Bristol Community College (BCC) Nursing 2021

whalestales, ASN, RN · Feb 25, 2021

To get your mind off waiting, did anyone have more questions for someone already in the program?

joeyc99 · Feb 25, 2021

3 minutes ago, whalestales said:

To get your mind off waiting, did anyone have more questions for someone already in the program?

Yes actually. What is the first semester like? What do you tend to focus on in terms of what’s being learned.

Paigep1015 · Feb 25, 2021

6 minutes ago, whalestales said:

To get your mind off waiting, did anyone have more questions for someone already in the program?

Me too! How many days are traditional in school and clinical during an average week?

whalestales, ASN, RN · Feb 25, 2021

1 minute ago, joeyc99 said:

Yes actually. What is the first semester like? What do you tend to focus on in terms of what’s being learned.

First semester is a lot of basics: Basic skills like Blood pressures, bed baths, using a bedpan, injections, vitals, etc.

You are pretty much learning what is normal and learning to use your critical thinking skills.

You also have to take NUR100 with 101 which will teach you about good research and a background of nursing

ghezitto, LPN · Feb 25, 2021

What class are you in right now? How many exams are you taking a week?

whalestales, ASN, RN · Feb 25, 2021

2 minutes ago, Paigep1015 said:

Me too! How many days are traditional in school and clinical during an average week?

Traditional has in person/zoom class Mondays and both traditional and ehealth have clinical (when we have it) either once a week for 12 hours or 2x a week for 6 hours

ghezitto, LPN · Feb 25, 2021

Are clinical during the day or a evening? I’m

Paigep1015 · Feb 25, 2021

4 minutes ago, whalestales said:

Traditional has in person/zoom class Mondays and both traditional and ehealth have clinical (when we have it) either once a week for 12 hours or 2x a week for 6 hours

Thank you!

whalestales, ASN, RN · Feb 25, 2021

Just now, ghezitto said:

What class are you in right now? How many exams are you taking a week?

I'm in my 2nd semester in Maternity/L&D/Pediatrics (BCC calls it Parent-Child)

4 exams a semester + 1 final and 1 med math exam each semester

Each exam is 15 points, The final is 35, and the math is 5. So far that has stayed the same both semesters

whalestales, ASN, RN · Feb 25, 2021

11 minutes ago, ghezitto said:

Are clinical during the day or a evening?

Usually a 12 hr day is 7-7 and a 6hr day could be split either way 7-1 or noon - 6

One hospital last semester I think started us at 8? but that wasn't my group

With Covid a few groups only got 4hrs per week last semester which was really sad. And right now only a few students are going to Women & Infants for clinicals the rest of us are doing computer work

ghezitto, LPN · Feb 25, 2021

Oh wow okay! So are the exams tricky or based of the reading in the book or the PowerPoint? Are there teachers meaner than other?

whalestales, ASN, RN · Feb 25, 2021

7 minutes ago, ghezitto said:

Oh wow okay! So are the exams tricky or based of the reading in the book or the PowerPoint? Are there teachers meaner than other?

Whether it is based on reading the whole chapter or just what is in the powerpoint really depends on the professor. Technically you are responsible for the whole chapter.

Exams aren't out to trick you though, they review the exams after to decide if a question came across tricky and sometimes they throw that question out (rarely though)

None of the professors are mean, but some can be tougher than others. It is for your own good though because they are usually tougher on things that could be dangerous to you or the patient. For example recapping needles or forgetting to put side rails up.