1 yr. of prerequisites before I can get into nursing program

[Gisele]

Hi everyone, the junior colleges around here require taking 1 yr of classes before I can get accepted into the nursing program to obtain an associates degree. Is it like this everywhere? I always read that it takes two years for an associates degree and four for a bachelors. It seems in my case that it would take 3 yrs. for an associates and 5 yrs. for a bachelors. Any insight on this would be very helpful, thank you.

[willbnurse]

Originally posted by Gisele:

Hi everyone, the junior colleges around here require taking 1 yr of classes before I can get accepted into the nursing program to obtain an associates degree. Is it like this everywhere? I always read that it takes two years for an associates degree and four for a bachelors. It seems in my case that it would take 3 yrs. for an associates and 5 yrs. for a bachelors. Any insight on this would be very helpful, thank you.

Gisele- I am in my first semester of Pre-nursing. We are required to take 15 credit hours of Biology, Nutrition, and Chemistry before we can apply to the actual ADN program. There are prereq's before most of these courses also which means that it will be 1 year before I can apply and start the nursing program. I am really looking forward to getting these out of the way, but I am also glad that they are required because I feel that it is necessary to know this basic information before beginning the actual nursing courses. I think I will be much better prepared. Best of luck to you!