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Hi everyone. I'm in the BscN program, in my second year. And next semester we have an option to do either mental health or meg-surg (acute) rotation first. It doesn't matter which rotation we do first, we eventually have to do the other one in our 3rd year first semester. I'm conflicted because when I was in my 1st year, I choose mental health to do because everyone says it was easier, and focused more on communication wise So, this is the reason why I choose to do the rotation first, and also it was very hard to get a spot because on a date in april, registration opened for classes and clinical positions, and I almost barely made it to get a spot. I was able to get the theory class but not the clinical spot, but luckily I got a spot. But in this semester I'm currently in, we're doing community health nursing clinical placement (Long-term care, assisted-living). My clinical group all knew each other and they were pretty much all close friends and I was the only one in the group who didn't know anyone (we're group of 8). So throughout the semester, I become friends with them. They're amazing, supportive, really want to be friends with me. I feel accepted and finally feel like I have friends. They're friends that I can laugh with, have fun with, interact with, and basically friends that all support each other and helping each other make it through the semester. In my 1st year I was very lonely I had one friend but she was never really what you call a "friend". She would cheat off me on exams, steal some of my ideas from my paper when we decided to exchange papers so we can both read them to see if they make sense, and etc. I don't feel that friendship connection with her because we never really talk to each other about anything besides school, and we're very different from each other in regards to our personality. My clinical group, which is the group of friends I've made, they're all doing their med-surg rotation first next semester and I have thoughts about switching to do my med-surg rotation as well because I will be in the same classes as them but maybe not same clinical placement because theres limited spots left. So my question is should I switch from mental health to med-surg rotation first? I'm stuck, because its hard to go through all the stress in nursing school without any friends it feels so lonely and I cry sometimes. If don't do my med-surg rotation first, then I won't see them until 4th year. I know some of you might say I'll eventually make friends, but the thing is this group of friends has the same personality as me and we're all capatible and feel very happy this semester. Another thing is, I do have an interest in med-surg and working at a hospital when I graduate so it might be useful to do med-surg first, and I really only choose mental health because everyone was choosing it first and its easier.​

Hi everyone. I'm in the BscN program, in my second year. And next semester we have an option to do either mental health or meg-surg (acute) rotation first. It doesn't matter which rotation we do first, we eventually have to do the other one in our 3rd year first semester. I'm conflicted because when I was in my 1st year, I choose mental health to do because everyone says it was easier, and focused more on communication wise So, this is the reason why I choose to do the rotation first, and also it was very hard to get a spot because on a date in april, registration opened for classes and clinical positions, and I almost barely made it to get a spot. I was able to get the theory class but not the clinical spot, but luckily I got a spot. But in this semester I'm currently in, we're doing community health nursing clinical placement (Long-term care, assisted-living). My clinical group all knew each other and they were pretty much all close friends and I was the only one in the group who didn't know anyone (we're group of 8). So throughout the semester, I become friends with them. They're amazing, supportive, really want to be friends with me. I feel accepted and finally feel like I have friends. They're friends that I can laugh with, have fun with, interact with, and basically friends that all support each other and helping each other make it through the semester. In my 1st year I was very lonely I had one friend but she was never really what you call a "friend". She would cheat off me on exams, steal some of my ideas from my paper when we decided to exchange papers so we can both read them to see if they make sense, and etc. I don't feel that friendship connection with her because we never really talk to each other about anything besides school, and we're very different from each other in regards to our personality. My clinical group, which is the group of friends I've made, they're all doing their med-surg rotation first next semester and I have thoughts about switching to do my med-surg rotation as well because I will be in the same classes as them but maybe not same clinical placement because theres limited spots left. So my question is should I switch from mental health to med-surg rotation first? I'm stuck, because its hard to go through all the stress in nursing school without any friends it feels so lonely and I cry sometimes. If don't do my med-surg rotation first, then I won't see them until 4th year. I know some of you might say I'll eventually make friends, but the thing is this group of friends has the same personality as me and we're all capatible and feel very happy this semester. Another thing is, I do have an interest in med-surg and working at a hospital when I graduate so it might be useful to do med-surg first, and I really only choose mental health because everyone was choosing it first and its easier.

I finished my first semester of nursing, I finished the foundation courses, anatomy and physiology and microbiology. And I'm beginning my second semester on Monday and doing intro to nursing theory, health assessment and pathophysiology. My question is for example if they are teaching a topic about kidneys and nephrons, will they review the parts of the kidney and how it works? Because over Christmas break I have forgotten a lot of the stuff And I also have another question. How much of the info from A&P and microbiology would I have to know? Would I have to know every single detail from the textbook front to back? Or would I have to know the important things and main idea, like for example how they heart works.

I'm doing the BSN degree which is 4 years, and I just started in september. This is my first semester and I'm required to take all the general classes first like microbiology, anatomy, and physiology. However, during this semester I've been struggling. In high school I had much more time, and I made all A's. After graduating high school and during the summer time I was not that worried about starting uni because I thought I was going to be okay, turns out I was completely wrong. I pull all nighters sometimes, stay up until 3am to study for a "quiz" that is on 5 units, study all day literally, not enough time to finish all my studying, and lacking sleep which affects my concentration in class since I always fall asleep in class. I'm not doing that well in school either, my grades are everywhere. I calculated my gpa and it's around a 3.0gpa, not that great, I was aiming for a 4.0. Anatomy: A (4.0) physiology: B (3.0) microbiology: B (3.0) english: B- (2.7) psychology: B+ (3.3) INT D: N/A Second round of midterms are coming up after my fall break ends, which I am on right now until monday. I have a physiology and anatomy midterm after the fall break and also an english paper due. I finished studying for my anatomy but I had to cram, and I'm starting to write my english paper right now, and hoping to finish by tonight. I have to literally sacrifice my english grade so I can do better in my nursing courses. And after I finish my english paper, I have 3 days to study for my physiology midterm, which I have to cram. What I'm asking for is for help to how to finish the rest of the semester and make A's on all my finals, like please provides tips and suggestions I'm struggling badly. The end of the semester is approaching and I really need to pull my grades up a little bit. I would also like suggestions for next semester, because I promise to work harder and change up my routine and the way I study.

I'm required to take the 3 foundation courses first which is microbiology, physiology, anatomy, and I have to take one english course, and one elective (which is psychology), and I have to take the interdisciplinary course which is a class that teaches about how health professionals work together. Thats why I'm taking so many classes. In total my credits I have for this semester is 18. I take the train to school and I sometimes study on there. My main problem is time. I usually only can study one unit for one subject when I get home from school for most of the week or I would be up all night. I sleep around 12-1. Also, do you recommend reading the textbook? I do, and I always write notes, but it seems as if most of the stuff in the textbook is already on the powerpoints.

I'm doing a BScN, which is a 4 year degree to become an RN. So I'm a first year uni student and ever since I started school I was shocked at how much information I needed to know, its basically like crammed. We use powerpoint during lectures and there about anywhere from 60-70 slides for anatomy, 50-70 slides for microbiology, and 80-150 slides for physiology for every unit in one of those courses and onto of that lots of reading to do in the textbooks. Those are the nursing classes I'm required to take. I also have to take a regular english class, and interdisplicinary development, and I'm also taking psychology as my elective and that doesn't even compare to as many slides as my nursing classes its around 20-30 slides for one unit. I have some friends who are doing an arts degrees and when they see how much material I need to know on the slides just scares them. I've fallen behind a lot. usually when I come home from school, I would rewrite my notes and study the lecture, but one unit would usually take me about 5-6 hours to finish and I would not have time review all my other subjects. I also made a bad choice to switch out of my physiology class from the 3:30pm to 4:50pm lecture to the 2:00pm to 3:20pm lecture since the prof is better and I can get home earlier. All I ever do is study now, I study the whole day from when I wake up until I sleep, literally. My friends are like me they study basically the whole day as well. I'm sleep deprived as I only get about 5 hours of sleep a day, and I have class from 9:30am to 3:20pm on tuesdays ad thursdays, 10am to 3:50pm on wednesdays and 10am to 1pm. It takes me about an hour and 10 minutes to get home since I live on the north side of the city and my university of on the south side of the city. So what I would like is for some of you to give me tips on how to survive, and how to study effectively and get A's, how you managed to study everything and had enough time, how you read completely all the textbook material, and maybe how you survived your first year nursing.