Nursing Students General Students
Published Oct 16, 2007
KungFuFtr
297 Posts
Second semester here. I'm curious what your school's rotation is like.
Mine is:
first 8 weeks/2nd 8 weeks
Semester 1: Nothing/Med surg
Semester 2: Psych/Mother Baby
Semester 3: Peds/ Renal
Semester 4: Cardiac/Ortho-Nueuro
Kiringat
239 Posts
First Semester: LTC and basic med/surg
Second Semester: Peds/Ob and med/surg 1
Third Semester: Psych and med/surg 2
Fourth: more med/surg and "capstone" - internship at our facility of choice.
Pretty much we're running around like mad on med/surg floors and not learning much besides how to fill out massive amounts of paperwork. Our psych rotation was awesome though!
locolorenzo22, BSN, RN
2,396 Posts
1st: skills lab and LTC....basically meds/assessments/and shots....
2nd: Med/Surg with surgical and ICU off-sites
3rd: Med/Surg and OB/Peds
4th: Med/Surg, psych, and LTC....capstone with a month left, but you only have to work 3 shifts at one of the local hospitals....
Lots of careplans and demos....
OnTheRoad
177 Posts
At my school they aren't the same for everyone. Options by semester are:
1st: LTC with skills lab and thats it
2nd and 3rd ( 4rth if you choose to stay for a 5th): Med surg, OB, Psych, any alone or a combination of any two
Final semester: synthesis ( basically med surg 2 from what I understand)
It is really a very individualized program and we have many different types of students. For AS the only thing that limits what you take are co or pre requisites and you must complete the program in 6 semesters once you enter nursing school. I have taken OB and med surg and LTC alone... will take psych and peds together and then synthesis. I know people who have done it LTC, followed by two at at a time then synthesis. I also know some that do not take synthesis alone and even one who is planning to take 3 clinicals together (Scared for her and questioning her or her advisors judgement).
If you go completely according to the plan of study it is LTC 1st, then med surg and OB, then psych and peds, then Synthesis.
MB37
1,714 Posts
I'm in a 5 semester ABSN program. It's broken down like this:
1: no clinicals, just 3 didactic courses
2: Fundamentals - med surg floors - 6 hours once/week
3: Med surg I&II, Psych - Tues 12 hours of med surg for entire semester, Weds 8 hours of psych for 8 weeks, then 8 weeks of ICU for 8 hours
4: summer again, community is our only clinical, 8 hour days once a week I believe
5: Women's/OB/Peds and preceptorship - twice a week all semester, with women and peds frontloaded and preceptorship at the end. Not sure of hours/day.
KrisVance
9 Posts
First of all, the hospital that we do our clinicals at is very large (Baylor Medical Center). Some people are at satellite locations or other large hospitals but for the most part everyone's at "Big Baylor". So, all that said--Med/Surg is never that general--each floor has a specialty. Your floor for this rotation ends up being very specific (i.e. ortho, nephrology, GI/GU). But you just get what you get--no choices.
1st Semester: Med/Surg (I had telemetry)
2nd Semester: OB/ MedSurg (I have oncology)
3rd Semester: Psych/Peds
4th Semester: Community (Free Clinics or School Nursing)/Internship (your choice)
Alex_RN2b09
43 Posts
I'm in my third 3 year of 4 year BSN program. This is the general layout.
The last year I can't remember exactly we might even have 3 clinicals a week at that point.
Semester 1: Pre reqs
Semester 2: Pre reqs
Semester 3: Med/Surg
Semester 4: Med/Surg
Semester 5: Psych/Renal
Semester 6: Peds/OB
Semester 7: Med/Surg + Somethng else
Semester 8: Various choices I believe
ilivet0surfxx
11 Posts
1st semester- Fundamentals (rotation on a Med-Surg floor)
2nd semester- Med-Surg-
3rd semester- Psych/Peds & OB-GYN
4th semester- ICU & ER
I believe we spend one day a semester in the OR as well.
Sarah LnDHopes
92 Posts
1st semester: Med-Surg
2nd : Med-surg
3rd: 1/2 med-surg 1/2 community or LTC
4th: 1/2 med-surg 1/2 LTC or community
ZooMommyRN, ADN, RN
913 Posts
Semester 1 - 3 days at a nursing home 6 days Med/Surg
Semester 2 - 12 Med/Surg 1 nursing home passing meds only
Semester 3 - 3 Peds specialized, (I had my 6th peds day yesterday, I'm a mom and love kids, but bring on the big people lol)14 Med/Surg (we won't see a M/S unit again until practicum in May *ack*
Semester 4 - Psych OB/more Peds
Practicum - 6 weeks of student intern type stuff
jAy-FibRN
5 Posts
I'm in my last semester in an Associates program @ SCCC in NY.
1st semester (Jan-May)
1st 8 weeks - LTC facility
2nd 8 weeks - Basic Med/Surg (telemetry unit)
2nd semester (June & July)
8 weeks - Psych
3rd semester (End of Aug-Dec)
All 16 weeks - Med/Surg 1 & O.R. experience
4th semester (Jan - May)
All 16 weeks - Labor & Delivery
5th semester (June & July)
8 weeks total
2 weeks - Leadership & Management
6 weeks - Pediatrics
6th Semester (End of Aug - Dec)
All 16 weeks - Med/Surg, Telemetry, ICU, ER
GRADUATION 1/17 THANK GOD!!!!
danh3190
510 Posts
In our 2 year program:
1st semester no clinicals
2nd semester: 16 weeks at 1/2 day per week on assessment primarily
then
three 8 week rotations of Med-Surg (2 days per week+1/2 Prep day)
8 weeks each of (2 days per week+1/2 Prep day):
Psych
Critical Care
Maternal/Peds (4 wks each)
8 weeks "Professional Role Transition" (don't know how many days/week)