What you learned in school vs on the job

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Hello,

I am starting my second month of nursing classes next week and I'm very curious to know how much is retained from school. The amount of content in pharmacology alone is astounding. In your current position, what would you say is the percentage you learned in school vs on the job?

Thank you

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Repitition is key. You will start retaining more once you are making med cards and giving them to patients and then knowing what to monitor for. That being said, I had to review some less familiar mess for NCLEX and I still use my drug book at least once a week at my job.

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Specializes in ER.

It is a balancing act. I don't remember much of OB. Fetal heart rates are supposed to be faster. Pregnant women are larger than non-pregnant women. Psych I don't really remember that much of but I can recognize most psych meds. I know more ER stuff. If I were put on a floor, I would be useless unless I was acting as a tech. You sort of learn to specialize depending on where you are working.

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I am so glad you asked this question. I am a senior in my final year of nursing school, and I am in a "huh" phase.

I am not sure why our program spends very little time on our practical nursing skills instead of theory and public health??

Last month, my cousin gave birth and I was in her L & D room looking at the fetal heart monitor strip and I actually didn't know how to read it. I went home cried my eyes out to my mom because I felt so incompetent.

I am looking forward to hearing how nurses learned most of their nursing skills

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I am so glad you asked this question. I am a senior in my final year of nursing school, and I am in a "huh" phase.

I am not sure why our program spends very little time on our practical nursing skills instead of theory and public health??

Last month, my cousin gave birth and I was in her L & D room looking at the fetal heart monitor strip and I actually didn't know how to read it. I went home cried my eyes out to my mom because I felt so incompetent.

I am looking forward to hearing how nurses learned most of their nursing skills

Are you in a bsn program? What are your nclex pass rates?

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Yes, it a BSN program. About 89-90% of students who graduated from the school in 2015 passed on their first time.

They do a good job of preparing us for the NCLEX as all our peds, med surg courses had NCLEX style questions

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