Nursing Students General Students
Published Aug 23, 2007
Linz8
49 Posts
Our clinicals for the first semester is supposed to be W/F 8 am - Noon. I'm thinking to myself that surely we won't jump right into clinicals without some kind of training.
I have my last orientation tomorrow and then class starts Monday and I'm sure this question will come up, but am curious as to what other programs entail. Thanks.
donsterRN, ASN, BSN
2,558 Posts
My ADN program teaches clinical skills in the nursing lab for 5 weeks before we go to the outside agencies. We have to pass the check-offs before we go.
Bonny619
528 Posts
What Don said.
GottaGetIn
437 Posts
I think we get three weeks of Lab practice before clinicals. TG!
WDWpixieRN, RN
2,237 Posts
I think we had two or three weeks. It sure didn't seem like much....even through our second semester it didn't seem like we had enough training, lol!! We start our 3rd semester tomorrow and we all feel like such dorks!! I don't know that you ever feel totally prepared for clinicals while in school!!
Best wishes!!
me33
65 Posts
We have three weeks in nursing skills before we go to clinicals and then our clinicals are from6:30 am to 4:30pm
twinkerrs
244 Posts
Four weeks of skills and then clinicals which are 6 hours long. The times vary for everyone, but my group is 0700- 1300
southernbelle08
396 Posts
My 1st semester we didn't have clinicals until the very end of the semester. In fact, you had to pass the theory final before you could go to the 4 clinicals. 2nd semester we jumped back in pretty fast...I believe there was only 3 full weeks of class before we started going. This semester we had 1 full week of class and our clinical rotations start next week.
medicalma'am
58 Posts
We have 5 weeks and have to be checked off on skills also.
RosesrReder, BSN, MSN, RN
8,498 Posts
That is how it was in my program too
AnnaN5
429 Posts
I am in an accelerated ADN program so ours is a little different than a traditional program since we change rotations every 6 weeks. We have no clinicals the first week of each rotation, just skills labs & lecture. Then for the rest of the weeks we have clinicals 2 days a week from 7-3:30.
Crux1024
985 Posts
Im kinda confused also about my clinical.. We had a 4 hour Vs and basic skills lab, and then we were sent immediately to our clinical site. All we did today was talk to our clinical instructor and she explained somethings, she was so unsure and indecisive of everything though so the whole group of us was confused.
We have clinical next week a full day and our group is in a residential/independant living facility, so all we really have to do it talk to people and see if they will give us their health hx...I guess this is a good basic start..lol..I was just surprised we were sent somewhere right away.
What is everyone supposed to actually be doing for their clinicals??