Anyone know of any Associates programs here that don't require pre-requisites

Hello,

I am an aspiring to become a nurse. Does anyone know of any 2 year associates degree programs in nursing that don't require pre-requisites? I am looking to go to a school in a state that is hot all year round. I live in Pittsburgh and I hate the weather here. Please reply with a school in a state other than Texas. Also, I am only interested in going to community college since it is affordable.

Thanks for your replies in advance.

Unfortunately, two years, with no prerequisites, to get an associate degree in nursing and become an RN is pretty impossible. You can only get into an LVN/LPN programs with no prereqs needed, and they usually last about 1 year, and they are expensive. No RN programs can be done without basic prerequisites, such as anatomy, physiology, microbiology and English (some require math, chemistry, psych etc, but they all require those basic ones). You will find programs that have prereqs incorporated in their RN program, but they call it pre-nursing program. I am afraid you cannot avoid these crucial prerequisites. How can one be a nurse without knowing basic anatomy and physiology of human body?

Call me crazy, but "pre-requisite" might be linked to the word "required." You could enter a program without pre-reqs, but it wouldn't be for RNs, or it would be an insanely expensive private school with questionable accreditation and the pricetag of a small house.

There are a few schools that are for a 2yr ADN program that incorporate pre reqs in their programs. I live in Florida so not sure about your area but they are out there. Mostly private colleges but as for myself I went into a private nursing college with all my pre reqs and just took the nursing portion if it. All schools will require you take pre reqs as some other people already stated you need to know anatomy and microbiology so you can better grasp the nursing clinical and lectures.

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And yes private nursing colleges are expensive but in reality they have smaller class sizes and really help to guide their students into learning and applying the skills you need to be an effective nurse! So for me, I would rather pay extra to gain better skills and knowledge!

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Yes, no pre-reqs and finish in two years is very possible. People do it all the time. I searched for exactly such a programs and found 16 of them. However some of those had significant waiting lists, but some didn't.

However all the programs I found are in a state that is much colder than PA.

There are a few schools that are for a 2yr ADN program that incorporate pre reqs in their programs. I live in Florida so not sure about your area but they are out there. Mostly private colleges but as for myself I went into a private nursing college with all my pre reqs and just took the nursing portion if it. All schools will require you take pre reqs as some other people already stated you need to know anatomy and microbiology so you can better grasp the nursing clinical and lectures.

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Of course a nursing student has to take A&P and Micro among others. However not all programs require them to be completed before you enter the nursing program, thus they would not be pre-reqs.

Pre-requisites are actually an important part of nursing. There is a reason they're required. And generally if you don't have to have them before nursing school they're incorporated so you take them anyways.

Florida is certainly hot all year round. We have the air conditioner blasting right now, and it's almost midnight in December in north central florida. 2 year adn's are all over the place here. Yes, they are private. Rasmussen in Ocala had their final acen visit in October and will likely be acen (nlnac) accredited by jan, of its a concern. They are also regionally accredited. There are rasmussens in several locations in florida, mostly tampa area. There is also kaiser university, Kaplan, Everest, university of Phoenix, Galen... God there are actually a ton in florida, I can't remember them all. There's a start. Oh and in jacksonville, there is Concorde, which is a frickin 15 month rn program! Now, they are not regionally accredited, but it does allow you to sit for the nclex, so the accreditation factor is a personal one.

Pm me if you need any more info. My personal view is that many people snub their nose at private colleges because of the price. One reality, if you can get a degree in 2 years as opposed to 4, you end up saving money by making money sooner, this having more affordable living expenses, etc. Ans let's be honest here, with income dependent student loan repayment, it's not like you'll ever have to put yourself out when repaying loans. I digress.

Pre-requisites are actually an important part of nursing. There is a reason they're required. And generally if you don't have to have them before nursing school they're incorporated so you take them anyways.

Like this poster said, you will take the pre reqs- two year programs just incorporate them as co reqs that you take alongside the nursing courses.

Unfortunately, two years, with no prerequisites, to get an associate degree in nursing and become an RN is pretty impossible.

Or very doable and common.

You can only get into an LVN/LPN programs with no prereqs needed,

Or an RN program at an inexpensive public community college.

No RN programs can be done without basic prerequisites, such as anatomy, physiology, microbiology and English (some require math, chemistry, psych etc, but they all require those basic ones). You will find programs that have prereqs incorporated in their RN program, but they call it pre-nursing program. I am afraid you cannot avoid these crucial prerequisites. How can one be a nurse without knowing basic anatomy and physiology of human body?

Of course RN programs can be done without basic prerequisites. If the class isn't required BEFORE entrance into the program it is not a pre-req. It is of course required, but not as a prerequisites to a nursing program.

My school has a plan with the pre-reqs built in, but since there is no waiting list and being admitted is based off of points which you earn through a variety of sources including grades based off of the pre-reqs like anatomy, micro, etc then there is a slim chance you'd get in. It would be very difficult considering that you would be doing 18-20 hours each semester and that is not contact hours. The contact hours the first semester of nursing school was 20 with clinical included for a 5 semester hour class. So that would be 20 hours plus all the other classes you would need.

As stated already, I would imagine if you don't do pre-reqs, you will still need to do those classes. You will just do them while taking your nursing classes. Personally, I would not want to do that. But some people don't mind at all. One thing you might want to think about is I have a friend who went to one of those expensive private schools and then couldn't transfer over any of the general classes she took. The way it was set up, a lot of the classes were incorporated into everything else and therefore did not help her when she was seeking to continue her education at other schools. She had to take all those classes again. Be sure you know what will transfer and what won't by calling and inquiring at other colleges/universities, if that matters to you at all.

Also, I would think long and hard about taking on a lot of debt. This is coming from someone who had student loans, struggled to pay them off and once I did, I vowed to try everything I could not to take them out again—or at least limit them as much as possible. And my debt wasn't even high! I shrugged my shoulders and had all kinds of ways of looking at it to make it okay when I got the loans. But my advise to you is to really understand what huge debt out of school will mean to your life after you graduate and need to pay it back. I'm not saying never take loans. I'm saying pause and think about the amount before you do.