Are there clinicals the 1st semester of nursing school?

pinkiepie_RN · Apr 6, 2009

It depends on your school. During my first semester of NS, I had skills lab and we practiced skills such as bed baths, applying TEDs, etc. for the first 4 weeks and then had clinical once a week on a transitional care/rehab unit. After first semester, I had two clinicals each week. Good luck!

RN2BE1210 · Apr 6, 2009

I would think you would have some sort of clinical. It may just be in lab or in a actual hospital setting. At my school you start clinicals your first semester after you do about 4 weeks of skills labs

~Mi Vida Loca~RN, ASN, RN · Apr 7, 2009

I think it would vary a lot on school, we have clinicals a few weeks in. Congrats on getting in!!

sh1901 · Apr 7, 2009

I think that it depends on your school, we had clinicals right away. I've also seen some posts on here that seem to indicate that they don't have clinicals the first semester. I would check with your program.

CrunchyMama, ASN, RN · Apr 7, 2009

I'll start nursing this fall and how my school works is the first 7 weeks is clinicals in the lab, then you have to pass a skills test. If not, you can retake it....if you fail that time, you're kicked out. Yeah, I'm scared, lol! But if you pass....then you start real clinicals. Good luck!

Cilantrophobe · Apr 7, 2009

:ancong!:

At our school (NVCC) they don't start until 5 weeks in. I think they try to give everyone a chance to get their immunizations, BLS, and anything else required to start clinicals.

RhodyGirl, RN · Apr 7, 2009

The nursing portion of my program is 6 semesters long. First semester is strictly in the classroom (therapeutic interventions and professional nursing 1). Second semester is health assessment and fundamentals.....in fundamentals we started clinical about 8 weeks in. Then, every semester after that is 2 clinicals per semester: psych and maternity, med surg 1 and pedi, etc...

It really depends on your program, they're all different:D