Normal Schedule?

KIMMY03 · Jul 31, 2008

although i am only 20 years old, i skipped two grades in high school and graduated at the age of 16 with honors and a full scholarship to nyu. i currently hold a bachelors degree in journalism, but decided that the field was no longer one that i wanted to be a part of.

Luptyloo · Jul 31, 2008

Age, education, and experience can lend an air of condescension to some peoples' tones of 'voice'. It is not very nice, but it is fact. Although I am considerably older than you, I am only a pre-nursing student, and I fully expect that this is far from the only time we will hear this tone of voice from another nurse. I would imagine there will be some like this that we will have to work with or even have for professors. Best thing to take from this is to try not to be defensive when another has this kind of attitude (we don't have to let someone else ruin our attitude too:rolleyes:), and when you get to their place, remember what it was like to be a younger and newer nurse.

Jules A, MSN · Jul 31, 2008

I think the bottom line is that whether or not it is a normal schedule, it is YOUR schedule, simple as that. :)

Suck it up, find a way to make it work and the time will fly by. There are many 'walking in a blizzard with no shoes' stories that I could tell regarding my classmates in both the LPN and RN program but in the big picture every student just needs to fulfill their school's expectations. It was horrifying for me at my old age to all the sudden be "owned" by this entity that is nursing school but it is what it is. Most people will do what is necessary to succeed and those that don't will be shown the door.

Personally I appreciate suggestions over cyber hugs and pay special attention when a certain post or poster makes me get defensive. Ususally there is something more to it...on my end.

Nursing school is 100% crunch time not a minute to spare whining over things that you can't change. Venting isn't all that useful, imo, when there is work to do.

Jules A, MSN · Jul 31, 2008

Suggestions and different opinions are important and just because someone disagrees does not mean they are being condescending.

missjennmb · Jul 31, 2008

Things are tough in life, and I can pretty much guarantee that this is far from the hardest thing that I have done. It is just new, and I have nothing to compare it to, which is really the biggest thing I come here for... to share and compare experiences with other students and medical field personnel.

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Jul 31, 2008

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Graduate2010, BSN · Aug 3, 2008

I just got my schedule for nursing school yesterday, and I am really worried about the hours of some of these classes. Is this normal? Because I don't know how I am going to be able to keep from falling asleep in my car, let alone paying attention.
1st 9 weeks:
Mon: 1pm-5pm, 6:30pm-9:30pm
Tues: 9am-12pm, 1pm-5pm
Wed: 1pm-5pm, 6:30pm-9:30pm
Thurs: 9am-12pm
Then I am working Thurs/Fri 3pm-7 and Sat/Sun 7am to 5:30pm which is not optional but atleast I will have time to get enough sleep on the days that I work.
2nd 9 weeks:
Mon: 1pm - 4pm, 6:30pm-9:30pm
Tues: 6:45am-12:45pm (work 3pm-7pm)
Wed: 1pm-4pm, 6:30pm-9:30pm
Thurs: 6:45am-12:45pm (work 3pm-7pm)
Fri: OFF
Sat & Sun work 7am-5:30pm
I'm not too worried about my work schedule, and I get a lot of down time especially on the weekends where I can study when the phones aren't busy, but I am REALLY going to have trouble being in class until 9:30 at night, driving 45 min home, and then getting up for clinicals that are all a good hour away (work is also an hour away in an opposite direction)
Is this normal? If it is I will just grin and bear it, but it really feels like they are setting us up to fail having about 7 hours total between getting home from one class and getting ready for the next. The night class is Anatomy and Physiology I, which I hear is pretty tough too even in the best of conditions.

:no: WOW!!!!

I thought my schedule was crazy.......

My schedule for the next 18 mths:

First 9mths

Mon thru Thurs 7-3 working / 5-10 school:banghead:

Firday off

Mind you I work 20min away from where I live then I have to go back the other way 45min (on a good day) because I have to go across a bridge that is always backed up 3-6 miles right when I need to leave my job to get to school.

2nd 9mths

Mon thru Friday 7-3 working / 430-10 school:banghead:

Clinicals on Mon & Friday

Classroom on Tues & Thurs

With the gas prices as high as they are....man. :bluecry1: So you are not alone in this thing. I think alot of us have hectic schedules and we just have to figure out a routine and stick with and hope for the best. Besides it's only a temporary thing.

:up:Good luck to you all!!!

Counting down the days until day one....September 2nd:yeah:

Stephanie

HeyHeyitsMaay · Aug 4, 2008

The 1st time I went to school, I had the EXACT same schedule you had, with extra externships is what they called them..thrown in in the late evening hours.

It really wasn't that bad. Get up and eat and get ready, go to school all morning, sit down and have a decent meal, then go back and go to school during the evening.

During my lunch times I studied, and every moment that I wasn't in class. I worked just like you, and my ex-husband had just left so I had 2 little girls to raise.

Once you fall into a routine, it's not bad at all. It seems like it on paper, but I promise it becomes comfortable.

HeyHeyitsMaay · Aug 4, 2008

I need to add an addendum to that.

I wasn't going to school for a career in the health care field so...

I recognize that this is going to be exponentially more difficult for you than it was for me. But the hours are doable and you adjust, was my point. I can't relate to the nursing school part, but, I always ask myself 'How am I refined if not by fire?'

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