Least favorite subject?

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Specializes in Happily semi-retired; excited for the whole whammy.

What is/was your least favorite subject in nursing school? I despised statistics. I took it over a summer, only course I took, 3 hours a day, five days a week, for three weeks. I studied another 45 (really, sometimes as many as eight hours a day) hours a week, had a peer tutor, and went in to the see the prof during office hours all three weeks. Squeaked through with a C-, which, truth be told, I probably didn't deserve. Maybe he just didn't want to see me during the fall, lol! A similar experience with Latin (why I chose to take that language is a long story, but let's just say I was misguided), but at least failing that course wouldn't have had such dire consequences.

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

I've yet to take Statistics as it wasn't required for my ADN, but am planning on taking it Spring semeters, but won't even consider a condensed version.

But so far my least favorite course was Speech. Throughout each and every speech I was nervous and shakey. I made an A because I wrote great speeches and basically we all got As who put in the effort and got up there. But hated every minute of it.

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Specializes in ER, Medicine.

Math. Ugh.

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Specializes in MCH, L&D.
Math. Ugh.
I second that!
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I hated statistics, too. But chemistry isn't one of my favorites either... blehhhhhhch. :uhoh21:

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Specializes in PICU, Peds Ambulatory, Peds LTC.

Sociology. What a BORE!

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Specializes in NICU.

Community Health Nursing... hated it hated it hated it!

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Specializes in MDS coordinator, hospice, ortho/ neuro.

Labor & delivery!

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Stats was okay (ended with a B+), loved Chemistry but I hate A&P. Makes you wonder if I am choosing the right career. :uhoh3:

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Statistics

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Specializes in Happily semi-retired; excited for the whole whammy.

I definitely agree with the Math haters, because I am not good at Math. I am average at *some* kinds of Math, such as Algebra, but when you don't enjoy a subject and aren't good at it, you do tend to resent the hours you have to put in to get a decent grade. Sociology, on the other hand, came easy to me. So even though the introductory course is a bit dull, because it made my life easier (one course I really didn't have to worry about in a semester of, if I recall correctly, four others that I did need to worry about) I did like it. I found Community Health Nursing very interesting; then again, I lived in an extremely diverse and interesting community at that time. L&D wasn't my favorite, either. We had to take Speech too, I don't recall the grade I got but it must not have been too traumatic since I have no horrible memories, lol.

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Specializes in Critical Care.

Psych nursing was my least favorite, the clinicals were awful. To this day I hate taking care of psych patients.

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