help! I am foreigner!

Nursing Students Pre-Nursing

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Hello everybody!

I want to be a nurse in the US.

But I don't know what to do! I am going to move to the US. I know that I need pre-reqs to apply to Nursing School. How can i get them?

Please, help me!! Thank you!!!

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When are you arriving to the US? I would suggest that you worry about arriving first, settling down and then starting the search for a nursing school.

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I just want to know all process to be ready for everything.

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I just want to know all process to be ready for everything.

To use an American expression you are putting the cart before the horse. This means that you are jumping ahead to details before they will do you any good. 10 people here could give you 10 answers to your question and none of them will be the right one for you. Different states in the US all have different regulations. Different schools within those States all have different requirements for admission. This means that until you know exactly which nursing schools you are considering you can't know what it is you need to take in the way of prerequisite course work. Move first, look at schools later.

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The prerequisites are the pre-nursing classes you need to take to apply to a certain nursing program. You will not know what classes you need to take until you know the state and area you want to live in and you would go by that nursing school admission requirements. It will usually take 2-3 years to finish prerequisites.

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The prerequisites are the pre-nursing classes you need to take to apply to a certain nursing program. You will not know what classes you need to take until you know the state and area you want to live in and you would go by that nursing school admission requirements. It will usually take 2-3 years to finish prerequisites.

2-3 years is typical for BSN programs, but not ADN or LPN rograms. ADN is usually less than a year. Some can be completed in one semester. LPN/LVN programs sometimes have prereqs, sometimes don't.

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2-3 years is typical for BSN programs, but not ADN or LPN rograms. ADN is usually less than a year. Some can be completed in one semester. LPN/LVN programs sometimes have prereqs, sometimes don't.

You know of ADN programs that only require one semester of prerequisite courses before being admitted to the nursing program? That's pretty unusual! A year is typical, a year and a half not unusual depending on the program. Traditional BSN programs include their 2 years of prerequisites for the core nursing program in the 4 year duration, although some do take longer to do the prerequs which lengthens the time it takes to get the BSN.

I have never heard of a one-semester courseload of prerequisites for any RN nursing program, it surprises me that you have.

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