Fall 08 start . . .what are you studying now??

Well we are studying history of nursing, older adult care, safety, vital signs, etc. In pharm today we will start neuro drugs and I am also in drug calc. online....a lot of things! lol

We have studied all the history, legal issues, ethics, stress, coping, death and dying, sterile technique, assessments, NG tubes, foley catheters, trach cleaning, trach suctioning, periop care, and we should be started meds next week yipeeeee

I've had to read the Maternal/Newborn book over the summer, so suffice it to say that'll be in our material when we begin this upcoming week. I know that also we'll have development for peds, oncology and the remaining of F&E. Whew......3 more terms....3 more terms....3 more terms. I have to keep telling myself that!

Our first Fundamentals class was only 5 weeks long - finished it last week. We covered: history of nursing, communication, sexuality, self-concept, spirituality, ethics, cultural awareness, rest and sleep, needs and development, teaching and learning, and roles of the professional nurse.

When I look at this list, we covered a good bit in 10 lectures. I start the 2nd level next week, which will last 10 weeks. This is when we actually get into the skills lab. I am excited!!

Psychological Safety and Physical Assessment.

Our program is different than most I read about. We spend the first semester studying health promotion with the idea that we have to know what health is first before learning what sick is. Because of the way classes go, many of us are unsure of our first test which is next week. I understand how the NCLEX style works in our clinical and lab classes, but our lecture classes will be interesting for questions, to say the least. We will not start pathopharmacology or any of the "normal" nursing classes until next semester.

Does any other school spend a whole semester on health promotion?

As far as health promotion it was the first lecture we had...it was about people 2010...but it def. was not the whole semester...thats kinda a bummer that you have to spend that much time on it, although it is mportant...and I am also curious about our first exam which will be next monday because I have a hard time trying to figure out how the questions will be...but we will also have skills questions included...soooo much info!!!

KentuckyRN2Be, I also did a full semester of Health promotion but I also go to a Kentucky school. I know that seems boring but it is helpful and makes sense in the long run.

To answer intensity_too: I am in my final semester so we are currently covering ventilators, respiratory failure, resumes and cover letters.

we are studying the nursing process,health assessment,and communication and documentation,this is our 4th week of school and we have our first test Monday on the nursing process and health assessment, oh and the history of nursing.anxiety has kicked in for me

We are on unit 4 which is NG tubes, fecal elimination, med-surg asepsis, protective asepsis, and wound care! Have test this thursday!

history of nursing, communication(HUGE SECTION), CPR, legal issues(liability,malpractice)associated w/ nursing. That was our first test. Now we are on basic CNA skills, skin, hair, feet information and care.

We just finished our first class 270 it covered Med Surg... Acid Base Electrolye Imbalances, GI system, GU sytems and Reproductive.

We are now in 271 and are covering PreOp,PostOP, Immunity, Endocrine and something else. We just took out first exam in 271 today over Operational stuff.

Our classes are broken down into basically 4 week segments. We have 3 exams and a comprehensive final. Next, we move on to OB in 273 I think.