After reading several messages here I've come to the conclusion that we nursing students have to work twice as hard as someone who is getting their degree in another field like accounting, computers, business, basket weaving...etc.
Take for instance the school I attend. Before I was even able to apply for the nursing program I had to take the following classes:
Intro to Health Careers
English I
Biology I
A&P I
Social Science I
Intro to Psychology
Chemistry I
And these classes don't even count towards your degree. Besides the actual nursing classes the only classes to go towards you degree are:
English II
Social Science II
A&P II
Micro Biology
American History
Computer Information Systems For Health Careers
Electives (6 CR)
Then it gets worse right now I'm taking "Nursing 101" which is 8.5 credit hours but yet I'm at school or clinical rotations for a total of 17 hours per week.
So if you add up all the time spent at school you would have enough credit hours for a 4 year degree.
Well enough ranting.... I just wanted to point out how special we are buy having to work twice as hard to acheive our goals.
I have to say Nursing school is more INTENSE than any other school I've done, primarily because of the clinical rotations. Plus there is the anxiety...you can't kill anyone if you, say, dangle a participle. :)
But I studied MUCH MORE for my French degree than I did for my nursing degree (French averaged 3-5 hours for each hour I spent in class; nursing averaged about an hour of study for each hour of lecture time). I studied less for the grad English lit classes than I did for the nursing classes (average of 30 minutes or less per class hour). In both cases, the amount of studying had a lot to do with how much prior knowledge I had.
Everyone's different and different courses are easy or hard depending on how your brain's wired and where your interests lie...and what you find "hard". For some people, memorization is difficult. For others, it's synthesis or writing or even just sitting in lecture.
I guess what I'm saying is that EVERYONE in EVERY degree program has a right to whine... :)
I always wanted to get a degree in Nude Underwater Basketweaving, but for some crazy insane reason my local community college just doesn't offer it. What is wrong with the world when you can't do one simple thing!!!
I always wanted to get a degree in Nude Underwater Basketweaving, but for some crazy insane reason my local community college just doesn't offer it. What is wrong with the world when you can't do one simple thing!!!
I just wanted to add my honest opinion here. I know nothing about a CS major, but I am a senior in my BSN at SUNY Buffalo, as well as been pre med for the last four years(earning a BA in biology) and I can tell you that classes like physics are simplistic compared to the workload of the nursing classes I have taken. Now note I did not say in terms of content easier(although once I made myself want to learn physics and except the concepts it's easy to me) The studying I had to do for physics and pre med sciences are a walk in the park compared to the intesnsity of the nursing program. But this is just my honest experience, and I have done both for the last 4 years simultaneously so yes I can honestly compare. Good luck to all:)
I just wanted to add my honest opinion here. I know nothing about a CS major, but I am a senior in my BSN at SUNY Buffalo, as well as been pre med for the last four years(earning a BA in biology) and I can tell you that classes like physics are simplistic compared to the workload of the nursing classes I have taken. Now note I did not say in terms of content easier(although once I made myself want to learn physics and except the concepts it's easy to me) The studying I had to do for physics and pre med sciences are a walk in the park compared to the intesnsity of the nursing program. But this is just my honest experience, and I have done both for the last 4 years simultaneously so yes I can honestly compare. Good luck to all:)
oh and I got an A- in college physics(university level), but believe me I think I have gotten smarter since high school because I HATED physics in high school. I thought it was foreign, but it was that I was refusing to even give it a chance:) yay me.....
oh and I got an A- in college physics(university level), but believe me I think I have gotten smarter since high school because I HATED physics in high school. I thought it was foreign, but it was that I was refusing to even give it a chance:) yay me.....
obtaining a nursing degree is much harder than equal degrees in other areas. I have an MBA, BS in computer technology, as well as a BSN, of all the BSNwas by far the hardest thing i ever done.
don't you all think we as nurses should be compensated for this:)
:roll 
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Oh, Dennie, I love your avatar.
I have to say Nursing school is more INTENSE than any other school I've done, primarily because of the clinical rotations. Plus there is the anxiety...you can't kill anyone if you, say, dangle a participle. :)
But I studied MUCH MORE for my French degree than I did for my nursing degree (French averaged 3-5 hours for each hour I spent in class; nursing averaged about an hour of study for each hour of lecture time). I studied less for the grad English lit classes than I did for the nursing classes (average of 30 minutes or less per class hour). In both cases, the amount of studying had a lot to do with how much prior knowledge I had.
Everyone's different and different courses are easy or hard depending on how your brain's wired and where your interests lie...and what you find "hard". For some people, memorization is difficult. For others, it's synthesis or writing or even just sitting in lecture.
I guess what I'm saying is that EVERYONE in EVERY degree program has a right to whine... :)