Nursing Students General Students
Published Apr 25, 2004
klone, MSN, RN
14,791 Posts
On the school? What I mean is, do most schools have, for instance, Med/Surg for semester 1, OB for semester 2, Psych for semester 3, etc? Or is every school different?
I'm wondering because I REALLY want to get an externship in OB/L&D, but externships are offered after 2nd semester, and I don't even know if I will have gone through that area by then, which makes me doubt they would put an extern in the department who hasn't even had any practical training yet in the area.
mitchsmom
1,907 Posts
I think some of it must vary... ours started with a rural/cultural class that wasn't hospital-based, the real clinicals start with med-surg, LTC and psych in 2nd semester. This summer half will take OB/Peds and half will take Crisis (which I guess is ICU, ER, ???- our class descriptions are always in code). They will take whichever of those two they didn't take in the Fall, plus some Challenging and Shaping class, which again is in code. Then we have Community nursing and a practice clinical elective the last semester. They have changed some of it for the new class entering in the Fall.
I would just ask when your school does OB! Best wishes :)
dansamy
672 Posts
I don't know. I reckon it depends on the school. My school has this schedule:
So in our school, we do not do OB/L&D until the 4th semester.
jonnygirl27
36 Posts
1st Semester: Med/Surg and Nursing homes
2nd Semester: OB and Peds
3rd Semester: Nephrology (we have a HUGE DM and ESRD population in my area) and psych nursing.
4th Semester: ICU/Critical Care and Preceptorship (working side by side with an RN in a chosen area of emphasis)
RedSox33RN
1,483 Posts
They were different for all the schools I applied to. Even the sister community colleges in our state said it would be difficult, if not impossible, to transfer from one college to another while in the nursing program, because they all do their rotations differently.
All the colleges I looked at though did OB as one of their last rotations, so like the 3rd or 4th semester. None were doing it first year.
AmyB
260 Posts
I - Foundations (general med)
II - Med/Surg I & II
III - ICU / ER
IV - OB/Pedi
V - Psych/Management