Why does nursing school cram the material?

[Ms. Nurse Assistant, LPN]

I hear alot of student say that there is a lot of material to learn in a short period of time. What is the purpose of nursing schools craming their students with excessive amounts of material? Maybe if things were taught at a slower pace more students would be able to complete the program

[RXtech]

Not as many people would want to go to nursing school if it was a 6 year program, though. :)

[VenaKavaRN]

Well, you can go to school for 8 years if you want to...but I don't.

[Ms. Nurse Assistant, LPN]

Why would it have to be 8 years though?

[Nellifuturenurse2010]

The only courses I feel are crammed are pharm and patho...and maybe the transitions in clinicals...

I know in our program the transition into the hospital from skills is horrible...the teachers complain that we aren't ready and the students complain that the expectations are too high.

[Boog'sCRRN246, RN]

With the amount of information introduced in nursing school, a program would definitely take 8 years (or more!) if instruction was slowed down so every student could "get it." Nursing in the real world, for the most part, is fast-paced and nurses are expected to grasp information without it being presented slooooowly or multiple times.

[truern]

With the amount of information introduced in nursing school a program would definitely take 8 years (or more!) if instruction was slowed down so every student could "get it." Nursing in the real world, for the most part, is fast-paced and nurses are expected to grasp information without it being presented slooooowly or multiple times.[/quote']

Besides...its doable! Enough people graduate NS and pass NCLEX to prove it.

[masry123]

For me finishing nursing school{pn} in one year was the right thing to do .I was pregnant with my 2nd child so i had to . slow and long schooling was not an option for me.

[Natingale, EdD, RN]

i guess with the shortage and everything also ..thats why they havent forced everyone to go for their BSN ..im guessing

[Natingale, EdD, RN]

Its not that they cram a lot of material ..its that they are taking people off the street basically and in 2 short years ..not even because of the summer/winter breaks we get ...You have to turn them into professionals who are responsible for human life

[jjjoy, LPN]

Don't worry, you'll spend hours on bedmaking, explicitly documenting why you've diagnosed "self-care deficit" for a patient, and writing the rationales for getting someone up out of bed. Then you'll have a few hours of lecture cursorily covering hundreds of pages of text that cover dozens of conditions - wham-bam-thank-you-mam! Makes perfect sense! (sarcasm!) ; )

[Oz2]

Oh my god, jjjoy, you've nailed it! :clphnds:

$35,000 later, I can't believe how much time I've spent on foolishness like that. And they wonder why new grads aren't ready for prime time....