Can you take labs separately?

[boohill]

Just need to vent. I am finshing up my medical assistant degree in December and I have already applied to 6 nursing schools. I am just frustrated because I have taken A&P1 and micro and have gotten A's in both. I am currently taking A&P II and I am expecting an A (class is over in 2 weeks). But my problem is, none of those classes had labs at my current school. Does this mean that I will have to repeat these classes? One of my instructors told me that those classes should be good in some nursing schools. I have to check what my nursing schools require. I am almost sure that I will need labs. Has anybody else gone through this and if so what did you do. Can you take the lab portion of the classes without the class? By the way Im in NYC.

[guiltysins]

You would have to bring it up with the specific schools you are looking to take it at and see if they would let you take the lab without the class but I've never heard of that happening, I've heard of it being the other way around from people who pass lab but fail the class and have to retake. They might want to give you a test or something to determine if you can just take the lab but you might have to repeat the class.

[MursingMedic, DNP, RN, EMT-P]

All the nursing schools I know of (at least around me in Florida) require the lab portions of the A&P courses as well as Micro. No college will offer separate lab portions of these classes because the lab work is dependent on the didactic portion of the class. The two directly correlate with each other and you would be totally lost if you were to take only the lab by itself. I'd bet money that you're going to have to repeat it all. Sorry.

[SoCalCrystal, CNA]

I have a student in my Bio class just taking the lab....not sure why but I am in CA so I don't know how much that helps you.

[cmw6v8]

I have seen students who didn't get into the lab portion because it was full at my college take the lecture and then take the lab separately during the next session, but it's ok to do it that way since they did it at the same school, and they'd had the lecture already.

I've never heard of anyone taking a lab and lecture for the same class at two different schools. I would definitely check with the nursing schools you want to apply to and see what they say. My guess is they'll want you to take both at the same school, for obvious reasons.

[Anne36, LPN]

boohill, let us know what happens. How did you submit an application to different NS without knowing their requirements? You cant even submit an application at my school without meeting with a counselor and going thru a checklist.

[caliotter3]

I attended a school that had separate lab courses for organic chemistry. The courses had their own number and credit hours assigned. But you had to take the lecture course prior or concurrently. Same policy for other science courses with separate lab courses at a different school. Separate courses are hard to find. Most schools integrate lab and lecture in the same course. Check with the individual instructors to see if you can get them to grant you an exception to policy to take only the lab. You might be able to work something out.