Doable Courseload???

[MurseGabe2B]

Hello my fellow nurses and aspiring nurses. I am very fond of this site and this is my very first post.

I am in my last semester of prereqs at the local community college in my city. I am wondering if this courseload is doable if I work atleast 20 hours a week as a CNA.

Microbiology

Intro Chemistry

Ethics

Human Growth Development

World Literature 2

[ArrowRN, BSN, RN]

Its really up to you as a person. For me when I did prepreqs I was working fulltime like 50-60 hours per week and I did have some semesters where I did 4 courses and got all A's but when I tried that with microbiology, it was a lot more than I bargained for and I had to withdraw. If you do not have a firm Chemistry background from high-school or some basic chemistry I would recommend putting of microbiology for another semester along with one of your other non-science subjects. Microbiology is nothing like Anatomy and Physiology and many people underestimate it but a lot of that stuff comes back in nursing school.

Only suggestion I normally make is go ahead and try it and once enrolled look at the course load try the assignments and reading all for one week and if you think you can't get A's esp in Microbiology, then just drop it before the drop deadline comes along so you will be able to get a full refund.

[paganoid]

I took all the science pre-wrecks in one year to get into NS. I had already completed the majority of my Gen Ed requirements.

In Fall I took Anatomy & Chemistry plus Nutrition. Three different colleges in my district.

In Spring I took Physiology & Microbiology plus Interpersonal Communications. One course at each of same three colleges.

I took Pathophysiology over the 8 week summer session with General Psychology. Two different schools, both online classes. Completed Psych in 14 days, didn't learn much but satisfied the requirements. Worked as TA for the Psych teacher for 6 weeks.

Admitted to NS with a 4.0/4.0 GPA. All while working full time 40-50 hours/week at the hospital.

Secrets: I don't have kids in the house. That is a deal breaker for multiple science courses.

I also had great friends to study with. We sat together in class and everybody had a different expertise to explain the hard parts. Do not miss a single class or you won't catch up.

[MurseGabe2B]

I really appreciate everyone's amazing input. I will definitely consider everyones opinion and hopefully make the right decision.