Does pre-req science classes expire for nursing program?

[michiboo]

So i decided to go back to school for nursing, while down to my sciences, A&P, Chem, physics and micro my life took a different turn and was out of school for almost 3 years. My last science to complete is A&P 2 before entering into the nursing program which i am currently taking. Now I am learning that the sciences have an expiration date of 5 years. It use to be 10 years but now its 5 years. I did exceptionally well in these classes getting all A's but it was a ruff road. Nursing is not easy. If I have to re take these classes i honestly think I will quit after the nervous breakdown. So much money and time invested.

When I 1st found out about this I could not even relax myself enough to study, I'm in a better place now where I can actually talk about it...omg

My preferred school of choice is long island university Brooklyn campus, going for my 4 year. Going there in a few weeks to speak with a counselor, hoping someone could shed some light on this until then.

[Annachu512, BSN, RN]

I graduated from high school 11 years ago and my nursing school accepted the two sciences I needed from those high school days. I only needed A&P and gen psych

[mangopeach]

Each program is different so you will have to find out from the program you are interested in. I had to repeat A&P 1 because it was too old. It worked out to my benefit. I had a B from the first time I took it and got an A the second time. But yeah, you really have to find out from the school you are interested in. My school required that it be less than 10 years.

[CrazierThanYou]

Yeah, it's going to depend on your school. Mine accepted an A & P class I had 10 years ago but some won't take them more than 2-5 years old.

[Cortisol]

Some schools do have time limits for pre-requisites while some programs do not. Many schools do have a 5 year time limit.

Some schools with this policy are willing to accept a higher level course in place of the pre-req course as long as the pre-req for ns was a pre-req for the more advanced course. For example, Jane took General Chemistry I, the nursing pre-req, 10 years ago. Three years ago, she took a Biochemistry course that had Gen Chem as a pre-requisite. With this policy, the Biochemistry course would fulfill the Gen Chem I pre-req.

[2pugs]

Just getting over the shock of being told I had to retake 4 classes before I can start the RN program. My school has a limit of 10 years. What irritates me the most is 2 are pre-reqs for the LPN program, which I obviously already graduated from, which hardly seems fair. I mean, nutrition? Really? Still determined to do it, so I guess I'll get through it.

[ambitiousBSN]

Most schools in my area expire Science courses after 5 years. It's probably specific to college, so check with your local college or the college of your choice to be sure. :-)

[CT Pixie, BSN, RN]

5 years for the schools in my area.

[pmabraham, BSN, RN]

Good day:

For the schools in our area, it is based on subject matter. A&P is 5 years, gen eds I believe are 15+. I'm not sure about Microbiology.

Thank you.

[lalexis14]

I graduated as an LPN over 10 years ago, I decided to go back to to the same school in 2015. I was told I had to take over micro/chem/A&P 1& 2 with the labs as five years was the limit. I was irate because I already passed all those classes with this same school ten year's prior. I did not receive any credit for any of the classes/labs. It states on my transcript repeated class exclude credit and GPA. I was angry and called the school, they would not change the status. I decided to leave the school and go to another, every school I apply to keeps questioning my GPA as I do not really have one with all the exclusions.

[Etak, BSN, RN]

It really depends on the school. I know of the 4 schools I am looking at, only one has course expiration of 7 years, and only for the core bios and nutrition. The other three do not. All 4 schools are within 45 minutes of each other. Personally, I’d look around a bit and see what your options are. That’s so much work that would be brutal to repeat when you did so well to begin with!