Most important nursing classes?

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Hey guys, I am new here, I am in my first semester of the nursing program and it is different than what I expected-not that that is a bad thing.

I was wondering what you guys think are some of the most important nursing classes? I know they are all extremely important, but I was hoping someone could tell me what is absolutely essential for all of the other nursing classes.

I always thought that Pathophysiology and Pharmacology were the most important and that if you don't know those well then you had no hope for doing well in other nursing courses.

I know it is only my first semester in nursing school but I have found myself worrying about my program. I just feel like I don't know anything, I have been doing fine on exams but I just feel like I don't know what I will need to know for future classes.

Thanks to anyone that responds!

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Specializes in LTC and Pediatrics.

I have to say that all of them are. Each one at the time are very important. Most classes build on the previous one. You have to bring forward what you learned already. That being said, a class on lifespan nursing is a good overview of nursing cradle to grave.

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Thank you so much!

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I'm in Fundamentals my lab teachers told us assessment skills are the foundation for a good nurse. We've been leaning the interview/health history and physical exam for every body system. Some things they even told us we'd never be doing unless we went on to be NP's but we learned anyway and I think it was important and will build on this for the rest of the classes.

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Specializes in Cath/EP lab, CCU, Cardiac stepdown.

The way that my program did it was that it encompasses all. You learn about the disease process, the pathophysiology, and the medications all together. There's no point in knowing one without the others. If you know the medications but not the patho then you're just a pill pusher. If you know the patho but not the treatment/disease process then you're just webmd.

That is what nursing is about: the patient as a whole.

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Specializes in CVICU, CCRN.

Hello! I'm a BSN senior nursing student, and from my experience I feel like the ones you want to focus on:

THE MOST IMPORTANT/HARDEST:

1.) Med Surg I/II - Very important, creates the basis of important diseases, if you have a good understanding of this, you usually can expand to the other subjects

2nd IMPORTANT:

1.) Health Assessment - for clinical

2.) Pharmacology - for clinical (I feel like you learn more depending on clinicals, and based on your experience with floors)

3.) Fundamentals of Nursing - more for understanding NCLEX style questions

4.) Psychiatric - mainly because of NCLEX or if it's your desired area of nursing

5.) Pediatrics - mainly because of NCLEX or if it's your desired area of nursing

6.) Maternity/Women's Health - mainly because of NCLEX or if it's your desired area of nursing

7.) Community - mainly because of NCLEX or if it's your desired area of nursing

Other subjects like bioethics, communications, health care economics, management, etc (all the add on) are really no big deal in my honest opinion.

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Thank you all so much!

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Hello all!! Im a 2nd semester nursing student at NYCCT. This semester is flying by and I am trying desperately to catch up. SMH I am stressing over next semester and It isnt even Thanksgiving yet. Any Alum or current NYCCT nursing upper classmen here willing to offer some advice? Debating on hospitals Coney, Maimo, or Elmhurst.

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Another question >>>>> Sorry LOL Does anyone know if a nursing student is still allowed to take the LPN exam after 3rd semester??

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Specializes in Cath/EP lab, CCU, Cardiac stepdown.
Hello all!! Im a 2nd semester nursing student at NYCCT. This semester is flying by and I am trying desperately to catch up. SMH I am stressing over next semester and It isnt even Thanksgiving yet. Any Alum or current NYCCT nursing upper classmen here willing to offer some advice? Debating on hospitals Coney, Maimo, or Elmhurst.

You need to be in top of the content. There is no time for anything else. The exams are hard and you need to read the assigned chapters early. Once you fall behind, it gets harder and harder to catch up. And also you need to be practicing nclex questions from the beginning. Get some nclex prep books and do them on the topic that they're covering.

I've been to Coney Island and maimo and personally I really liked maimo. Coney Island was pretty but did not really get any good hands on there.

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Specializes in Cath/EP lab, CCU, Cardiac stepdown.
Another question >>>>> Sorry LOL Does anyone know if a nursing student is still allowed to take the LPN exam after 3rd semester??

As far as I know, nycct does not offer that any more. They used to many years ago but not anymore.

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