Nurses...you learn more on the job then in school??

Question

does school REALLY prepare you for a nursing job..or do you learn as you go (on the job)?

Answer 1

Nursing school basically gives you the skeletal framework (e.g. what are the signs and symptoms; what is the "textbook" thing to do when something happens to your patient). But for the most part, you learn "real" nursing actions on site when you are actually working as a registered nurse.

The key is to apply what you've learned at school to what you are doing in the field. You'll definitely be busy and tired, but try to always make connections between your knowledge base and the interventions you are currently doing. Yes, I agree with the others who say that you need BOTH schooling and real-life experience, but I have noticed certain things that nursing school does NOT prepare you for -- communication with MDs and dealing with aggressive/demanding families of patients. That is definitely an important skill you must learn fast! Hope this helps...Best of luck!

Answer 2

Yes and no; you do need the book learning to give you the basic information you'll need later on the job. If the floor charge nurse tells you that patient X has had a stent implanted for uriteric obstruction pre-op and is NPO at midnight for a 7:00 AM exploratory cystoscopy, you'd better have enough in your brain already to know not to give him anything but clear fluids after midnight so you won't get yelled at by the anesthesiologist in the morning (and the charge nurse... and the human resources department... and some doctor...)

Once you have that basic information, of course, you have to also have practice utilizing all that wonderful knowledge. That's partially the purpose behind your clinical rounds while still in nursing school -- you get a taste of what you'll actually be required to do when you're fully certified nurse in whatever specialty you choose (okay, not a TASTE, because that's just gross, but you know what I mean... that should be a lesson in your first year: No licking of patients allowed!)

So to make a long answer a little longer, you need both. You need the school to give you enough to build upon through experience.

Answer 3

Sonia : according to "Careers" you can train as Vocantional
Nurse throug 2yr Jr College depending upon Dental Assistant,
Xray Tec Specialist, Nuritionist , Regstered Nurse works in
doctor's office ect! they require medical certificate yes
because " On The Job program will prepair best ideas for yourself try ok ?

Answer 4

None in Algebra, Calculus, Trigonometry and the ones different bizarre maths, lol! additionally none in Literature, History, Spanish Languages. Biology, Chemistry, Genetics, Statistics, English/Speech/Scientific Writing, a huge sure.

Answer 5

in school you'll learn the basics and the technical side, in the clinical setting you learn more about things hands-on when you finally have patients there.

Overall, I would say that I learned more in a clinical setting.

I learned enough to know that a career in nursing wasn't for me....

Answer 6

You will learn alot in school that u wont use on the job and theres alot on the job they didnt teach you in school. It sucks but you learn to live with it.