Jipped at rural nursing school

[CaliLvr000]

So with 3 out of 5 semesters of my BSN progam nearing the end I can not help but feel jipped. We are located in a small community with one large hospital and two smaller hospitals. I have yet to start an IV or even attempt to start one, in lab last semester we "ran out of needles" and not all of us got to practice on eachother. Have not even attempted a catheter, finished pediatrics rotation without ever having a pediatrics patient, and overall feel I have not done much skills wise. Sorry to vent here, but I feel like when I do get hired somewhere (in two semesters), I am going to be completely inexperienced and not know what the heck I am doing! Does anyone else feel this way?? Or is it just me?

[ErinJane]

I graduate in four weeks (!). I haven't inserted a catheter, and I've only done one IV on a pt ( I had done 3 or 4 on other students). According to most of the people I know in the nursing field think that nursing school gives you the basic tools, but you learn a lot of things after school. I don't think your school is failing you at all, but I do agree that it is frustrating.