When you are in NS do you do anything during the summer?

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.

For those that are in a regular nursing program where you have winter break and summer off (as the longest breaks) do your schools usually require anything during that time to keep things fresh in your head? I start nursing school in August and I was just curious if I should plan on having summers off (obviously I will find out for sure soon enough from my specific school) can I expect that to be my time and family time, or do schools usually require stuff during that time.

Being the type of person I am I would prep for the Fall classes I would be taking, I will be doing that this summer since I have a lot of travel planned which will consist of me riding in the passenger seat on cross country car rides, but just curious what the norm is.

Thanks!

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Specializes in Acute Rehab.

i have to do a co-requisite for the first month of summer uuuggghhh :-|

but then it's all R&R for me:smokin:

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.

I have all my co reqs done (well I will have them done in 2 more days WOOHOO)

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Specializes in ER, ICU, Medsurg.

We don't have any commitments this summer. They said that they would post drug cards for us at some point so we could work on them if we wanted to but I dont know when that will be. Other than that, summer off woo hooo!! (although I have an externship and another class I have to take)

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Summers are required, two weeks off then summer quarter starts.

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
Summers are required, two weeks off then summer quarter starts.

Are you in an accelerated program?? Our program you don't have regular classes during the summer. You have Fall and Spring, but I am not sure if their is anything else they do have you do during the summer, I just know it's not actual classes.

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Specializes in CICU.

I have pharmacology this summer. Could have taken it this term and had the summer completely off, but decided to spread it out some.

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It's a standard 2 year AND program. 7 quarters total with summer required.

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Specializes in Licensed Practical Nurse.

my school doesn't and i'm off for 4 months!!, it's gonna be hard knowing that i still have 1 more grueling year left, i kinda just want to finish it off and not spend 4 months thinking about the hell that's ahead. i have med-surg my last year of nursing school so i'll be reading my med-surg book over my summer vacation, sadly

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Specializes in Psych..

At my community college, the nursing program is two years long, with two Fall and Spring semesters. The summer is yours unless you want to take the NCLEX-PN exam. Then you take the LPN transition course the summer after your first year, and after passing it, you can sit for the NCLEX-PN.

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Specializes in Cardiac Care.

My program has no summer requirements, but many of the required courses (Psych, Soc, English) and some of the electives are offered then. I took advantage of that so I only had the core nursing requirements to worry about during regular sessions. That may not be the ideal for many people (because it seems like you're in school ALL the time), but it worked for me.

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Nothing required of us, though we have an informal "reading group" formed; we plan to read most (or all) of our med/surg stuff, and possibly some of the OB/peds text, so we'll be somewhat prepared for the fall. I'm in the Denver area.

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