Nursing students getting in a BSN program...

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I meant those who are already in a BSN program

I've only been a member on this forum for a couple days, but an observation I've made is that the load of classes thats some students are taking is heavy. My school is a 3 year program and the course load is heavy, but we have to fit general ed/ upper general ed courses in with our nursing classes so we can graduate. So my question is....are any of you in a BSN program doing the same????

My second semester my load was heavy I had:

Nurse theory II

Nurse Process II

Nurse Skills II

Clinicals I

Human Development

English 100w (this is the english class I have to take to graduate, its an upper ge course)

And some of you have the same load with just nursing courses. I still have 6 more classes to take outside of nursing (2 of which are for my minor in Business). So I'm curious where do you fit it in??? In the summer???

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Hello,

I try to space them out so I don't have too much at any one time and yes, I took several courses during the summer including Human Development, and a history class. This quarter I am taking Skills, Legal, Continuum of Care, Geri/Peds theory, Clinicals, and another online Human Development class. 15 units. So I hear where you are coming from. Hang in there!! You can do this and there are lots of other BSN students in the same boat. Take care,

Jean

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I'm trying to space my classes out and I don't have it that bad this semester:

* Foundations of Nursing II

* Pathophysiology for Nurses

* Self-Defense (:chuckle I needed the additional credit...and I also live next to gang territory so this class might be beneficial!)

* Effective Oral Communication (ugh, communication requirement :chair:...I am absolutely TERRIFIED of public speaking...I'm having a small panic attack just thinking about it right now...:o)

I feel bad for next year's nursing students because they're changing things around. Patho & pharm used to be at the junior level, but now they are moving it to the sophomore level, which means they have those two classes in addition to Foundations of Nursing I & II, Professional Role Development (which is a JOKE and a complete waste of time, but that's the thing - it takes up time) AND Physical/Health Assessment :eek: They all have to be completed by the end of their sophomore year. Those poor students are going to end up killing themselves...

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Specializes in LTC, Cardiac Step-Down.

Wow, I can't imagine having to suffer through general ed classes in addition to my nursing ones :/ Big kudos to those of you having to do that.

My school actually doesn't allow you to take anything else while you're in the actual program because they like to throw stuff in on days we don't have our nursing classes. They require that every prerequisite is complete before they'll admit you.

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Wow, I can't imagine having to suffer through general ed classes in addition to my nursing ones :/ Big kudos to those of you having to do that.

My school actually doesn't allow you to take anything else while you're in the actual program because they like to throw stuff in on days we don't have our nursing classes. They require that every prerequisite is complete before they'll admit you.

how/when do you do your upper general ed??? since it is required. I wish I didnt have to do the general ed...Im stressed trying to make sure I take all the classes I need to cover all the sections for graduation...

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Specializes in Cardiology, LTC, SANE.

I'm trying to get all of my General Ed classes out of the way so I have more time for nursing courses. I'm taking Lifespan Development right now, but I still have to take 2 (!) religion classes (because I go to a Catholic school), philosophy, an American Culture course, Bio Ethics, and Senior Seminar. I've been trying to spread my schedule out by taking those in the summer at a community college because some of the classes at the CC can transfer to my home university. Saves money! This is so I can leave the fall and spring semesters open for the nursing stuff. Hope this helps.

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Specializes in LTC, Cardiac Step-Down.
how/when do you do your upper general ed??? since it is required.

The only upper division general ed we were required to take was something in history, and there were several 3000 level courses that didn't have prerequisites that counted as that upper division.

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wow, you are definitely lucky!

I feel the general ed/ esp upper GE courses really are interfering with my focus on nursing.

But I am also taking some classes in the summer for my minor at a community college since it is cheaper as well. But I have to take upper GE at the school and I don't get financial aid in the summer, so it has to be during the time I am also taking nursing courses :(

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The program I'm in you have to have all your greneral ed finished before entering the nursing program. They will let you in if you're missing 6 hours but those 6 hours cannot be any math or science classes & you have to finish them in your first semester. First semester nursing was Fundamentals, Physical Assessment, Concepts, & Pharmacology, plus clinicals for Fundamentals & Physical Assessment. This semester we have Lifespan Pharmacology, Adult Health 1 + clinical, Nursing Informatics, & Child health promotion (or something like that).

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Specializes in Med/Surg.

I got all of my geneds (except for 2 classes) and corequisites finished before starting the nursing program. I took classes every summer and a pretty full courseload every regular semester to get it done.

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I took all of my pre-reqs before even thinking about applying to the nursing program for my bachelors. The only "extra" classes I have to take are 2 upper division GE classes and an ethnic. But our first two semesters only have 2 nursing classes so this semester I have 2 nursing and 2 GE classes... then next semester will be 2 nursing classes and 1 GE. I'm sorry that you have to take so many GE classes along with your nursing classes. I couldn't even imagine doing that. :cry:

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I think that is such a better way of doing it...getting it done before you start the program.

Maybe it is just my school....

But you have to be a junior and in your declared major in order to take upper ge courses.

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