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Do you preferred non clinical classes or the actual clinical class...also how would one rate the difficulty of. A non clinil class vs a clinical class

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Do you mean lecture vs. clinical?

We have 2-3 hour lectures Mondays and Thursdays where one prof. stands up in front of us and lectures off of a powerpoint presentation (boring! :)).

We have 8 hour clinicals Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Fridays OFF! (1st semester of nursing, Fridays consisted of nursing labs at the school so we didn't have one day off during the week)

In my opinion, clinicals are SOOO much better than lecture. Its hands-on nursing where you REALLY learn and can apply things you learned in lecture. There's NO down time and you work with actual patients. The only terrible thing about clinical is the paperwork that we have to do at home on our own 'free' time. It literally takes me on average 6 hours to complete. Depends on the clinical site though (i.e. med/surg paperwork takes much more time than psych paperwork, atleast for my school)

Both are hard. Lecture is hard because our final grade is only based on 4-5 tests and we must pass w. 73.33% avg. Each test creates high anxiety for all of us because of this system. Clinical is pass/fail so it cannot help you, only hurt you, but it is ALOT of hours including paperwork.

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Most clinicals have a lecture component to them...I'm talking about non clincal classes such as intro to nursing a two credit class

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We do not have lectures with clinicals. Also, we only have one class at a time, example Nursing 211, but it's worth 9 credits and consists of the lecture/clinical schedule I gave you above. I'd still say clinicals are way better than any lecture! :)

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Ive seen that with most adn programs there's about 4 of those 9 credit classes 1 for each semester am I right

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I can't stand medical/surgical-oriented clinicals as with foundations, acute care, etc. The ER and ICU ones are ok, but working on a floor full of people in bed is a good way to ruin a day for me. That said, I like the clinical courses (acute care, for example) because the books and lectures are more in line with the kinds of information I want in my brain.

Pharm and patho were great courses and also filled with what I want to know albeit non-clinical. Research methods and gerontology were...garbage and also non-clinical. Assessment could've been organized and proctored significantly better, and mental health was interesting yet rushed. Both of those were non-clinical as well.

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Should i take 2 non clinicals intro to nursing and nursing human devolpment with my 1st clinical class btw the clinical is also a lecture class

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Specializes in Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Flight.

i love clinical..i wish my 4 days a week im in school it was all clinical...lecture is super boring lol.

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I think I would like clinical aswell

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