Writing in Nursing school

[carey7795]

I Just started my first semester of Nursing school, and during orientation the professor passed out a paper entitled criteria for writing a good paper. So my question is how much writing and what type of writing should I be prepared to do? Thanks in advance.

[sjalv]

Are you guys talking about the RN- BSN program? I just started my first clinical for the ADN program and I haven't had any writing to do

I am in an ASN (ADN) program and with our first rounds of clinicals, we had to do a case study on our patient. We went to clinicals 4 times for that case study. I find it strange you aren't at least having to do a care plan over your patient.

[CindysBrain]

Hi there,

I really think it depends on the type of program your in. I am in a B.S.N. program and there are countless papers- pathophysiology paper, care plans in essay format, case studies, PICO papers, research papers, educational papers, etc, etc... A friend of mine who is doing the bridge program from RN to B.S.N. tells me that the writing has been her biggest hurdle. Most schools have assistance in writing centers on campus, which are very helpful. I recommend seeking them out. All the best to you this semester!

[ixchel]

Every lecture class has had a paper except two. Every week has had a care plan or related assignment. All of it in APA and grammar matters. Two classes have been hybrid, with discussions weekly. Also APA, grammar matters. If I were to average all of this stuff out, I have written easily 10-25 pages a week since about midway through the first semester of my 4-semester program.

[Mewsin]

Are you guys talking about the RN- BSN program? I just started my first clinical for the ADN program and I haven't had any writing to do

I'm in a Canadian practical nursing program.

[christina731]

I'm in my 3rd semester (of 4) of an ADN program and I've written several papers each semester. Each semester we have at least 2 courses each with it's own lecture, lab and clinical component. Most of the papers are in clinical, but some are in lecture. Lab only has regular assignments but they still need to be in APA format. You must be proficient in writing and APA format in order to succeed in my program, as is the case in most nursing programs.

[Ladyt03]

I am in an ASN (ADN) program and with our first rounds of clinicals, we had to do a case study on our patient. We went to clinicals 4 times for that case study. I find it strange you aren't at least having to do a care plan over your patient.

I had orientation over the weekend....and they told us ALLLLLL About the writing. lol thanks though

[Bashygirl18]

I'm in my first semester of an ADN program and so far we've had one team project paper, one personal paper, and three pathophysiology papers due by week 9. It's also my understanding this is the minimal expectation for writing papers - it will increase as we go further into the program.

[TheDudeWithTheBigDog, ADN, RN]

Some teachers like essays, some like short answer or multiple choice assignments, some are terrible people who like to give group assignments, where your group can cause you to risk failing, some like to only give you 4 tests and that's where 100% of your grade comes from.

You'll find out when you start. Every one of us have different teachers from each other. This is 100% up to how your teacher wants to run that class.