And... It begins!

[CRNBSN18]

Woah. Today I logged into blackboard and was able to print out the syllabus, the schedule, and the powerpoints for one of my nursing classes... Oh my word! The syllabus itself was 42 pages long! We have a ton of assignments due on the 30th, as well as our first exam. We start classes the 15th. I knew it was going to be a lot of work but I'm getting anxious and nervous! Passing is 74% +. This is just health assessment class! I am so glad she listed all of the assignments and due dates for us. I've already began reading and note taking, so that's a plus!

I'm ready for the rest of our stuff to be posted so I can see what else I have lined up. Our uniforms were listed in the syllabus I have now. And the other must know clinical stuff.

I have basic statistics this semester-- 8 weeks long, plus us history II-- 8 weeks long, all with the nursing classes. I'm so scared of the statistics class! I have two little ones and I am starting to get overwhelmed. I'm scared I'm

Not going to be able to do it all and maintain my grades.

Classes for fall semester:

Basic nursing practicum 1

Health assessment practicum

Hospital measurements

Basic statistics

Us history II

*deep breath* nursing school begins!

[CRNBSN18]

Good luck!!! You can do this, look how hard you've worked to get to where you are now. I have Pharmacology and Nursing Process for this semester (my first), wich will be 10 semester hours. I've added a Math for Nurses course to help along the way and make my schedule full time. I panicked when I saw that my instructors had posted assignments and lessons, but as with everything else -we'll get better as we familiarize ourselves. Are you ready??? LETS GO!!!!

Yep! I am ready! :-) anxious and scared, but definitely ready! Good luck to you, too! Thanks

For the encouragement!

[CRNBSN18]

Congratulations! I graduated with my BSN in June 2011. I was a traditional college age student with no dependents when I began college. By the beginning of my junior year, I was working two to three jobs plus was the primary caretaker for my grandmother in hospice care with terminal colon cancer. My point is to encourage you, you can do it. Many of my classmates were second degree or nontraditional college students and they had full time jobs and/or kids to raise. It is possible but I'd be lying if I said they felt it was easy (I don't know that you'll find anyone who admits to nursing school being easy).

If there is one thing I can tell you that will certainly apply to you, this journey will be all about budgeting your time and planning ahead. :) My first syllabus for my assessment/fundamentals class was 74 pages long... They didn't post that syllabus on Blackboard, they printed and passed it out in our first class meeting.

Thank you for that! :) I am such a planner, and I like to be organized and have everything planned out. So hopefully that will help me. I like to get ahead as much as I can on assignments (obviously, since I've already started lol). I do all of that because I know it's even harder with kids. I'm hoping this all makes sense to me and just "clicks". The powerpoints are enormous-- no wonder we are required to print them ourselves!! I plan on dividing up my stuff so that the content is for each exam. Hopefully that will help! Congrats on your degree!

[Witchbaby]

Congrats! Trust me, before you know it, the semester will be over! (and nursing school itself too!)

My advice is to make the most of your time at the hospital, be proactive and start looking for an internship/externship as soon as you can.

This will help tremendously in your future job search!

Good luck!!

[clumsy penguin]

I am also starting my first semester in NS. I had Dosage Calculations over the summer and now its just about 14 days until I begin!!!! I am super excited. I ordered my books (all 10 of them) I already have all my pre reqs done so from here forward it is Nursing classes only. I begin the first semester with Fundamentals, Skills, Pharm 1, and Geriatrics. Pretty darn excited though. My hubby got me a Cardio 3 stethoscope and I ordered a thirty one organizing utility tote as my clinical bag... (it has lots of pockets ) and a zipper pouch to store my stethoscope in :) Cant wait until the first day!!!!