Hey Everyone! What are we taking next semester???

[BrandyBSN]

Hey gals! (and our few guys)! :)

This semester is almost over with... FINALLY! I have had 3.5 very stressful years, and the light at the end of the tunnel is getting a bit brighter. I have had an average of 17-18 hours per semester since I started, and next semester (MY LAST SEMESTER!!!!!) I have 12 hours, which is my lightest load yet!!! :) I purposefully push myself the past 3 years so that I could have a lighter load when I was preparing to graduate, for house hunting, job hunting, etc. Its finally here! May cant get here soon enough :)

So, now on to the point of my post, what are we taking next semester? Do you think you will like it? Why and Why not :)

Here is my schedule

Nursing Research - 3 hours

Psychiatric Nursing - 5 hours

Emergency Nursing Clinical Elective - 2 hours

Practicum in Nursing Reseach - 2 hours

Mondays:

Psychiatric Nursing 8:30-10:30

Nursing Research 10:30-11:20

Tuesdays:

Psychiatric Nursing Clinicals 8:00am-4:30pm (Until I reach 120 contact hours.)

Wednesdays:

Nursing Research 10:30-11:20

Thursdays:

Emergency Nursing Clinical (12 hour shifts until I reach 180 contact hours)

Fridays:

Nursing Research 10:30-11:20

Looks pretty good to me!!!! Besides having to log 300 hours of clinical time this semester, this is going to be a nice, low stress (hopefully I wont be eating those words) semester. I only have 2 classes that have tests!!!!! woohoo! :)

Incase you cant tell, im a wee bit excited :) :) :)

I have other reasons to be excited too, but that will come in a different post :)

Hugs to all!

BrandyBSN

[Bonnie Blue]

Time to throw in my 2 cents.

Spring

professional nursing seminar (2)

health care systems (4) all lecture bleah!

human experience across lifespan II (5) pathophys.

clinical (4)-not sure where, I'm on a med-surg floor this semester clock total 280 hours

ecology of health care (.5) a joint class with the 1st year med students that have been really bad or really good. Meets 2x a month

hang in there Brandy and the others who are graduating, there is light at the end of the tunnel and it's not a frieght train!

[carlalogan]

Hi everyone

I am getting very excited! I'm registering for my last pre-req class and filling out my nursing school application. If all goes well, I will complete Micro this next semester and start nursing school in the fall. I've slowly taken my pre-reqs while waiting for my youngest son to get into school full time, so it seems like submitting my application was a day that would never get here! Thanks for letting me share my excitement! Good luck to you all.

[prmenrs, RN]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Freedom is having your child in school all day!! You can be w/the grown-ups more!!

My father used to say Mother's Day wasn't in May, it was the first day of school.

Have fun in nursing school.

[carlalogan]

I agree!!!! I've definitely decided since I became a Mom that mothers had to have invented the idea of going to school in the first place

[peaceful2100, BSN, RN]

Brandy, I don't know why I like Research so much. I have always been interested in Research ever since I was in junior high school and I had my first paper to do. I like exploring issues, reading about the issue, looking for things. I am a curious person who likes to know more.

As far as christianity my school requires 3 semesters of christianity and 2 semesters of philosophy. I will have semesters of philsophy out of the way in December and then I will have two semesters of the christianity left to do. I alread took christianity 1 last semester.

[moni rn]

yes, i am still waiting on that d*mn acceptance letter! no news, yet!

if i do get in, my schedule will look something like this:

tuesday:

foundations of nursing

dosage & solutions

wednesday:

nursing skills lab

thursday:

foundations of nursing

friday:

foundations of nursing clinical

i work full-time during the day and go to school at night. tuesday through thursday, i will be in class until 830p. can you believe that on friday night i will be in class until 11p? i am going to be dead to the world. i have to report to my full-time job at 7a. they do offer the friday night class on saturday afternoon (11a - 5p), but i need my weekends!

to say the very least, the spring semester is going to be one h*ll of a semester!

[Katnip, RN]

Brandy, I can't wait to get to where you are. It seems like it will be forever.

My schedule for next semester:

Winter:

Context of Health Care I

Spring:

Adult Health Nursing (2 clinicals a week)

Gerentology

Science and Research

Informatics

[EXOTIC NURSE, RN]

YO BRANDY, You are doing an excellent job with your GPA so dont sweat it at all......Keep up the good work !!!!!! I hope everyone have a very good productive spring semester as I plan to be in the lab at my college preparing to take my state boards in February of 2002 then I will pick up some more classes to work towards my MSN concentration Nurse Practictioner I hope I can get into some type of Neonatology studies.....whewwwwww

[thewhip]

Hey Brandy and everyone else as well! Lucky you for being so close! Can't wait till It's my turn:p

I am pre-nursing soooo-

Nursing Perspectives 3cr

Abnormal Psych 3cr

Nutrition 3 cr

Algebra 4cr:(

MATH IS NOT MY FRIEND!!!!!!! :(

Hope I can get thru it without panicking HAHA!

God bless! Spring semester will be here before we know it!

Kristy

Minot State University, ND

[giftedRN]

Thewhip,

I am prenursing too and trying to do all my prerequisites by december 2002. You are not alone girl!

[craff1]

Well, I'm taking prereq's too. One more semester, with any luck I'll get in Fall 2002 (ours is a lottery system). Spring I'm taking a phlebotomy course, hoping to get a job in a hospital lab which would pay for nursing school, we'll see. Also 2nd semester A & P, Sociology (which I'm taking online), and pharmacology (also online). I've found these online classes are great. I'm able to fit more classes in since I can get online at 10pm at night without having to drag my ass to campus after work every night. THe phlebotomy class is only 9 classes long, then a 5 week advanced class, followed by an externship. I'm most excited about this one!

Good luck to all and keep up the good work!

[thewhip]

Hey Annmarei-

Thanks for the post! I am trying to get all my pre-nursing classes out of the way so I can apply to clinicals Fall 2002!

I read on another post that there was a really great Anatomy site- If you don't know already it is http://www.anatomy.tv and is supposed to be really good! Hope it works!

Good luck in your classes!

Kristy