Is my school the only one?

[aspiringrn1987]

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?

[nubp]

We have NP 1, 2, 3 and 4. They run about 10 credits each semester. 2 pre req's before you get started are pharm and assessment. You can take pharm concurrently with np1.

[ruralnurse84]

OP, mine was similar to yours, only we did quarters. Essentially we had Nurs 111, 121, 131, 211, 221, 231 and then the concurrent clinicals. Except for first quarter where theory was 7 credits and clinical 4 credits and last quarter of theory 5 credits, clinical 8 credits, theory and clinical were both 5 credits. In addition we had pharmacology each quarter until fall quarter 2nd year and then we started leadership classes winter quarter and we had a 1 credit p/np nursing skills class. We essentially followed a progressive head to toe systems for theory, normal OB was first year, psych was beginning of first year and high risk OB was end of second year. I just graduated in June. It did seem an odd way to break everything up after looking at posts here on AN but it really helped to understand the next system the way they built it.

[SeanPN777]

Here's a copy and paste from my Course catalogue for our ADN program...

First Semester - Spring

BIO 210 Anatomy and Physiology I (4)

ENG 101 English Composition I (3)

NUR 102 Basic Nursing Care Skills (4)

NUR 104 Nursing Care Management I (4)

NUR 105 Pharmacology for Nurses (1)

PSY 201 General Psychology (3)

Total Credits 19

Second Semester - Summer

BIO 211 Anatomy and Physiology II (4)

NUR 206 Clinical Skills Application (2)

PSY 203 Human Growth and Development (3)

Total Credits 9

Third Semester - Fall

REQ GEN Select one additional course from the listing on pages B-3-B-4 (3)

NUR 158 Health Promotion for Families I (4)

NUR 159 Nursing Care Management II (6)

Total Credits 13

Fourth Semester - Spring

BIO 225 Microbiology (4)

NUR 207 Mental Health Promotion (4)

or

NUR 208 Health Promotion for Families II (4)

NUR 209 Nursing Care Management III (5)

Total Credits 13

Fifth Semester - Fall

MAT 110 College Algebra (3)

or

MAT 120 Probability and Statistics (3)

NUR 207 Mental Health Promotion (4)

or

NUR 208 Health Promotion for Families II (4)

NUR 219 Nursing Management and Leadership (4)

REQ HUM Select one course from the Humanities listing on page B-3 (3)

Total Credits 14

[Vana21, ADN, BSN, RN]

Without the extra classes mine is basically (ADN program)

(semester 1)

Foundaions

Health Assessment

(summer)

mental health

(Semester 2)

Medsurg 1

(Semester 3)

Medsurg 2

(Semester 4)

pedi/OB