Classes like A and P along with the nursing courses?

Banana nut, BSN, RN, EMT-B · Aug 25, 2016

That's a great pass rate! >90% is good in my book.

Going2bRN, ASN, BSN · Aug 25, 2016

My program is set up in a way that allows you to take all of the typical pre-reqs as co-reqs. The only pre-reqs were chemistry, biology, and algebra prior to the start. It was about half and half as far as how many needed to take any of the other classes.
First semster: A&P I with Fundamentals
Second semester: A&P II, med surg, English 2, and nutrition
Third semester (10 weeks): Med surg 2, mental health nursing, pathophysiology, and life span psychology.
This semester: Med surg 3, OB/Peds, microbiology, and art appreciation.
I will say, though, that I had A&P a year prior from another program that didn't transfer. It was still a lot more difficult, but I had seen a lot of it before. That's how it was for many classmates as well, but they all agreed that it was more difficult than the ones they had previously took. The majority passed A&P and Fundamentals and Med surg. Some didn't. Some that only had the nursing courses didn't, so it's hard to say how much of it had to do with A&P.
As far as I know, my program has been set up this way for awhile (or the whole time) and previous classes did well doing both. I have no idea how many of those previously had A&P that didn't transfer or how many were taking it for the first time, however. That could possibly be a big factor in that. I don't know.
It definitely doesn't seem to be the norm for programs to be structured like this though. As others have said, A&P is the foundation. Do you know if a lot of other classmates need to take it as well? I think, like a previous poster stated, talking to a current nursing instructor may be to provide you with a better idea about taking the two together.

My program is set up just like this one. I am currently in my first semester so I don't have any thoughts. I AM overwhelmed but its only the first week. I am currently taking only A&P I and Fundamentals. I was also going to take Medical Ethics but was advised against it as they said this was going to be enough work on its own.

augurey · Aug 26, 2016

My program is set up just like this one. I am currently in my first semester so I don't have any thoughts. I AM overwhelmed but its only the first week. I am currently taking only A&P I and Fundamentals. I was also going to take Medical Ethics but was advised against it as they said this was going to be enough work on its own.

It makes me wonder if you're in the same program, to be honest!

Only because this is the first week in my program, and we also have to take medical ethics, but they allow students to take it early if they don't have a full schedule. I know it it could be several different programs lol but I'm honestly curious because it really sounds like it could be. Is today your first lecture for Fundamentals by chance? and have an information session about a mentoring program? (I'm going to feel dumb if it's different, but I just had to ask since it sounds like it could possibly be)

Here.I.Stand, BSN, RN · Aug 29, 2016

My program had A&P I and II, and microbiology as prerequisites. The nursing class content assumed that we knew all of that information. Pathophysiology and pharmacology were the big science classes done concurrently with nursing classes So, while it is possible to juggle nursing classes with difficult-ish science classes, I can't imagine going into the core classes -- where you are learning how people resopond to altered states of wellness and how to help them -- without already having that knowledge of what "normal" looks like.