score of 11
The ability to read and write in English.
- All applicants must be at least 18 years of age
- Complete a background check.
- Applicants for the Medication Aide Program must be employed in a facility as a nurse aide or non-licensed direct care staff person on the first day of class and have been employed in a facility for 90 days as a
non-licensed direct care staff person. (Certified Nurse Aides employed in a Medicare skilled or Medicaid nursing facility are exempt from the 90 – day requirement.) - Prior to admittance into the program, all Medication Aide applicants are required to sign THHS (Texas Health & Human Services) Form 5538 – MA and complete a Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) fingerprint criminal background check to determine eligibilit y to take the Medication Aide examination. HHSC guidelines related to the practice of registered medication aides, potential ineligibility of persons convicted of offenses and how to request a criminal history evaluation letter are available at
https://www.hhs.texas.gov/doing-business-hhs/licensing-credentialing-regulation/credentialing/medication-aide-program . Notifying potential trainees as described in this section is required by the Occupations Code, §53.152.
Massage Therapy
The program requires that you:
- Have a high school diploma, GED, or equivalent qualifications.
- Applicants with foreign transcripts from international institutions must have their transcripts evaluated for equivalency to a U.S. high school diploma and/or postsecondary education by a recognized evaluation service.
- Should an applicant not possess a high school diploma or its equivalent, he or she is required to take a test to determine the student’s ability-to-benefit (ATB) from the program.
- A Wonderlic Scholastic level exam score of 12
- The ability to read and write in English.
- All applicants must be 18 years of age.
- Complete a background check
Vocational Nursing
The program requires that you:
- Have a high school diploma, GED, or equivalent qualifications.
- Applicants with foreign transcripts from international institutions must have their transcripts evaluated for equivalency to a U.S. high school diploma and/or postsecondary education by a recognized evaluation service.
- A Wonderlic Scholastic level exam score of 17
- The ability to read and write in English.
- All applicants must be at least 17 years of age and must be 18 years of age prior to starting their scheduled externship/clinical.
- Complete a background check.
Two forms are required to apply to the VN Program: 1) the general THS Application form; and 2) the THS VN Application form:
LVN to ADN
The program requires that you:
- Have a high school diploma, GED, or equivalent qualifications.
- Applicants with foreign transcripts from international institutions must have their transcripts evaluated for equivalency to a U.S. high school diploma and/or postsecondary education by a recognized evaluation service.
- Completion of a recognized Vocational Nursing program with a minimum GPA of 2.5 or higher
- A valid unencumbered VN license from Texas Board of Nursing
- The ability to read and write in English.
- All applicants must be at least 18 years of age.
- Complete a background check.
Two forms are required to apply to the VN to LVN Program: 1) the general THS Application form; and 2) the THS VN to LVN Application form:
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FEATURED EVENTS
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Texas Health School Welcomes its First LVN-to-ADN Cohort LVN-to-ADN Orientation – 04/21/2023
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Job Fair for VN Graduating Class (Cohort 19) – 05/10/2023 at 1:00 pm at Texas Health School.