BSN clinicals

Katnip, RN · Dec 13, 2005

Mine did not have clinicals the first semester. It was all didactic.

pricklypear · Dec 13, 2005

My BSN program had clinicals in all 5 semesters.

hanpat13 · Dec 13, 2005

We have a 10 hour clinical day first semester, 2-10 hour clinical days the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th semester (all per week). 4th semester ends half-way through (finals, ERI's, etc.) and then we are released for 144 hour preceptorship. We come back in May to graduate.

Hope that helps,

Kris

Stephanie in FL · Dec 13, 2005

My BSN program also had clinicals in all 5 semesters. This was in Florida.

Stephanie RN

Transplant-BSNTx · Dec 13, 2005

In the BSN program that I am in, there was 2 years (4 semesters) of pre-requisite classes; non-nursing classes except for pathophysiology. Then, once accepted into the nursing program, there are 2 more years of study (four semesters) with each semester consisting of clinical rotations.

We had 6 weeks of clinicals for Fundamentals in 1st semester, with each week consisting of two 8 hour days.

In second semester, we had Med/Surg clinicals for 5 weeks, with each week consisting of two 8 hour days. Also, we had psych clinicals for 4 weeks, with each week consisting of one 8 hour day at a state hospital. There were also community site clinicals at places like outpatient mental health service facilities and AA meetings.

Next semester, I'll have OB and Pedi clinicals, but we haven't received a clinical assignment schedule as of yet.

labman · Dec 13, 2005

In our BSN program we have clinicals all 5 of our professional nursing semesters. First semester we have only 20 hours but next semester we have 6 hours one day of the week. I personally think that this is too much for 2 credits but ohh well.

Bevy02 · Dec 13, 2005

In my progran, we have clincals 7 out of the 8 semesters. We have one nursing course and our pre-reqs the first year and gradually take more nursing classes than pre-reqs. We started out doing clinicals one day a week for 4 hours at a nursing home and then sophomore year we had one 8 hour day of clinicals each week and by junior year had 2-3 8 hour days of clinical each week. It was actually kind of nice because you were exposed to the hospital and patients early on and we were able to see if nursing was really for you before you invested 2+ years of time and money into something you didn't really enjoy.

cshelly12 · Dec 14, 2005

So then if you are in a RN-BSN online program, do you have clinicals?

labcat01, BSN, RN · Dec 14, 2005

So then if you are in a RN-BSN online program, do you have clinicals?

Yes, I don't know the fine points of it but you and the school have to make arrangements with a local hospital. Maybe someone else here can shed some more light on it.

cjog · Dec 14, 2005

With an RN-BSN program, you are aiming to complete the Bachelor's degree part of your education and not the nursing part, as you already hold and RN. This mostly involves non-nursing courses aimed at rounding out and education as opposed to strictly nursing courses. I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't involve clinicals. In most traditional BSN programs, you complete most non-nursing requirements before you get into the nursing part of your schooling. Doing the RN-BSN is basically doing the same thing, but backwards. Hope this helps.