Get an A.D.N but already got A.S.?

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Specializes in Med-Surg/DOU/Ortho/Onc/Rehab/ER/.

Hi

so I wanted to be nurse awhile ago but my job didn't let me, i had almost all the pre-reqs done except the core sciences (i had psych, humanities etc done) well i had enough units for an A.S. so i applied for graduation and got my A.S.

Problem is I quit that job and went back to a CC so now I am finishing core sciences but my question is, is that the humanities and psych classes, I used for getting my A.S. and I was wondering if I have to do additional psych and humanities classes cause I can't re-use those classes I got my A.S. for?

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I had this same question so I asked my counselor. I am graduating with a general studies associates this spring, but continuing at the college to apply to their nursing program. They said my courses will count towards the new degree.

If you can transfer credits in from a different school, then it definitely makes sense that you would not have to repeat any courses. Are you going to the same college or have you transferred? That may make a difference in the transferability of credits.

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You should be able to transfer them in. Maybe not if the school doesn't think it was an equivalent class, or not if your credits are from years ago and the school has an arbitrary expiration date, i.e. says "must have been taken within the past two years" or something. Or possibly not if they demand a minimum of B and you got a C. Or whatever rule they have.

You might need a special course or an additional course for the ADN but it all depends on the school's requirements for the degree. Nutrition is the one class that I have seen the most controversy over. Everyone has a different idea of what students should be doing in that class besides learning the basics of nutrition which are the same for all humans, lol.

Schools have nonsensical requirements sometimes, too. Personal example: I have an engineering degree, a business/CMIS degree, all of the typical non-nursing college prerequisites for nursing, a high GPA, plus several years of experience in my engineering career, and I'm an older student who aced all of the preadmission tests. But, I never had a class like they give freshmen, the "how to study," "strategies for academic success." And I never had a college course in how to use MS Office software and how to turn on a computer, but I used MS software, spreadsheets, Word, Powerpoint, Access, email, CAD software, Adobe Acrobat, Novel networking, engineering equipment design software packages, programming compilers, mainframes and personal computers, helped support the department's LAN, and I've been skulking the Internet since 1995. And the nursing school looked at all of that resume and all of my transcripts and decided that I MUST take a freshman-strategies-for-success one-credit course, as well as a freshman Intro to Computers 3-credit course, because I don't have those two things anywhere on my transcript. This is CRAZY, lol!

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Specializes in Med-Surg/DOU/Ortho/Onc/Rehab/ER/.

thanks guys!

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Specializes in LTC, Psych, Hospice.
You should be able to transfer them in. Maybe not if the school doesn't think it was an equivalent class, or not if your credits are from years ago and the school has an arbitrary expiration date, i.e. says "must have been taken within the past two years" or something. Or possibly not if they demand a minimum of B and you got a C. Or whatever rule they have.

You might need a special course or an additional course for the ADN but it all depends on the school's requirements for the degree. Nutrition is the one class that I have seen the most controversy over. Everyone has a different idea of what students should be doing in that class besides learning the basics of nutrition which are the same for all humans, lol.

Schools have nonsensical requirements sometimes, too. Personal example: I have an engineering degree, a business/CMIS degree, all of the typical non-nursing college prerequisites for nursing, a high GPA, plus several years of experience in my engineering career, and I'm an older student who aced all of the preadmission tests. But, I never had a class like they give freshmen, the "how to study," "strategies for academic success." And I never had a college course in how to use MS Office software and how to turn on a computer, but I used MS software, spreadsheets, Word, Powerpoint, Access, email, CAD software, Adobe Acrobat, Novel networking, engineering equipment design software packages, programming compilers, mainframes and personal computers, helped support the department's LAN, and I've been skulking the Internet since 1995. And the nursing school looked at all of that resume and all of my transcripts and decided that I MUST take a freshman-strategies-for-success one-credit course, as well as a freshman Intro to Computers 3-credit course, because I don't have those two things anywhere on my transcript. This is CRAZY, lol!

and I got upset that I had to take freshman bio even though I had taken micro, a/p 1 and 2, plus my 2 chems. Why? Because I had never taken it. Oh well, it seems to be a money thing with most of the universities!

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Specializes in School Nursing.

In Texas there is a 'core curriculum' that is require for a bachelor's degree in any field. (also known as basics) To complete my A.A. (generally designed to transfer to a university) it was required I take certain general education classes as well as classes in the sciences. These courses included (choose 2 from) Gen Bios, Geology, Physics, Chems.. basic science classes. The specialized sciences do not count toward that degree on the community college level. University programs (Like BSN) WILL count those as your core sciences, so you can bypass the AA/AS and just take the prescribed courses and transfer in without the 'extras' required at your CC. What is nice in Texas, is the core classes transfer to any community college and state university. You will NOT need to retake them for other degrees if you completed them already. (unless you've reached a time limit)

In short, NO, you should not have to retake any of your general education courses you took for your A.S. degree, assuming you passed with a C or above.

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I have an AS in business administration and after I graduated transferred into the ADN nursing program. I was able to use some of the credits toward the nursing degree. Didn't really knock off a ton of the courses, but helped a little.

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Specializes in School Nursing.
I have an AS in business administration and after I graduated transferred into the ADN nursing program. I was able to use some of the credits toward the nursing degree. Didn't really knock off a ton of the courses, but helped a little.

Was that because it had so many different requirements? Did you have to retake anything for your ADN that you had already taken for your AS in business admin?

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I should've added in that I was one of those people who never knew what they wanted to do when I started off in college. I went to a major university majoring in something related to science. Got so burned out so I transferred to the CC because otherwise I wouldn't have returned to college. I wanted nothing to do with science so I went into health care administration only for the CC to throw that major out. They transferred me into the business administration program telling me to go to the local university after I got the AS degree. Right, I didn't have that kind of money so I decided to go into the nursing program which I should've done all the while.

Lets just say that I have a lot of credits. I would take random classes here and there. Took all my gen. ed classes before even applying to nursing school so all I had left was the regular nursing classes. I didn't have to repeat any because the time didn't expire on them. I think if I had waited more than 3 years I would've had to retake A+P along with microbio.

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