Should I take statistics with level III nursing?

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In the fall I will be taking 10.5 credits of nursing classes. I have lecture and lab Tuesdays and Thursdays 10 am - 2 pm. I will have 14 clinical days this semester. I will also have to work a 1-2 days per week. All of the former students I have talked to advised me not to take anything with my nursing classes. I don't want to screw myself if I do. However, it must be doable. Advisors tell students to take stats now especially if they plan on getting a bsn. Has anyone taken statistics along with nursing classes in their final 2 semesters? I know it would have been possible in Level 1 and 2 if only I would have taken it then.

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Are you already an A student? Because if you aren't already an A student in nursing I'd be careful. I got all B's in my first semester of RN school because I took 9 units of other classes concurrently and it was a struggle to get all A's in my 2nd semester doing the same thing.

Any other class I'd laugh it off, but stats is a time consuming class even if you love math like I do. Are you a math lover??

And how do you only have 14 clinical days? That's only half of what I have.

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I am a math lover, previous math major here :) . I have taken calc 1-3, differential equations, number theory, discrete math etc.. Basically everything but stats. Level 1 I had a 91% in theory and a 94% in clinical and a 97% in physical assessment. Level 2 92% in theory and a 98% in clinical. So far I doing well but I hear horror stories about how hard level III is. I don't know why we have different amounts of clinical time, different state maybe? Level 1 we had 6 days, Level 2 we had 10 days. We also have lab which we are in each week plus 2 sim days.

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you'll cruise through stats with all that background, and just have it done with and out of the way. you might even find it recreational and give your brain a little something different to do besides nursing, nursing, nursing . really! i did.

be sure it's a stats-for-clinical-majors, not stats-for-math-majors if you have the choice. then again, you're a math whiz, so it won't make any difference. have fun with it!

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I took stats with my pre-reqs for BSN (I had almost all of the prerequisites anyways from college... Figured I might as well go for the BSN instead of RN)

Anyways... I took it with A&P 1 and 2 (both accelerated) and failed miserably. The second time around, I took it with chemistry and Intro to Nursing, and I BARELY passed. I'm not sure how hard your colleges stats class is, but ours is killer... I would NOT suggest that you take it during actual nursing classes, especially if you are working too... That is a lot to take on. If you're great at math, then go for it. I just found it difficult to wrap my head around.

Best of luck!

- Shara

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I decided I will just take it next summer. I have one year left of college until I am an RN and I don't want to set myself up for failure. I will take it next summer before I start my RN-BSN program. Thanks everyone for the input.

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