Appropriate Work Load for a nursing student?

natsfanrn · Jun 22, 2005

Can you take med term and psych over the summer as ELI courses? I took psych 202 that way, and it really wasn't bad at all...just a couple of short papers to write and a few tests to take at the testing center whenever I felt like it. If not, the workload is doable...there were quite a few in my class who hadn't taken any prereqs, including NAS 161-162 (those were just coreqs not prereqs when I started the program).

Good luck, and feel free to pm me with any questions.

z's playa · Jun 22, 2005

Piece of cake. It doesn't sound overwhelming at all considering thats what we all did here. The whole load I mean.

Z

RN_Jen · Jun 22, 2005

Okay, so I just had my orientation today for NVCC...and it made me more stressed...is 15 credits too much for a semester? I didn't even think to take any of the classes before I even start in August, besides my prereq's...duh! I could have taken HLT 141 (Medical Terminology) and PSY 201 (Intro to Psyc) this spring and summer so all I would have during the semester is NUR 150 (Community Based Nursing) and NUR 111 (1st level Nursing I). So I'm going to have to take PSY 201 and HLT 141, which are both online and a total of 4 credits and then take NUR 150 which is 3 credits and NUR 111 which is 8 credits, which are obviously done on campus and at clinical sites. I will not be working at all. This is the recommended 1st year curriculum that is listed, but one of the Dean's said that if I could move 1 class back to 2nd semester I should?? But then wouldn't I just be making 2nd semester harder for myself by making that semester a total of 17 credits??? Somebody help.... :uhoh21: Call me crazy but I thought 15 credits, 4 classes, roughly 24 hours of class per week was definitely full-time, but not crazy!! Am I wrong here??

I did HLT141 online last summer.....not difficult at all; just make sure you turn your work in on time. PSY201 shouldn't be too bad either, mostly reading....maybe a paper or 2. You'll do fine. Just be glad you don't have to do NAS161 too!

live4today, RN · Jun 23, 2005

It was too much for me which is why I took all my pre-nursing classes on a part time basis. I had a family to take care of so couldn't attend school full time. It took me a little longer to finish, but I finished...and that's what was important to me. :) Go at your own pace. It's not a good thing to go through school feeling so overwhelmed you end up dropping out, or having poor performance in learning the necessary material. Follow your own heart about what you can handle, and don't worry about what other people say you should be able to handle. Slow it down when you need to. What's the rush? :)

Afghan · Jan 19, 2006

How could anyone get away with not taking NAS 161 and NAS 162 who is already in the nursing program? From what I know, those 2 courses are on the checklist you have to submit to NVCC before you even get the instructions to mail your portfoilio and those courses have to completed, grades posted and all. So is this true?
I have talked to an adivsor and they would not let me submit my checklist (as well as other students I know) until we have completed NAS 162. So we are taking only that class this semester waiting and waiting for it to end and grades to be posted, giving us a narrow window between that time and the May 17? or something deadline to have everything submitted by before we get accepted.
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natsfanrn · Jan 19, 2006

When I started the program (fall of 2003), NAS 161 and 162 were still corequisities, meaning you didn't have to complete them before acceptance but just had to complete before entering the second year. Starting with the class after mine, the school made them prerequisites (wisely, since a lot of students who had to take them along with the nursing classes were strugging...and since the nursing classes build upon info that should have already been learned in the NAS classes).

Good luck!

lexy3227 · Jan 20, 2006

How could anyone get away with not taking NAS 161 and NAS 162 who is already in the nursing program? From what I know, those 2 courses are on the checklist you have to submit to NVCC before you even get the instructions to mail your portfoilio and those courses have to completed, grades posted and all. So is this true?
I have talked to an adivsor and they would not let me submit my checklist (as well as other students I know) until we have completed NAS 162. So we are taking only that class this semester waiting and waiting for it to end and grades to be posted, giving us a narrow window between that time and the May 17? or something deadline to have everything submitted by before we get accepted.
Please answer

I don't know what the prerequisites were a few years ago for NVCC but I know now that you have to have microbiology and human anatomy OR NAS 161, 162 done BEFORE you submit your checklist. I am now in my 2nd semester (1st year) of the program and I remember at orientation they told me to not even bother turning in my checklist until all the classes listed were completed. The faculty is very strict with the rules and no exceptions are made. Considering there were a number of nursing students who didn't pass last semester by 1 point and they were kicked out of the program. I know how overwhelming the application process is...just hang on! But at least if you get accepted you'll know practically right away. After I submitted my application mid-March I got my acceptance letter the first week in April, LONG before the other letters from other schools came...

Good Luck!