Hello nursing students

[studentnurse1012]

So i will be attending arizona college of allied health in july 2015. I am taking accelerated classes at rio salado (8 weeks long). Because at arizona college there pre reqs r 4 weeks long so I have to mentally prepare myself for fast pace. Anyway who has taken chem or micro at rio salado? Is it tough? Manageable? What classes should I rake now before heading into the program. I work 30 hours a week and have 2 boys at home and manage to still keep a B average. Considering the situation. Any advice would be great :)

[Herrington]

I'm not in Arizona, but when I went to an information session for the nursing school I hope to attend, a group of current students got up in front of the class and offered a bit of experience-related information. They said that one class you are encouraged (though, not required) to take to help you before starting nursing school is a medical terminology course of some kind. I suppose it seems obvious on why a class like that would help, but to have present students make that suggestion just makes it even more ideal to take it.

[studentnurse1012]

I agree. It'll better prepare a nursing student. Let's face it most medical terminology is difficult as is.

[mrsboots87]

Honestly, 8 week micro will be REALLY tough. I'm not saying impossible, but you will need to dedicate a lot of your time so I hope you have some support to help with your children. I took the 16 week micro at rio and it was tough. I barely got a B. That was with having 1-3 assignments per week plus quizzes. Multiple chapters to read and understand. In the 8 week session, there will be double the workload per week so just be prepared to be incredibly busy. I took other sciences through rio that had a very similar format and were just as hard. I would suggest full 16 week versions of your sciences. Your other gen eds will be easy through RIO

[dorkypanda]

An 8 week micro course is kind of like a summer session micro. It's possible if you put your mind to it and don't mind studying every often. It's essential to study daily and to read often, don't fall behind reading. you get more material thrown at you since it's a condensed session so it's really important to study often. it seemed like I sacrificed some of my summer studying my butt off and seeing my friends once in a while but it paid off because my grade was Epic. I'm not in Arizona but I could image that the course would be just as intensive during 8 weeks for micro. you must be ready to work hard and put in time for it and mean it.