How many classes?

[Kitkat1212]

I am starting my first official semester of nursing school on the 25th! Wooo! It has been a long trip here, but I am extremely excited to start official nursing classes instead of chemistry, A&P and other such classes. I only am required one class with lab and clinicals. How many classes do you guys have to take in your first semester? I know it will be hard, but I still think I will have it easy. 1 class sounds pathetic to most people, although I know it will be a tough program

[AspiringNurseMW]

Im not in nursing school yet but I am taking as many pre and co requisites so that when I do start nursing class I am only taking 1 other class along with my nursing classes, just so that I can fulfill the full time status for financial aid..... however if p/t financial will be enough to cover the costs of tuition I might take a class or two over the summer so that all I take is the nursing classes by themselves..... they will be hard enough as it is.

[smf0903]

We took two classes which consisted of two lecture days for each class, one lab day for each class, and one clinical day for one of the classes. I took two other classes the same semester so that I was full time for financial aid.

Good luck!!

[Elevense]

Our first semester was seven classes (5 lecture, 2 clinical/lab type classes), but some were just broken up into pretty small components and some were more busy work than anything. And because the classes met once a week, there was a lot of flexibility with pacing things out, and if you had a busy night when you couldn't touch your books, no big deal.

Other friends in programs with a one class load tended to have heavy nightly demands that were hard to wiggle around. It really depends on the demands of the program, and even that load can be shouldered differently person to person.

Very exciting for you! Good luck!

[cracklingkraken, ASN, RN]

I think ours consist of 2 separate classes, but our Med/Surg consists of 3 components: lecture, lab and clinicals. The other class if Fundamentals of Nursing. I think it's a total of 5 classes per week. At least, for the first 8 weeks of the program.

[Backwardo]

I have one 10 credit hour nursing class and I am also taking A&P 1 along with it.

[emergenceRN17, ASN, BSN, RN]

I have one class as well. 6 credits. Excited and nervous.. =)

[smoup]

First semester was 5 classes, 18 credits.

[bluesky94]

I also have one class this semester, 6 credits. So excited! :)

[augurey]

Our semesters are broken down into 2 modules.

First semester, first module, I'll have 3 classes. First semester, second module, I'll only have 1 class. Although, I'll need to be CPR certified by, I think, second semester, so I may very well be taking CPR sometime during one of those two (though I'm not sure about the duration / time frame).

I won't get my schedule until the 28th though, but that's just a general outline of what I'm to expect first semester.

[CSTtoRN]

I start the my first semester the 26th, yay! Mine is broken up into 5 classes, 3 are lecture, one is clinical, and one is skills/lab. They total 9 hours. Mine is lecture on Tue, Skills on Wed, and clinical every other Thurs.

[SopranoKris, MSN, RN, NP]

Our first semester was officially "one class" on paper, but it was like 6 classes rolled in to one: Fundamentals, Skills Lab, Physical Assessment, Clinical Documentation, Medical Terminology & Med Math. Plus you had clinicals 2 days per week as well. Throw in the optional seminars and we were on campus every single day the first 6 weeks of school.