Pre-Nursing at MCC - Extra classes?

MCC has a very respectable program and from everything I have heard you leave very prepared. I imagine someone going through the program could give you a better idea of the classes. As for taking extra classes, that is up to you. I just took the pre-reqs.

Physics and chemistry are not required for this program, but I would definitely recommend taking medical terminology. Though not absolutely necessary, med term will make understanding the material that much easier.

Pharmacology is incorporated into all of the nursing classes, generally along with the body systems/disease processes that are being taught at the same time. For instance, when we were learning the respiratory system in Med-Surg, we were also learning about bronchodilator meds.

I would also recommend taking the Math for Meds course that is part of the Medical Assistant program. Some students have difficulty with the math needed for dosage calculations, drip rates etc, and this course is nothing but that kind of math. When I took this class it was open to all students, but I'd heard they were considering making it only for students accepted into the MA program.

If science is not your strong point, take 2710. The other one, 2310, has an actual cadavar and I heard the pass rate for that instructor isn't very high. (at least that's how it was a couple years ago when I took A&P). If you want to know what instructor to try and get, pm me.

August thru December is Fall semester, and January thru May is Spring semester. I took AP 2710 and managed to get an A, I can't really say what the other AP class at south campus is like.

If you've already had a med term class you'd be fine just getting the workbook from the campus bookstore and doing it on your own. I would do the same for the Math for Meds course, it's really easy to just learn it from the workbook w/o paying for the class...I just needed those other 2 credit hours to maintain my 1/2 time status at the time.

I bought a math for meds workbook at Borders for around $15 you might want to try there and get it cheaper. I know that my bookstore seems to jack the prices compared to the borders or barnes & noble ones.