Becoming a Nurse

[havehope]

I plan on becoming an RN, and while in high school I'd like to get a head start on everything. Does anyone have any recommendations on what I should get a head start on? Any advice is very appreciated! Thank You!

[jfoste52]

If I were you, I would start by taking medical classes and all sciences.

[havehope]

Thank you!

[strawberryluv, BSN, RN]

Take all the AP classes in the sciences (AP chem, AP biology) just so you can get yourself out of those classes when you go to college. I have to take chemistry I and II plus biology. I kind of wish I took AP biology in high school so I wouldn't have to deal with it now.

[SingDanceRunLife]

I wouldn't necessarily say that you need to take AP classes. I think it mostly depends on the school you want to go to. The school I go to doesn't require gen bio or gen chem for nursing majors, so if I had taken AP bio/chem, it would have done nothing in terms of what I would/wouldn't have to take right now.

But make sure you get chem and bio, and if you can get in a college level psych class and soc class, and AP stats, that would be great!

[havehope]

Thanks for your reply. Yeah, the school I want to I don't need any of that. However, I do need psych and soc class. So, to get a head start i'm going to try and do the psych online this summer, and thats one class knocked out.

Thanks again for your reply!