What were/are your ADN classes?

Is there perhaps a bette place to post this question?

rags

Maybe the student nurses section? Some of us are so old we don't remember, but current students might. LOL

I will be in the program this september and I will be going to South Suburban College the website is www.southsuburbancollege.edu and go to the current students and then nursing adn program and then click on program on the nursing page and youll see the program courses. Are you working as an rn now what the schedule like? just wondering

"Are you working as an rn now what the schedule like? just wondering"

No. I am currently an RN. I was just curious about the differences in curriculum because of all the heated debates under this topic. I assumed my program was very similar to the all the others but after reading many MANY posts I am beginning to think perhaps I was wrong.

To be completely honest what I found to be the spark to my interest was the mention of BSN programs offering classes that ADN programs don't. I was reading what these classes were and realized I had actually taken most of them. Or at least it seems I have... They have the same or similar course titles. Made me wonder if other ADN programs were geared in the same way or if mine was just a little more styled after a BSN program than most others. The University in our state does have a vested interest in the 2 year school I went to, so maybe that is why.

Apparently I am just about the only one that really wonders about it. Thank you for the link, but I really am not interested in researching for a school to attend as I have already completed mine.

rags

The nursing content of an ADN program and BSN program should be similar, shouldn't they? The question is what more is required to earn a bachelor's?

We had to take an approved statistics course. I took biostatistics through the public health school. I don't know if ADN/ASN programs require stats or not. Oh yeah, and a research methods class focusing on nursing research.

We also had to take at least 4 upper division approved non-nursing courses. I took developmental psychology, behavioral psychology, health institutions (sociology), and death and dying (an interdisciplinary offering). I don't remember what courses were most popular with my nursing student classmates. All very interesting and a nice change from hard core nursing classes. I suppose this type of course is part of the purported 'well-rounded'-ness of a bachelor's degree - though I'm not saying it makes for a better nurse - I'm not going there.

I also received course credit as a student research assistant to a nurse researcher.

Another class was an epidemiology course taught through the public health school but that might have been a requirement for state certification as a public health nurse.

"developmental psychology, behavioral psychology, health institutions (sociology), and death and dying (an interdisciplinary offering)"

Those classes are different and sound very interesting. Even if I don't plan to go on to get my BSN (which I actually do, because some day I want to teach nursing when I am old and can't handle the long tough hours anymore)... I might take them anyway! Sound like they would be benificial to my career either way.

Thank you for the wonderful post!

rags

I am a nursing student in an ADN program, here are the classes we must take:

Nursing I, IIa, IIb, and III

Anatomy and Physiology I and II

English Composition

Introduction to Psychology

Human Growth and Development: The Life Span

Microbiology

Math Elective

English Elective

PC Applications

Contemporary Ethical Issues

Your program swtooth, sounds similar to the one I attended with a few of the names of the courses different but most likely same style of content.

What are the subjects covered in the nursing I, II, and III courses?

Well rounded for a basics to function as a new nurse huh? I would imagine to get everything in as much detail as many of us would like it would actually take 10 years and who really wants to do that when we get so much more out of our education once we are actually practicing nurses!

rags

this is the course curricula from durham tech cc in durham, nc.

associate degree nursing day program (printable copy)

effective fall semester 2006 - 20071

(a45100) day program

5 semesters

1 - fall semester 2006

bio 168

anatomy and physiology i

nur 110

nursing i

psy 150

general psychology

2 - spring semester 2007

bio 169

anatomy and physiology ii

nur 120

nursing ii

nur 186

clinical supplement

psy 281

abnormal psychology

3 - summer term 2007

nur 130

nursing iii

soc 210

intro. to sociology

4 - fall semester 2007

bio 275

microbiology

eng 111

expository writing*

nur 210a

nursing iv

6

nur 210b

nursing iv

5 - spring semester 2008

eng 112

argument-based research

nur 220

nursing v

humanities elective

this is from wake tech cc in raleigh, nc:

graduates of this program are eligible to apply to take the national council licensure examination (nclex-rn), which is required for practice as a registered nurse. employment opportunities include hospitals, long-term care facilities, clinics, physician's offices, industry, and community agencies.

associate degree nursing

general education courses

bio 165 anatomy and physiology i

bio 166 anatomy and physiology ii

eng 111 expository writing

eng 112 argument-based research

psy 110 life span development

humanities/fine arts elective

major courses

bio 155 nutrition

bio 175 general microbiology

bio 271 pathophysiology

nur 115 fundamentals of nursing

nur 117 pharmacology

nur 125 maternal-child nursing

nur 133 nursing assessment

nur 135 adult nursing i

nur 185 mental health nursing

nur 235 adult nursing ii

this is from forsyth tech cc in winston salem, nc:

Nursing I = Orems theory, writing care plans , basic diseases and disorders. One clinical day and one lab day a week. I was lucky and go a tele floor for 15 weeks.

Nursing IIa= Adult med surg, it is more in depth about diseases and disorders, also psychiatric disorders. 2 days a week in clinical with 10 weeks in med surg and 5 weeks in psych (hated the psych rotation).

Nursing IIb= Pediatrics, maternity, and geriatrics. In depth lectures about diseases and disorders effecting pedi patients including the new born, geriatrics, and mommies . clinical 2 days a week. 5 weeks of pedi with one day in the NICU and another shadowing a school nurse, 5 weeks of maternity with one day attending a delivery and another with a home health nurse doing a well baby visit, and 5 weeks of geriatrics. I was lucky again and got a tele floor for my geriatric rotation.

Nursing III = Lectures about diseases and disorders requiring total nursing care (wholey compensatory). 2 days of clinical with med surg. We got to choose our place for this last semester. It is seperated into 2, 7 weeks rotations. I am lucky enough that both are mine are in tele units, the first was on cardiac tele and my next rotation which starts in a week will be in a respiratory tele unit with some vented patients.

THEN... :beer: :w00t: GRADUATION :balloons:

Swtooth

Hmmm, let me think.

Pre-reqs

A&P 1 and 2

MicroBiology

Chemistry 1

Organic Chemistry

Algebra

2 English Classes

Ethics

Religion

Pharmacology

I am sure there are more pre-reqs that I am forgetting

Fundamentals of Nursing

Geriatrics/Psych (Nursing Thru the Lifespan)

OB/Peds (Nursing Thru the Lifespan)

Complex Nursing

*plus clinicals for each semester*

Nursing Concepts 1-4

It is looking to me like no matter the program they all are very similar and appear to be well rounded and apt for preparing the student to successfully pass the NCLEX as well as safely begin a nursing career.

Thank you so much guys for the input. I really do appreciate it and realize that as with me, it's not exactly easy to remember all those courses we were required to take. Amazing how we can remember the content but the courses the information comes from begins to all blend together over time.

rags