I need to say this because my mind is going to explode from stress.
I got accepted in ABSN program in Texas with a high NCLEX rate, 97%-100%, each year, and a good reputation. I moved there and started. There are two things driving me crazy and I wonder if you guys are experiencing the same.
1-the first thing is the skills lab. What we are doing is watching videos each week, have a lecture then take a quiz on them and that is it! No on-hands training! What makes things worse is that we supposed to have a check-off on medication administration, wound care, Foley's catheter, and no lab! We are supposed to watch videos about them, go to the lab for one hour to practice those skills alone with no help, then do the check-off in front of the professors!
2-the clinicals are worse. They were telling us that clinicals will be the first semester. Fine! What is happening is we see the pts for an hour looking at their files, then the rest of the time we are discussing random subjects with the clinical professors! No, we don't practice the skills at the clinicals.
Are you guys experiencing the same? How is your skill lab and clinicals look like? I know that COVID makes things more complicated, but I want to know how others do. I'm really afraid of going through nursing without proper skills. I don't think this is a good way to prepare a nurse. And I can't imagine I paid all of this money in such education. I'm thinking seriously to transfer from this school.
