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I really haven't had a favorite clinical. I'm sorry I've come across as so negative. My personal expectations just were not met here.

Hi ZellRN, who knows if you'll ever get to read this...but just read your post...and had to say that I requested oncology back in October. We got our placements and I was put on a telemetry floor. I asked about my request and was told that oncology at Wilson is reserved for BOCES students. Enough said. I regret this program more than anything I've ever done in life!

I don't care who reads this and I don't care if no one reads this, I just need to vent, I HATE NURSING SCHOOL and I HATE Binghamton University's nursing program, this was the biggest mistake of my life, I regret this program more than anything in my entire life and warn everyone not to go to Binghamton. I HATE IT. All I have learned going here is that I DONT want to be a nurse and that nursing is not what I want. I HATE THIS PROGRAM AND WANT TO DROP OUT SO BADLY, I am so miserable, I regret this program so much I can't even explain it. I just need to vent. Anyone thinking of applying don't do it unless you want to be a bed bather for the rural population. I am going crazy and absolutely insane I just feel like a crazy person and I don't know how I am getting through the rest of the program. I should have gone to medical school because nursing just SUCKS.

I'm in the program at Binghamton...beware. I wouldn't recommend it. This is the most disorganized program I've ever been in, and it focuses entirely on rural nursing and community health, just to throw it out there. I'm from NYC as well, and clinicals will be culture shock to you. I really feel I'm not learning much here and to add, the amount of tests and assignments dumped on us all at once literally makes you so stressed out I can't describe it. I got into NYU's 15 month program but went to BU instead for the price tag but I really regret it. I feel I would have gotten much better clinical exposure and experience at NYU, plus it being 15 months instead of 12 I would have preserved some sanity too and been able to retain more information. I didn't realize a 12 month program was so stupid, I really half the time question how NYS allows it, how can you learn to be a good nurse and be well prepared in 12 months? You can't. Just my two cents. I'm sticking this out since I'm here, but I wish I went to NYU instead. I had also been on these forums searching and searching for opinions on BU's program and I never read anything except "BU is a good school!" So I'm hoping to be that one person that gives a real review! Had I known this program focuses SO much on public and community health I wouldn't have gone here. Oh, and on geriatrics. All the professors talk about is how nearly 25% of Binghamton's population is geriatric and this is the place to be to work in geriatrics. I've been in clinical since August and I'm not lying to you I have not had a patient younger than 75. I want to work in oncology in NYC, I feel this is not where I should have gone to school. If you want to be a nurse in public/community health, or stay upstate after graduation, then yes this program is great. But if you're coming JUST to save money, like I did, DON'T. I really made a mistake coming up here just to save money.

thank you for your insight =)

i am in the 12 month accelerated program as well, and I also, would not have done this program had I know how busy and crazy intense it was. Go ahead call me naive, yes I did expect it to be busy, but I didn't expect to have crying spells and stress attacks on a weekly basis. Sometimes I can't believe they even allow a 12 months program - it's just too much in too short amount a time to really learn anything. I feel completely unprepared for the real world. So, I'm there with you...I'm passing everything but definitely don't have all As anymore.

WOW everyone, thanks so much for the kind words. I left a lot of details out just to save space- I worked as an aide for a few years and honestly I wanted to get into med school but I just didn't think I would get accepted and with my family and friends and coworkers consistently telling me "go to nursing school, you'd be a great nurse, you'd love it!!!" I researched it, did my pre reqs, talked with lots of nurses (my aunt, dad, and former roommate are all nurses so I really thought I knew what I was getting into) but I'm just so disappointed. In clinical honestly all I do is aide work and I am so BORED. My concerns are just that my interests are more scientific and not what we're doing. I'm tired of bed bathing patients, I'm tired of turning and positioning them, I'm tired of taking vitals, I'm tired of giving patients pills in a cup. I want to be doing so much more and I'm just not getting it. Plus yes the 12 month program IS insane and now that I'm in it I don't really recommend it! I hate to say it but I didn't try for med school because I thought at 27 I was too old but now I'm 30 and wishing I had tried. Oh well, thanks everyone for listening, just wanted to get some opinions out there. I am really lonely upstate and yes of course I've made friends but no one you can really cry to, you know?

Hi all, I'm in a 12 mo accelerated BSN that started in May and honestly I feel like Ive fallen into a deep depression lately. I hate clinical, I cry every night and I just don't want to be here. There's a ton of other factors that go into this too, I'm just lonely, I'm from NYC and am going to Binghamton University just to save money and I absolutely hate it up here. The hospitals are smaller than what I'm used to, the patient care is subpar to what I'm used to (I was an aide for 3 years at a hospital in NYC). I'm lonely. I haven't made any real friends up here that I can confide in or talk to. And I know I'm going to get chewed out when I say this and I'm ready for it, but as this program has gone on I realized I don't want to be a nurse, I want to be a medical doctor. I'm so much more interested in the medical aspect of things and I just don't care about nursing diagnoses and interventions. I copy my care plans from books and google. I just am here because I took out loans feel like I have to be. I'm 30 years old and thought I wanted to be a nurse but I don't. I need encouragement because I really feel like I'm falling apart. Thanks.