Why are there no nursing schools with built-in prerequisites?

[EMT-newbie]

It seems like a natural combination, lab sciences and nursing school, and yet everywhere I look the learning sequence is artificially split.

So many of the stories I read are "take your prerequisites and wait 1-3 years for a cohort." My problem with this is that life has to be put on hold while waiting, you cannot take on any substantial work because you might be pulled away in 6 months or 2 years.

Am I simply not seeing schools that, once accepted, give the full education? Or is there a historical or practical reason that I'm overlooking?

[♑ Capricorn ♑]

@ sali22

and some of the hospital diploma programs dont require any pre-reqs

whoa...whoah...whoah. wait a second here. yes, diploma programs very much so require pre-reqs. a full year of pre-reqs at a local college to be exact. just wanted to get you straight on this. because, i will be attending one this fall. :)

an example of my program's pre-nursing breakdown:

english (3 credits)

nutrition (3 credits)

psychology (3 credits)

speech (3 credits)

sociology (3 credits)

human development & family studies (3 credits)

anatomy with lab (4 credits)

physiology with lab (4 credits)

microbiology with lab (4 credits)

30 credits total; one full academic year

diploma student can be accepted into nursing school before taking prereqs. they are considered nursing students. the whole program is 3 years in length. the student must pass all first year courses (prereqs) to progress into the nursing courses the junior year (second year).

[pixiestudent2]

@ sali22whoa...whoah...whoah. wait a second here. yes diploma programs very much so require pre-reqs. a full year of pre-reqs at a local college to be exact. just wanted to get you straight on this. because, i will be attending one this fall. :)an example of my program's pre-nursing breakdown:english (3 credits)nutrition (3 credits)psychology (3 credits)speech (3 credits)sociology (3 credits)human development & family studies (3 credits)anatomy with lab (4 credits)physiology with lab (4 credits)microbiology with lab (4 credits)30 credits total; one full academic yeardiploma student can be accepted into nursing school before taking prereqs. they are considered nursing students. the whole program is 3 years in length. the student must pass all first year courses (prereqs) to progress into the nursing courses the junior year (second year).[/quote']the school i plan to attend there are none. the program is 2 years long and first semester ismicroa and p 1nursing 101second semestera and p 2growth and developmentnurse 102and it goes on like that... you can go straight in witj a hs diploma or ged no pre reqs :)

[pixiestudent2]

Sorry for awful formating i'm on my phone...

[haunani, BSN, RN]

As others have said, they DO exist, though they may be harder to find. My program had them built in, so I was able to go from start-finish in 5 semesters. (The 5th one was for a couple of more common pre-reqs and just to get back in the swing of the college thing before applying.) The whole curriculum was built around what we would be learning in the co-reqs, which really helped. We'd be learning the same thing in A&P that we'd be covering in nursing, so it really filled out the picture in a way that made it easier to understand and absorb.

[pixiestudent2]

@♑ capricorn ♑

ok i'm unsure how to delete my last post but i'm going to retype because it is pretty unreadable. the hospital diploma school i plan to attend doesn't have any pre-reqs. you can go straight out of high school or with a ged no college credit needed.

here is the course plan.

full-time schedule

[aachavez]

I looked at some of the private schools, Kaiser, Everest etc. Their 2 year program includes all general courses. I am now at a private college, some of my previous gen eds transferred (psychology, english, biology etc) but were not a requirement. Since I have those credits already, its less work i have in the coming 2 years.

[NicPez]

Hi ktliz,

Where is this nursing school that is in your area that no prereqs are required?

[NicPez]

Anyone who knows where there is a nursing school that has little or no requirements for an RN program, please let me know. I have always wanted to nurse. I live in Hawaii, but I am willing to go anywhere. The competition is pretty tough here on the island. I just want to nurse. I donʻt want a program that will take so long to get into. My husband is retired military and I now have a better opportunity to go to school.

[Natasha A., CNA, LVN]

looking for a lpn-and program anywhere that starts in august or nov 2016 and the pre-requisites are built inside the program. I do not have my sciences and would prefer in price range 20k and possibly offer housing.

[BBboy]

looking for a lpn-and program anywhere that starts in august or nov 2016 and the pre-requisites are built inside the program. I do not have my sciences and would prefer in price range 20k and possibly offer housing.

Might want to keep dreaming then, there are universities that offer conditional acceptance to the nursing program for freshman students if you had greT grasses in high school, however, you have to keep a high enough GPA to be accepted into the actual program after your pre reqs. Just be like everyone else and take rhe pre-reqs and then apply to nursing programs, there aren't any easy ways out to the process

[mgs02]

What was the name of your program?

[mgs02]

Hi Haunani, what was the name of your program? Thank you!