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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

Specializes in Acute Care.

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!

Specializes in Ortho, Neuro, Detox, Tele.

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....

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.

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.

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)

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

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.

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

Specializes in Med/Surg, ICU, ER, Peds ER-CPEN.

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

Specializes in Telemetry.

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!!!!

Specializes in Med-Surg, Cardiac.

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)

then

8 weeks each of (2 days per week+1/2 Prep day):

Psych

Critical Care

Maternal/Peds (4 wks each)

then

8 weeks "Professional Role Transition" (don't know how many days/week)

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