doable?

[schoolforever]

I was planning on taking a year to finish my remaining "coreqs" but after thinking about it, I would rather take A&P 2 in an 8 week course during my fundamentals class, and then microbiology in the summer after my first year.

Has anyone done this? Advice?

THANKS!

[SopranoKris, MSN, RN, NP]

I honestly think it's better to have A&P completed before beginning nursing school. How are you going to understand the pathophysiology of disease if you don't know the actual physiology first? I think it'll be a struggle.

Plus, I don't know what your program is like, but with our program, I couldn't imagine taking other courses in conjunction with nursing school. It would be overwhelming. And I say this as someone who took 17 credits (6 classes) in one semester to get through prereqs. The stress of that semester came no where close to the stress of the first semester of nursing school.

Do yourself a favor and save your sanity. I know it may take longer, but you'll be happier that you aren't constantly frazzled by taking another class with nursing fundamentals.

[PurpleLover]

My school will not allow this. You must have all pre reqs done.

Good luck

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[SunshineDaisy, ASN, RN]

I agree with the others, do it before. Like the PP said, how will you know the patho if you don't have the basics first?

[Compassion_x]

Definitely do A&P before starting any nursing. You will thank yourself later. As far as micro, I'd also recommend doing it during a regular semester. It was the hardest of any pre-req I did by far.

[applesxoranges, BSN, RN]

It maybe doable depending on your program. I wouldn't want to have done anatomy in 8 weeks personally though. I think our fundamentals was borderline joke (our fundamentals and skills are separate classes). I did micro a regular semester and it wasn't bad for me, but I am inherently good at microbiology.

[schoolforever]

I guess the school I'm going to, quite a few people do it. I would only need a&p 2 during the first nursing semester (which has 1 class)— I also hear the a&p teacher is great (like actually wants you to succeed). I just wanted some additional advice :)

[krisiepoo]

is the A&P2 accelerated? how is it only 8 weeks? That's a heck of a lot of info to take in, especially if you're also taking a nursing course. I know you want to start nursing earlier, but is it worth it to you to do a half-assed job in 2 classes like that?

[akulahawkRN, ADN, RN, EMT-P]

I would be very suspicious and leery of an 8 week course. It is hard enough to squeeze in all the information in a 16 week course, on top of doing nursing fundamentals as well. That really is a lot of information to take in all at once. You would have to work really hard and study like you would not believe in order to get grades that you need to get. This is why we all consider it far better to get all of your prerequisites and graduation corequisites done prior to the program. It makes everything just so much easier while you are in the program itself.

The program that I have in has certain prerequisites and certain corequisites. All of the corequisites have a "must complete by" requirement to them, and they also have a requirement that all graduation requirements be met prior to starting school. While this isn't super strictly enforced, they want everyone to graduate from the program and be able to graduate from the college at the same time so that you can get your authorization to test from the BRN and take the NCLEX as soon as possible.

[schnookimz]

I took it concurrently with my nursing classes and it was fine.

[NuGuyNurse2b]

My program (2 years) allows it, but here's the caveat - in order to move from one semester to another, you must pass ALL pre-reqs with a minimum B, even if you take those pre-reqs concurrently. So if you take A&P before the program and you get a C, you still can re-take (they will look at the higher grade when you apply) without any real penalties. But if you take A&P while you're in the program, and you get a C, even if you pass fundamentals, you will not be allowed to move to the next semester of fudamentals. In effect, you will be dismissed from the program without actually failing it. To me, that's the worst feeling and I would not risk it. I took care of all my pre-reqs prior to starting my program and I am glad I made that decision. Nursing school is just as hard as everyone says it is.