Nursing Students General Students
Published Jun 16, 2004
aegirl
240 Posts
I'm a pre-practical nursing student and i'm just curious as to how much time you spend studying a day/week for the clinical portion of the program. I'd just like to get an idea of what to expect once I start clinicals. Thanks
nursedaisy
51 Posts
It depends on the class schedule that week but I normally spend about 2 hours a day studying. Around test time I may spend all day studying.
LeesieBug
717 Posts
It depends on what point in the semester it is... :chuckle
I am usually gung-ho at the beginning, going full speed, studying my little tail off..then get a bit depressed during the middle, thinking the agony will never be over. Around finals time I kick it up a notch, excited because it is almost over! When it comes to effort put into study, I guess you could say I use the installment plan.
Overall, I would say I average AT LEAST 10 hours a week...give or take.
oops...didn't register that you were asking specifically about "clinical" study time. THAT I spent about 6 hours the night before preparing, which included time at the hospital going over the patient chart.
maire, ASN, RN
1,173 Posts
For the clinical portion? Depends. I do patient research the night before clinical, which can take a few hours, depending on how many patients I have and what I have to fill our for my instructor, but that's all the "studying" I personally do for clinical.
chris_at_lucas_RN, RN
1,895 Posts
I studied (which for me included more than reviewing notes and reading the book, it included "googling" stuff that was unfamiliar) until I felt comfortable with my understanding. When I used this method, I got all A's. (No kidding! I was surprised too!)
For clinicals, we got our assignments the night before, and I always looked up the diagnoses, the lab results, the meds the patients were taking, and I typed it all out (on the computer of course) so that I could take it with me the next day. I hardly ever referred to it, but I still had it with me.
I guess the neat thing for me was, I was loving what I was learning, so it was a happy experience to go searching for info about it.
Consequently, I've had a hard time considering it "studying," but that's surely what it is/was.
cherokeesummer
739 Posts
Haven't had to do much studying for clinicals this term because our clinicals were basic: vital signs, physical assessment, health history, etc.
But I do try to spend an hour a night studying...it seems to me that I just make sure I always always always always have my bookbag in the car. That way if I"m stuck in traffic, at a friends house, at dinner, at doctors office, lunchbreak at work, anywhere - I can pick up my book and read.
Plus its good exercise, even though my bookbag is on wheels just lifting the heavy books out of the bag is a workout!
jschut, BSN, RN
2,743 Posts
Exactly.... :)