prereq's

[aj rn 2be]

Hi there everyone!

I am pretty new to the boards....I have recently begun pursuing my new career in nursing. I am currently a flight attendant, but I may be layed off any day now!

So, I am enrolled at my local J.C. working on my prereq's to got into their ADN program. My problem is that all the A&P classes are FULL!!!! AND I can't take MICRO or NUTRITION until I've completed A&P I-III (this school is on quarters, so there is 3 A&P classes)

GRRRR!!! It is very frustrating!

So, I guess I can try to get into the LVN program at another JC nearby, since their prereq's aren't as strict! Has anyone else had this problem??

I have read other threads about the nursing shortage, and school budget cuts, etc.......I guess I am now seeing them first hand!

Thanks for lettin gme vent!

If anybody wants to add their 2cents, it's welcome!

Wish me luck!

[wsiab]

Have you tried showing up for the first day of class for A&P, go to the class, talk to the instructor and see if they would be willing to add you or at least let you attend the first couple of weeks and consider adding you if people drop (which happens often in science classes).

I did try that, didn't work, the A&P class was to impacted at the JC that offered a nursing program. However, there was another JC about 15 miles away that offered A&P, Micro, etc and the classes were not as full. I was able to get in by attending both campuses. It is not easy to juggle to schools at once, but if it will get you on track for prereqs a semester earlier it might be worth it for you...see if the other JC offers an A&P course that is transferrable.

[Nurse2bSandy]

At our Community College it takes at least a year to get into A & P, but there are so many other prereq's to take that once I fulfilled them I had a good registration time. Don't focus on what you can't take... just take other classes that you need and you will be in a position to get in next semester. Also, I have found that many teachers will sign in students to summer classes because they feel that only more serious students take summer classes. Our Micro class last summer was filled but the teacher signed in everyone in the room. As I remember it, most of us finished the class, too, because we were on some track for a med course. Not just fulfilling some science requirement for an AA.

[aj rn 2be]

Thanks, Sandy....

That is exactly what I am going to do.....I have two other classes I can take before, or after I start all my sciences(I can't take micro until after A&P) Plus, I am trying to become fluent in Spanish, so I am enrolled in that also. So, I can probably take A&P over the summer.......like you said, the instuctors know you're serious when you want to take it over the summer.

I guess it's working out, it will be easier to take A&P all by itself anyway, so I can dedicate all my studying to that!

Thanks again for all the advice!

Angela;)

[Belgndogs]

I'm almost done with my pre-req's, just have physio this spring quarter. I'm taking them at a community college that does not offer nursing and then transferring them to the CC that does offer nursing. I was specifically told by my nursing advisor that 'you probably wouldn't get into the A&P classes here, and you'd do better to take them somewhere else.' She even gave me a list of the CC's in the area and the classes they offered that directly corresponded and transferred. Same situation, too many people trying to get in. Maybe you could go to a different school and transfer the classes over? That's what several people in my classes are doing. Good luck getting in! I'm hoping to start the nursing program in the fall.