Do any colleges even offer summer 2015 nursing classes?

[Liz_hover]

I've been searching long and hard for a school that starts nursing 1 in the summer. I'm in the nursing program at Alfred State College in New York now, taking all of my gen ed and prerequisites, but I want to get ahead by taking my first nursing class over the summer. Does anyone have any suggestions on schools or if this even exists? Thank you!

[caliotter3]

Most schools limit nursing classes to persons accepted for their program. On occasion, visiting students can register for classes such as pharmacology, but not often. If a program starts in the summer, accepted students would be aware of the start date.

[Liz_hover]

Oh yes I figured that as much. But the nursing classes should still show up on the master list of courses. All of the other classes come up, i just can't find any nursing 1 classes.. I don't want to apply to schools when I don't know if they offer that course during the summer..

[ThatBigGuy]

Most nursing schools are not set up like other majors. For instance, if you're a finance major, you will get a list of the classes that you are required to take, and then it's up to you to sign up for those classes in whatever order you'd like, with some caveats: you need to take Accounting II after Accounting I, etc.

Nursing schools are different. When you get accepted, you take the classes in the order the program dictates. This is for a number of reasons, mostly because nursing really builds on the last semester, and all the students need to have the same structure in order for the program to succeed. Also, there is usually less faculty, so the flexibility in the class schedule is limited.

So, to answer your question, you'll likely not find nursing classes outside of the structured schedules that most programs provide. If you are adamant about getting a head start, buy your textbooks early and start reading them. Better yet, get a couple of the NCLEX books or programs out there and start working on your NCLEX skills. The content will be over your head, because you're not in school yet obviously. But the idea is to start getting familiar with the style of the questions, because that style will show up on your first nursing school exam, and you'll have a huge leg up on your classmates.

[Liz_hover]

That is true, I hadn't thought about that. Thank you for they information! I think I'm going to just take your advice and be overly prepared instead of trying to cram all the nursing classes in.