Do you go to nursing school everyday or just two times a week?

Jenngirl34RN · Mar 30, 2014

My schedule varies. The first 5 weeks of the quarter we do not have clinicals. Those weeks we usually have two or three days of lecture class and 1 lab class day and 1 lab skills testing day. There are optional open lab times to practice too. The rest of the quarter, when we have clinicals, we only have lecture class on Mondays, and then we have lab 1 day per week at most, but not every week, and clinical 2 days a week. Each week is a little different.

PedsRN2016 · Mar 30, 2014

I have looked and I can't find anything on this question? Are lectures/labs two times a week or Monday through Friday? I know each school is different but what has your experience been?

I do not have class every day, but right now I go to school (lecture and clinicals) anywhere from 18-30 hours a week and weekends are fair game, too. My school also makes it pretty clear that they own us, so if they tell us we have to be somewhere extra, we better be there!

HatTrickHero11 · Mar 30, 2014

Thank you for your responses.I really appreciate it. The only reason I ask this is because I live in Southern California, and as I look at different nursing schools, I am trying to figure out what distance is "too far" to commute to for nursing school. I have about 3 to 4 classes left until I am able to apply for nursing schools so I am trying to gauge whether I will have to drive to school everyday or maybe just 3 times a week or whatever the case may be.

Are you both going for BSN degrees?

akulahawkRN, ADN, RN, EMT-P · Mar 30, 2014

Quite literally, until yesterday, my school schedule has been Tues-Friday every week during Fall and Spring Semesters. The exact daily schedule would vary a little bit from semester to semester, but Tuesday and Wednesday were classroom days and Thursdays and Fridays were clinical days. I do remember from first semester that the first 5 weeks were Tuesday - Friday classroom lectures and on-campus lab, after which we began our clinical experiences.

We could expect to usually be dismissed for the day at the same times... though sometimes we'd have to hang around a few minutes longer or we'd be let out a few minutes early. In any event, barring injury or communicable illness, we were expected to be in class or in clinical on time, every time. Very few of my classmates have missed even a single day!

I couldn't imagine attempting to do nursing school at the same pace/weekly hours requirements that I was doing since I started, attending 2 days per week instead of 4. It would be simply brutal... flat out brutal.

tiredRNstudent · Mar 30, 2014

Every school is different and usually each semester is different. I currently have clinical 2 days/week, lecture 2 days/week, and sim lab 1 day/week. I'll have class 2 days/week and clinical 2 days/week for 10 weeks over the summer. I've had 4-5 days/week since nursing school started, but some students have only had 3-4 if their sim lab is also on a lecture day.

RunBabyRN · Mar 30, 2014

Contact the schools and ask.

Really, ours vary from semester to semester. Some semester have been 5 days a week, some three (including clinicals). This semester, we're on campus one evening a week, and our clinicals (final semester) are all over the place. You may be commuting for some clinicals, too, be aware. It might be worth it to ask where all you could be doing clinicals.

**NICU Guy, BSN, RN** · Mar 30, 2014

I would plan on moving there. Each semester you have a different schedule and some will be 5 days/wk and others 3-4 days/wk. What if some of your classmates want to get together for a study group for tests or get together to work on a group project? It will be more convenient to live near the school.

ThePrincessBride, MSN, RN, NP · Mar 30, 2014

It varies. Last semester, I only had to go twice a week. Two online classes, one 3.5 hr lecture and a 12-hour clinical. Now, it is three days a week, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

SilleLu · Mar 30, 2014

3-4 days a week for us, depending on the semester/class

There are occasionally other mandatory reasons we need to be on campus: testing, computer training etc. and when we had lab there was required out of class practice time. We usually tried to get it done before or after class, but that doesn't always work.

Everline · Mar 30, 2014

I have two days of lecture and two days of clinical plus I have to be on campus for simulation lab. I try to schedule that for a day I am already there. I try to have one week day off but it's not.always possible.

smf0903 · Mar 30, 2014

We are generally 4-5 days a week, depending on the semester. This semester I have lecture Mon and Thurs, lab on Tues, and clinicals Tues and Wed. Last semester we had lecture two days a week (2 lectures on the same days), a lab day, and two clinical days. Next semester we will have one lecture day and two clinical days for 8 weeks and then one lecture day and 3 clinical days for the other 8 weeks. Just depends :)