Which year do nursing students start their clinicals?

[f_nurse2b16]

Junior year, Senior year, or both?

[RunnerRN2015, ASN, RN]

I'm in an ADN program and we start clinicals the second WEEK of school.

[edatri]

I'm also in an ADN program and we started the 3rd week of school. We didn't know anything and weren't allowed to do anything except wash our hands and use therapeutic comminication, though.

[KBICU]

I have my BSN and we started nursing fundamentals classes freshman year and clinical first semester sophmore year

[WorkingTowardsBSN]

I'm in a BSN program, sophomore year, and we start next month. FWIW, we're all just starting our nursing courses this year.

[RunnerRN2015, ASN, RN]

I'm also in an ADN program and we started the 3rd week of school. We didn't know anything and weren't allowed to do anything except wash our hands and use therapeutic comminication, though.

Since we're required to have taken a CNA course as part of our acceptance to the program, we're able to start clinicals doing all the ADLs for our patients.

[WannaBNursey, ADN, ASN, RN]

I'm in an ADN program. We begin our clinicals half way through our first semester, most other schools in the area have the students start clinicals immediately.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

When I attended an LVN program, clinical rotations started about a month after the program began. Since school started in October, clinical rotations started in November. BTW, I attended 954 clinical hours during that 12-month LVN program.

I attended a 14-month RN completion program (associates degree). School had begun in January, and clinical rotations started in May.

Junior year, Senior year, or both?

LOL, those of us who have not attended BSN programs never got to see a junior or senior year of any type of nursing program. The majority of today's nursing workforce started out with associate degrees or diplomas.

[f_nurse2b16]

Sorry, I guess I should have been more specific. To the people working on getting their "BSN," which year do you start clinicals? I'm a freshman in college by the way.

[turnforthenurse, MSN, NP]

I went through a BSN program and mine started our first semester of our sophomore year, but it was 4 weeks into the semester. For those first 4 weeks, we had classes on therapeutic communication and drug calculation practice. Afterwards, our clinicals started the first week of each following semester.

[WorkingTowardsBSN]

For our BSN program, the first year is all pre-reqs. Sophomore year you start your nursing courses, including clinicals.

[Skips, MSN, RN]

I'm in a BSN program, and we start clinicals next week. We shadow a nurse the first time, then we have a partner the first week or two. Then, we are on our own.

I am in my second semester at the school, but I'm considered to be in the 2nd year of the program since I am a transfer student. If that makes sense. My school makes the first year 'prerequisite' sort of courses (A&P, chem, micro, etc.). It's a four year program, and you can be accepted right out of high school. There are lots of transfer students, though, that do not start out right out of high school in the nursing program.