Med Surg and Pharm Together? Can it be done sucessfully?

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Hello,

I'm a current nursing student. I have a plan made out by my adviser and in it I have med surg and pharm being taken together in the same semester. I heard from some students ahead of me that most people taking this combo have failed or withdrawn b/c they felt it was too much.

I noticed that if I take pharm before med surg separately it will take me longer to complete the degree. Has anyone taken these two successfully?

Thanks :)

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Specializes in Med/surg, Onc.

My program always has you do pharm with fundamentals, medsurg and a clinical. So yes it can be done.

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I am a first semester nursing student and I am currently taking, pharm, fundamentals theory, fundamentals lab, med/surg theory, med/surg lab, and med/surg clinical. The fund lab was only the first four weeks of the semester, and the clinical didn't begin until that was over. So yes, it can be done :)

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I'm not sure if my program teaches med surg. First semester is pharm and fundamentals. Is this normal for a program not to cover this or is it called something else?

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I'm not sure if my program teaches med surg. First semester is pharm and fundamentals. Is this normal for a program not to cover this or is it called something else?

Its called adult health

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Great to know it's doable! It just got me a little worried, when a few people that are there tell me that lots are failing. I wonder if its the way the classes are taught?

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Our school has the students taking Advanced Pharmacology and Adult 1 (essentially med-surg) in the same semester. Luckily we have an AMAZING pharm teacher so there aren't too many people struggling.

You'll do fine :)

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That's interesting that someone is taking a fundamentals and med/surge course. One was a pre req for the other where i went.

As for the OP - i think it depends on the institution. I can't imagine having taken med / surge and pharm at my school. Those were the 2 of the hardest courses. With acute care tying for sheer volume of work. I studied so much for both... in separate semesters...

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Can it be done successfully? Yes.

Can you do it successfully? I have no idea because I don't know you. If you're a decent student and are diligent, however, I see no reason why you shouldn't be able to.

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