Nursing School Weeks 1-4
We have manikins just like this in our lab that we practice on and do skills check offs on, but we don’t have to wear our uniforms.
Well hello again,
I am officially in nursing school now. Have been for 4 weeks now. I knew it would be hard, but I am still surprised at how much of a time commitment it is. I heard everyone say it, but it is true. Reading 2-4 chapters every night with workbook assignments, daily quizzes and weekly unit tests. At least one test sometimes up to 3 in one week. Skills assessment every week and weekly posts and journals, and various misc. assignments. I have had many 12 credit hour semesters before, but I have never had to work so hard at it. There is a steep grading scale too. 77 is failing 78-86 is a C 87-92 is a B 93-100 is a A. It is a good idea to set a high standard for health professionals.
My class is full. We fill every seat. This is the first time they had two sections for first year students. That is lucky for me because otherwise I would be on a waiting list. There is a morning section and an afternoon section. I have classes every day from about 1-5:30 (some days I come in early to work in the lab), and then every other minute of my day is spent getting ready for class. Probably one of the most challenging aspects to studying is that everything is in medical language. So you have to learn the lingo along with learning new concepts and procedures. And then everything has an abbreviation that you need to know. The first couple of weeks I was very overwhelmed with everything that needed to be done, but now I feel like I am getting the hang of it.
I wanted to write my blog sooner. Heck, I wanted to do a lot of things that I just haven’t had time for. I will try to keep you posted, but as of now I am passing my classes. I just took a test today on Elimination and I haven’t seen the damages yet. Well, i need to put it behind me now and study for the next test, on Monday. We get two days off next week! Yay, for faculty work days! Triple word score, I found out that we get to have spring break too! It will be in the middle of clinicals, but that is OK a break is a break.
