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Published Jan 13, 2005
I just started my junior year of a BSN program! I am wanting to know how many days per week, and how many hours other students will be spending in clinicals. I don't want to know lab hours, but specifically how much time you will be spending in clinicals each week.
At my school, you either go on Thursdays or Fridays from 6:30am to 2:00pm. This is only 7 /1/2 hours, minus lunch, making it 7 hours. I have a friend in one of the more prestigious programs in our state, and she spends about 20 hours per week in clinicals. I am afraid that I will not have enough time in clinicals (compared to my friend) to learn everything.
jenrninmi, MSN, RN
1,975 Posts
Hi there,
In my BSN program we spend ~16 hours a week in clinicals. Is this your first semester with clinicals? If it is, maybe the hours will increase as you move on through the program?
NewEnglandRN, RN
486 Posts
In my ADN program, we go Thursday OR Friday 7:30-4pm... so eight hours. Next year, we go 16 hours/week.
LeesieBug
717 Posts
12 hours a week for 6 semesters...except during the eight week preceptorship senior year, which is about 30 hours a week.
I read a post on another thread about this topic that I agree with....don't worry as much about the QUANTITY of the clinical hours as the QUALITY, as usually the more hours you have the more you wind up standing around trying to find something to do, anyway.
wonderbee, BSN, RN
1 Article; 2,212 Posts
ADN program in Florida here. We have four semesters of 12 clinical hours/week divided into two days. The part time/weekend program gets to do all their 12 hours in one day.
JudithL_in_NH
355 Posts
I am wanting to know how many days per week, and how many hours other students will be spending in clinicals.
ADN program. 16 hours per week (6:45a-3:30p with 1/2h lunch x2 days/week). We have four 15-week semesters.
mom2michael, MSN, RN, NP
1,168 Posts
At our ADN program the 1st semster we have clinicals 1 day (12 hours) a week for 4 days (48 hours). The 2nd - 4th semesters we start clinicals the 2nd week of school and have a min. of 12 hours per week for 14 weeks.
klone, MSN, RN
14,694 Posts
Our first semester has 6 hours of clinicals/week (for about 14 weeks)
Second semester has 8 hours (x 14ish weeks).
Third semester has 12 hours (x 14ish weeks).
Fourth semester is the preceptorship, with 36 hours/week for about 6 weeks.
Add to that the fact that almost every new nurse I've spoken to has said that the REAL training comes after you're working as an RN, not during your clinicals.
UTRN2005
146 Posts
BSN program
1st semester- 8 hr/wk
2nd semester- 8hrs mental; 8 hrs med/surg=16 hrs/wk
3rd semester- 16 hours/wk pedi for first half of semester then 16 hours/wk L&D for second half; 4 hr/wk public all semester= 20 hrs/wk
4th semester- 8 hrs/wk community health and 8 hrs/wk med/surg/leadership= 16 hrs/wk PLUS last 3 wks are preceptorship at 40 hrs/wk in area of choice (only a few options though)
I agree though on the quality rather than quantity. I've seen people slack off during clinicals or work they're butts off. Depends on the individual.
HappyNurse2005, RN
1,640 Posts
1st sem-6hours/week
2nd, 3rd, 4th semester-12 hours/week
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