Elementary Teacher wants to go into Nursing...Questions!

[Cloudydayz]

Hi everyone! I have my M.A. in elementary education and taught for a few years in a public elementary school. I knew I had a heart for kids, have a compassionate personality and so I went into teaching. The moment I started student teaching before I even became a teacher I had doubts. But I kept at it and after 3 years I have decided to change careers. I was so depressed that teaching did not work out for me and I wracked my brain to decide what I wanted to do and after a lot of prayer and research, I have decided on nursing. I don't know why I didn't go this route before! Actually I do, I didn't feel I was smart enough to go into the medical field because math and science took much more effort for me to learn rather than the more social sciences. So here I am. My plan is to get CNA certified and start working to gain expereince while going to school. I am planning to apply for an Accel. BSN at a local University. I need to take like 6 prerequites and I am planning on taking them at the local community college here. However, since both my B.A. and M.A. are more in the social sciences/ele ed. I am finding that I am having to take all of these classes to even qualify to take the prerequites that I need for the AccBSN. For ex: I need to take Microbiology but to take that the community college is saying I need a full year in chemistry and a full year in biology before I can even take this class. I didn't take that in both my B.A. or my M.A. So I guess I am just wanting to know if this is normal? I feel like by the time I take all the classes that qualify me to even take the 6 prerequites that 2+ years will go by!

[leenak]

Have you looked at other CCs in the area? I took a year of chemistry in undergrad but my Microbiology class only requires 1 semester of Bio, no Chem. Some people have reported that Bio wasn't even a requirement. If I hadn't taken psych in undergrad I would've had to take psych as well before taking one of my pre-reqs. I also took calculus in undergrad so I don't have to take any math courses for my pre-reqs. So are pre pre-req classes normal? Pretty much but they can vary from school to school.

[llg, PhD, RN]

I would "shop around" if I were you. Each school has its own prerequisites, etc. Some require you to jump through more hoops than others. Maybe you can find some option that will allow you to get through those prerequisites more quickly.