Pre nursing vs nursing which one is more difficult?

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Which courses did you find more difficult and challenging in terms of time spent studying , stress level etc..., the ones in pre nursing section or the ones in the nursing section. I am finishing pre nursing and it has been really challenging and just wanted to have a glimpse of what nursing courses are like....

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To answer your question yes, LPN have to take Med Surg. I believe that LPN's take the same class as RN. The only difference is that it is not as in depth. To be honset the RN program is 18 months (with summer's off). The LPN program is 12 months (no summer's off). Hope that helps!

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The nursing program is tough..pre nursing much easier..keep in mind if others can do it you can to..good luck to you.

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I know, right? Some people.

A Care Plan is the nurse's primary strategic document for providing any types of Care to any patient. You have to ask yourself the 4 Insctrutables:

C - Care - Do I even care about this patient? Why? What if they are ugly?

A - Apathy - Why don't I care?

R - Resources - Do I have the energy to Care for this patient? Does my field need manipulation?

E - Expiditiousness - Do I have time to Care for this patient? How long has it been since I had a smoke break?

If you can answer these 4 basic questions you can Plan your Care with your Care Plan.

Alternatively, you can check the sticky thread on this very forum.

Perfect glimpse at the kind of people & attitudes you'll be dealing with. It's not too late to take the MCAT.

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you will learn how to function off 2 hours of sleep...my first day of clinicals in med surge 1 i walked into the hospital about to pass out!! gotta get them care plans done! ha ha ;)

i'm in my second semester of an Accelerated BSN program and the biggest lesson that i've learned so far is not to sacrifice sleep. i have made a serious commitment to getting 7 hours of sleep every night, regardless of how insane things become (which they do!). often, this means going to bed at the same time as my kids and getting up at 3am. i have consistently found that i do *much* better in clinicals and on exams if i have had a decent night's sleep the night before---even if it means sacrificing some study time. in nursing school, you can study until you're blue in the face and you'll still never feel completely prepared for an exam. i can handle the uncertainty and the critical thinking challenges so much better if my head is clear from a decent night's sleep. i have a hunch that this is going to be true in real-world nursing as well--patients deserve a safe nurse whose head isn't foggy from lack of sleep. easier said than done, i know.

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Nursing... no question...

A&P and micro seemed like such scary classes back when I took them but they were virtual cakewalk compaired to the nursing program. In nursing, you can study study study and still fail if you can't think critically.

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First let me say, I really enjoy and appreciate reading folks' experiences on topics like this because it really helps me know what to expect and try to appreciate the journey ahead.

With that said---after reading dozens and dozens of threads here on allnurses about what to expect in nursing pre-req classes, and what to expect in nursing school, and then what to expect when I actually become a nurse.... I've found that there's a basic trend:

People usually think that whatever they are going through at that moment is the hardest thing ever and worst than what they went through before. I know this does not apply to everyone...but think about it...hindsight is 20/20 because you have the beauty of insight and comparison on your current situation.

Once you go through something successfully, you usually can look back and say "yeah...that was hard but what I'm doing right now is reallllly hard..."

I'm thinking the same will apply to nursing school. It will probably feel like hell on earth trying to write care plans, going to clinicals, passing labs, etc. and all of this on limited sleep. But, once we become a nurse, We'll probably be thinking "nursing school was hard but it doesn't even come close to being as hard as being an acutal nurse..."

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First let me say, I really enjoy and appreciate reading folks' experiences on topics like this because it really helps me know what to expect and try to appreciate the journey ahead.

With that said---after reading dozens and dozens of threads here on allnurses about what to expect in nursing pre-req classes, and what to expect in nursing school, and then what to expect when I actually become a nurse.... I've found that there's a basic trend:

People usually think that whatever they are going through at that moment is the hardest thing ever and worst than what they went through before. I know this does not apply to everyone...but think about it...hindsight is 20/20 because you have the beauty of insight and comparison on your current situation.

Once you go through something successfully, you usually can look back and say "yeah...that was hard but what I'm doing right now is reallllly hard..."

I'm thinking the same will apply to nursing school. It will probably feel like hell on earth trying to write care plans, going to clinicals, passing labs, etc. and all of this on limited sleep. But, once we become a nurse, We'll probably be thinking "nursing school was hard but it doesn't even come close to being as hard as being an acutal nurse..."

For me, I can't imagine that to be the case. School is harder than the real world, because no matter what I do while working......I still get to go home and not have to do it there as well. Work hours are delineated from the rest of my life. School hours are not.

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For me, I can't imagine that to be the case. School is harder than the real world, because no matter what I do while working......I still get to go home and not have to do it there as well. Work hours are delineated from the rest of my life. School hours are not.

Completely agree. I'm prior military (enlisted and officer) and I am really struck by the similarities between nursing school and basic training/officer training. Much like boot camp didn't resemble day-to-day life in the military, I'm optimistic that everyday nursing is much more humane and satisfying than nursing school. It's a right of passage---nothing more, nothing less.

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Nursing classess

Instead of trying to memorize things, always try to understand the rationale and you will have no problems.

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Specializes in PICU/Pedi.

It's hard to say. I do think that nursing school eats up more time because you have to do so many other things besides studying, and my Level I semester (Med Surg I and Pharmacology) was relatively difficult. But I still think so far that my hardest semester was in pre-reqs when I took micro, A&P I , nutrition, and a speech class. I had never taken college level science classes before and had no idea what to expect. The speech class was easy, and nutrition wasn't hard, but was alot of information to memorize while trying to also memorize everything for A&P and micro. I didn't watch any tv that semester and slept only about 4 hours each night. Most people will recommend that you don't take two science classes together like that but I feel like it really prepared me for the rigors of nursing school. When I actually started NS and everybody else was having a panic attack, I just jumped right in. I haven't studied that much since that semester!

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Specializes in PICU/Pedi.

Oh, and yes, I have to agree with a previous poster who said the nursing tests are harder. They most definitely are. You have to know your stuff.

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Specializes in PICU/Pedi.
you will learn how to function off 2 hours of sleep...my first day of clinicals in med surge 1 i walked into the hospital about to pass out!! gotta get them care plans done! ha ha ;)

my very first day of clinicals i had had no sleep at all because of my careplan (30 different meds, 10 different pathos) and when i went to the hospital i couldn't remember where we were meeting so i wandered around lost. the night nurses thought i was a crazy person! :lol2:

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