Ou tulsa fall class schedule

mommy.19, MSN, RN, APRN · Jun 29, 2009

The first few weeks are pretty crazy, just trying to adjust to the scheduled and unscheduled things that pop up, they're really great at telling you things last minute! I didn't feel like 1st semester I would have been able to work, especially on the weekends because that was my study/hw time. Our schedule was something like Monday 1300-1600, Tuesday 1200-1500, Weds 9000-1300, and thurs/fri were for clinicals (AM or PM at hospital or one of those days ONLY for community clinical, the do a rotation while one group is in hospital doing both days, the other is doing one day for community only). But the schedule changes from year to year so just be prepared for it to change. I know that isn't too helpful as far as scheduling purposes but just trying to shed some light on the situation. Hope it helps a little.

bapebbles · Jun 29, 2009

Actually, that does help. I just wanted an idea of the schedule. I'll just hold on to my horse and get ready for a wild ride! :bugeyes: But I know I can do it. I just tell myself "only two years and you'll be a nurse". :yeah:

Gecko27 · Jul 12, 2009

They love to wait until the Friday before the semester begins to tell you what the exact class schedule will be.

:uhoh3:

It's not impossible to hold down a job but I really wouldn't recommend it. If scheduling is an issue for you, my biggest piece of advice is to RUN to sign up for community clinical hours as soon as they put up the sign up sheets. If you wait even a day all of the good slots will be taken and it is almost impossible to get all of the hours you need.

Learn2Nurse · Jul 14, 2009

Tell us more about the community clinicals and how that works.

Thanks in advance!

Learn2Nurse · Jul 14, 2009

Do most students bring laptops to lecture or is it old school pen and paper?

bapebbles · Jul 15, 2009

Gecko27,

Thanks for the heads up. I will be working only on the weekends but the hours are very flexible. I'm pretty sure I can work as little or as much as I'd like. I'll wait until OU provides the schedules before I commit to set hours. I sure appreciate the wisdom of those who have gone before me.

:bow:

Learn2Nurse · Jul 15, 2009

i am also going to be at the tulsa campus. i would love to find anyone who is commuting from around the owasso area that might want to carpool or study. this may be premature and i know this is online so no one wants to meet any weirdos but if anyone is interested contact me via pm.

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Gecko27 · Jul 15, 2009

Community hours are seperate from the regular hospital clinical hours that you have to do. For your first semester, you will be doing your hospital rotation (it's med-surg) 2 days a week for 5 weeks. They break you up into groups of about 8-10 and all but one of the groups did their rotations from mid-September to the end of October. I don't know what the scheduling will be like for you guys because you are a much bigger class than we were (since they combined traditional and collaborative...or whatever it is that they did). In the spring we did 3 weeks of med-surg, 3 weeks of OB, and 2 weeks of peds.

As far as community clinical is concerned, you have to do about 30 hours the first semester (you do get 2 hours of credit for orientation). There are sign-up sheets for the rest of the hours and you will do them at places like the Day Center for the Homeless, the OU Diabetic Clinic, OU Peds, and Healthy Paseo. You are also required to do 2 nights (4 hours each) at the Bedlam Clinic, which is a free clinic that is staffed by mostly medical, nursing, pharm and other students and residents. Some of your hours are just observation (like OU Peds) but at others you will be doing stuff like taking vital signs, health histories, and stuff like that. 30 hours may not seem like a lot but there is so much other stuff that you have to do and it sometimes becomes a burden. There are also usually exactly the amount of spaces available as there are students, so it's really hard to find extra hours if you get sick or something and have to miss.

Don't let people freak you out though. It CAN be done. I can't believe I am already a senior. The past year flew by. It wasn't easy but I can honestly say that I learned more in the past 2 semesters that I thought I would be capable of learning.

Gecko27 · Jul 15, 2009

And for amberzon...I forgot to mention that we almost all used our laptops. Most of the instructors will post a powerpoint before class that you can add your own notes to.

Take advantage of the free printing at school. Seriously. I printed literally thousands of pages of powerpoints and notes so I would always have them available if I happened to go someplace where I would have a chance to read them.