Is my school the only one?

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I have seen a lot of recent posts about the different nursing courses that some are required to take for their nursing program.

My program literally has 4 nursing classes, 8 credits each. A 3 credit pharmacology class, and 2 one credit pharmacology classes. But the nursing classes are just Nursing I, Nursing II, Nursing III, and Nursing IV with clinicals every semester.

It seems like this is not the common layout for a nursing program. Just curious, what classes does your program include?

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We have:

AP

Algebra

Tech

AP2

Micro

Composition

Patho

Basics of Nursing

Pharm

MedSurg1

OB/GYN

Psych

MedSurg2

Mental Health

Communications

MedSurg3

Pediatric Nursing

Composition 2

Capstone

"I've saved some sunlight if you should ever need a place away from darkness where your mind can feed." - Rod McKuen

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Specializes in Emergency Department.

The program I just graduated from has had 4 courses for a very long time. They recently changed the program just a little bit and slightly increased the units. Before the change, the classes were either 10.5 units or 11 units. After the change, all semesters total 12 units and one of the classes was split into two administratively (8u and 4u), but taught as one. Now, technically, they have 5 courses.

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Specializes in PICU, Pediatrics.

Enrolled in an ABSN program and the curriculum is as follows:

Semester 1: Principles & Applications, Health Assessment, Patho, Professional Role Development & Patient Centered Care (clinical course)

Semester 2: Nursing Across Continuum ( for Aging), Adult Health I(+clinical), Psych Nursing (+ clinical), Research in Nursing, and Pharmacology

Semester 3: Adult Health II (+clinical), Peds (+clinical), L and D/OB (+clinical), and Nursing IT

Semester 4: Public Health Nursing, Transitions into Prof Practice, Transitions Practicuum and an elective nursing seminar.

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We have:

AP

Algebra

Tech

AP2

Micro

Composition

Patho

Basics of Nursing

Pharm

MedSurg1

OB/GYN

Psych

MedSurg2

Mental Health

Communications

MedSurg3

Pediatric Nursing

Composition 2

Capstone

"I've saved some sunlight if you should ever need a place away from darkness where your mind can feed." - Rod McKuen

I wasn't counting my pre-reqs in that. Those included English 101, Eng 102, Psy 101, Psy 245, Micro, Biology, Chemistry, A/P 1, A/P 2. Maybe a couple others but that may be it.

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After pre-reqs, my school had this layout:

Semester 1- Nursing 112 (10 credit hours) and Nurs 138 (1 credit hr)

Semester 2 - Nurs 122A (5 hrs) and Nurs 122B (5 hrs)

Semester 3 - Nurs 216 (10 hrs)

Semester 4 - Nurs 226 (10 hrs)

Clinicals every semester.

There were 2 other 1 credit classes, pharm calculations (which was optional or required depending on if you passed the pharm calc exam each semester) and a pharmacology class (which was optional, if you wanted more pharmacology than was included in the normal nursing class). So it seems that mine was similar to yours.

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Okay so mine is not totally different than others. I just see posts all the time where people are referring to multiple nursing classes each semester and I wondered if my program was out of the norm.

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the advantage to having the courses split is it makes it easier for students to repeat just one 3 hour class if necessary (instead of having to take the entire 10hr module again) and it also makes it easier if the school offers a part time track.

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My nursing program (after prerequisites) is:

1st semester - Introduction to Clinical Nursing (6 credits w/ clinical)

2nd semester - Medical-Surgical I (7 credits w/ clinical) + Reproductive Health (3 credits w/ clinical)

3rd semester - Medical-Surgical II (4 credits w/ clinical) + Psychiatric/Mental Health (4 credits w/ clinical)

4th semester - Medical-Surgical III (4 credits w/ clinical) + Nursing Care of Children (3 credits w/ clinical) + Preparation for Practice (2 credits w/ clinical)

We have the option to take a Dosage Calculations class (1 credit) before the program starts. We also have to pass a "math for medication safety" exam prior to each semester (with 95% or greater) to be able to continue on with the program.

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Yeah, my program has separated 1-3 credit hour courses for each semester. I'm taking five 2-credit-hour courses in the fall.

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My program is also Nursing I, II, III, IV. With the pre-reqs before. Pharm, patho.. are all intertwined within each semester. It's strange but it works.

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Specializes in public health, women's health, reproductive health.

We have Fundamentals, then med-surg I, II, and III. We also have OB/Peds and Mental Health I and II and our preceptorship. All of these are separate courses with clinical rotations. This is not including pre-reqs.

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