I bought syllabus yesterday, and after reading through it( which took a half hour), I was almost bought to tears ! It is sooo much information we have to learn in just 7 short weeks.
Class starts Feb. 2, ends May 20th. This is the mother/baby course, so we are basically expected to know everything that goes on from the time of conception to the baby is born. I won't go into details, but its a Ton of reading,videos to watch, and etc.
We start our clinicals on valentines day ! , so I won't even be able to spend it with my BF.... but thats okay, nursing school comes before he does.
Now for the Grading. Exam 1 is 35 % of our grade, Exam 2 is 35 % of our grade, and the comphrensive final is 30 % of our grade. All exams are 100 questions. We must also do a Case study, Medication research paper, Mother baby Care plan( which is 20 pages long), and a oral presentation. All four of the above assignments are worth 1 point, and will be calculated towards our exam grade. However, we must get a 75 % or above to even get that one measly point.
We must also attend a child birthing class, and write a report. Its seems as though its alot of hard work, and the syllabus is very intimadating... however, I prayed and asked God to give me strength to make it through this class. After that, I felt a load lifted off. I know with hard work and dedication, I will have a great chance at passing.
Immediately after mother baby class is over, I have a 7 week medsurg class, and one more summer course, than I'm done, done, I can definetly see the light ! Thanks for reading, and God bless.
Wow - that's alot of information. 7 weeks? What course is that? Is that the entire program?
My advice - take it one day at a time and pace yourself. Don't overwhelm yourself.
About Valentines day... most clinicals are during the day, so you should get the evening to spend with your BF. Take a few with him, you'll need it!
You'll be ok... just be careful & take your time. God Bless!
Thanks RutterMama for your encouraging words. This semester I have two courses. OB and Medsurg. Each course is only 7 weeks long. So we do have so much information to learn in just short seven weeks. This is just how our program is set up. Each course is seven weeks, and there are two courses for each semester. I will also have to take a short summer course In June/July before I graduate in July 09. I'll try to spend valentines day with him, but if someone however it depends on how much I need to study. Usually after clinicals I'm too weary and drained to do much of anything, but sleep.:zzzzz And if Im not sleeping I'm at the college studying. Well, we'll see.
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That sounds exactly like my OB class, as far as the amount of material, tests, projects etc. but mine is the entire semester. That is an incrediable amount of material to learn in just 7 weeks.
132 pages?! On a SYLLABUS?? Am I the only one that has never heard of a syllabus more than 15 pages? LOL That is CRAZY!
Not only can't I imagine a 132-page syllabus, I can't believe that some have to pay for one. My back just aches thinking about lugging that syllabus around.
My 2nd semester (med/surg I) "outline" had over 181 pages and cost me $36 to buy. We took out each tab as it was needed in order not to lug around the whole binder.
This semester we have two. So far the only one in print cost $6. A lot better then last semester.
When I buy my syllabus, I skim through it, but don't really read it. We have an orientation the first day of class and they go over everything. It isn't quite as overwhelming as when I read it myself. lol
We have to buy ours too. This semester is about 140 pages and it cost about $11. It has much more in it than the basic syllabus that we have for pre-req classes. It includes what to read for each unit, a calendar, clinical papers, lab papers, etc. I wish ours included powerpoints. I spend so much money on paper and ink to print them out for each unit!
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My school puts everything online "Blackboard" and then we can print it our not if we choose. Good Luck with that...don't be overwhelmed...it's mostly just paper. You will know soon enough what to pay attention to and what you can just skim through and what you don't even need to look at...
LOL. We have to purchase our syllabus for our classes each semester. They are $225.00 plus tax. It's the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen. We all complain about it each semester, but to no avail. I just entered my 3rd of 4 semesters, so by the time I'm done I will have spend about $1000.00 on syllabus's alone.
LOL. We have to purchase our syllabus for our classes each semester. They are $225.00 plus tax. It's the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen. We all complain about it each semester, but to no avail. I just entered my 3rd of 4 semesters, so by the time I'm done I will have spend about $1000.00 on syllabus's alone.
, so I won't even be able to spend it with my BF.... but thats okay, nursing school comes before he does. 
This semester I have two courses. OB and Medsurg. Each course is only 7 weeks long. So we do have so much information to learn in just short seven weeks.
This is just how our program is set up. Each course is seven weeks, and there are two courses for each semester. I will also have to take a short summer course In June/July before I graduate in July 09. I'll try to spend valentines day with him, but if someone however it depends on how much I need to study. Usually after clinicals I'm too weary and drained to do much of anything, but sleep.:zzzzz And if Im not sleeping I'm at the college studying. Well, we'll see.
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Wow - that's alot of information. 7 weeks? What course is that? Is that the entire program?
My advice - take it one day at a time and pace yourself. Don't overwhelm yourself.
About Valentines day... most clinicals are during the day, so you should get the evening to spend with your BF. Take a few with him, you'll need it!
You'll be ok... just be careful & take your time. God Bless!