Share your 1st day of class experiences

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As a pre-nursing student, I would love to hear what your 1st day of class was like. Please share your experiences with us newbies! :)

This is great.. keep 'em coming!

Are any of you that have replied in an accelerated program? I will be starting an accelerated program and would love to hear about those experiences as well. :D

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Mine was just an introduction to that class along with a pop quiz on the nursing process and a lecture on taking a health hx and a review of systems. Nothing major or groundbreaking.

(I'm in an accelerated program, but the first semester is less so.)

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I remember reading the syllabus before class...this pic sums it up! :D

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I remember reading the syllabus before class...this pic sums it up! :D

This is beautiful hahaha

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Specializes in med surg.

I don't exactly remember the first day but I do remember first semester was cool. We did have a med math test that had to be passed with 100% got three tries tho, strike three you were out! That was around week 3 . Nothing too scary. Classes weren't that tough. Did all Day skills lab on Friday. Then second semester rolled around and man it got harder!

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I had 3-4 hours notice that I got into my class. I had been on the waitlist, and someone decided (bless her heart) on the day that class started that she would not be attending, and I got to take her place. Oh, and I just moved 70 miles away from that school --the day before-- this class started.

So I get to class, and it's time to introduce myself. I introduce myself and include something along the lines of "I never wanted to be a nurse, I still don't know if I want to be a nurse, buuuut I'm here!" This caught the attention of my professor, who asked to speak to me during the first break. She was a little "concerned" about my introduction and wanted to be sure that I was committed to nursing school because there were plenty of people who wanted to take my place. I said "nope, I'm in. You let me in here, now I'm staying." I had no idea what I was getting into. Phew! What a ride it was!

Good luck.

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Specializes in Emergency / Disaster.
This caught the attention of my professor, who asked to speak to me during the first break. She was a little "concerned" about my introduction and wanted to be sure that I was committed to nursing school because there were plenty of people who wanted to take my place. I said "nope, I'm in. You let me in here, now I'm staying." I had no idea what I was getting into. Phew! What a ride it was!

Good luck.

And so.... are you glad you made it through? How long has it been?

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And so.... are you glad you made it through? How long has it been?

I am SO glad I made it through. Graduated in December 2016, passed NCLEX in May 2017 and started my first job August 2017. I am celebrating my one year in my first position and I am graduating from nurse-residency program at the end of this month.

No regrets.

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first day of nursing school was full on bootcamp.We started at 0700am and ended at 430pm. the first hour was introduction and the rest was full on lectures with 2 breaks and an hour lunch in-between. We went over atleast 2-3 chapters thoroughly. Especially since we had exams every week. This went on for the first 4 wks before we started our hospital rotations.

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