How many credits?

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Just out of curiosity, what sort of hours do you put in for your nursing class and how many credits is the class worth?

I have class M & T 4-6p (lecture), W 4-7p (lab), Th 8a-2:30p (clinical) and it's worth 7 credits...that seems like a full-time courseload to me, but what do I know?:rolleyes:

Am I in the wrong program?

One regular class (like Pediatrics) meets for 3 hours of lecture a week, and then clinical for 8 hours the same week. This equals 5 credits. This is for one class. We take two of these 5 credit classes at the same time, in addition to two regular (dumb, meaningless) classes that are 3 credits each. This is a total of 16 hours.

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God help me I think I'm in the wrong program.

Mon- clinical 7-12 clinical conference 1-3 class 4-6(gerontology)

Tues- clinical 7-12 PA seminar 3-5

Wed-class 8-12 and 1-5(patho/pharm and nursing fundamentals)

Thurs- off

Friday class 1-4(nursing research and informatics)

This is 1st semester of 4 semester BSN program

Jenny

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Specializes in Adult Med-Surg, Rehab, and Ambulatory Care.

Ah, I see the difference...for my program, all my pre-reqs are done and all I have left are the nursing classes...I can only take 1 nursing class a semester (unless you count the "elective" classes of med admin, pharmacology, and the preceptorship). Nur119 (semester 1) is worth 7 credits, Nur120 (semester 2) is worth 9, Nur214 (semester 3) is worth 8, and Nur215/216 (semester 4) is worth 10. The "electives" are 1 or 3 credits each, depending on which one (the preceptorship is worth 1, which I found odd).

I am taking the ADN route to my RN for time crunch reasons...I see the courseloads for the BSN are a lot heavier, which is to be expected, but I think I will definitely work on getting my BSN after I get a job.

Thanks everyone for your responses; I was curious as to how everyone else's courses were credited. :)

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