Help with picking classes.

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I chose PSY 101, SOC 101, US History&Constitution, and Biology classes. I ended up with all same grades.

My PSY 101 professor told me that I shouldn't take Soc 101 and Psy 101 at the same time.

I was fine and no confusion.

I don't think I was very clear in my post. I have already completed majority of those courses. The only ones that I will need to take after this Spring will be A&P I and II and Microbiology. I was wondering if there were any other classes that are recommended.

Thanks for your help guys!

I don't think I was very clear in my post. I have already completed majority of those courses. The only ones that I will need to take after this Spring will be A&P I and II and Microbiology. I was wondering if there were any other classes that are recommended.

Thanks for your help guys!

The only class that's usually offered at schools but not always required as a pre-req, that I would recommend, is medical terminology. You will find it invauable once you get into A&P and more so once you begin nursing classes. It will give you a leg up in understanding the vast array of terms, prefixes and suffixes, and the class itself is not very difficult, just a good bit of memorization.

Thanks X_factor! I think that is one that I will do.

Sorry, my bad.

You have plenty with A&P 1 and 2, and Microbiology. I wouldn't go beyond what is required as it will stress you out unnecessarily. I would, however, start preparing for the TEAS test. You may find more information here: TEAS Test

Also, any volunteering experience will enhance your application. I would probably go that route as it shows your committment to the betterment of your community, it will not take you as much time as taking another class, cheaper, and it gives you a more diverse background and competitiveness going into nursing school.

Best wishes !!!

Devon,

I have been volunteering since I was about 9 years old- it's how I know that I would never be happy doing something other than nursing/special ed.

I run my own arts and crafts program for special needs children/young adults and have volunteered elsewhere, both in my community and other countries.

Do schools really take that into account?

Maybe a medical ethics class.

Of course! That is part of who you are! They don't know you from Adam, so make sure you show them all you have done and your passion. Sometimes that speaks volumes and wold tip the balance between you and someone who doesn't have anything else in their background.

You're already a nurse in your heart! You just need to get through school to make it official! :)

Maybe a medical ethics class.

^ This is also another good suggestion. I'm taking a Biomedical Ethics class in the spring as my humanities elective, as it will cover some good discussion material relavent to the nursing profession with topics such as abortion, right to die, human euthanasia, stem cell research, ect.

Chemistry

If they offer it, I would recommend taking a pharmacology class. I am not sure about each nursing program because I go to a 4-year BSN school, so they incorporate nursing implementations/interventions for all of the medications in our pharmacology class, but I am not sure how that works if you just take it as a pre-req.

Also, my program made us take a 3-credit hour language course between sign language or spanish, so I don't know if any of your classes count for that.

Another one I thought of was nutrition, just one 3-credit hour.

Man, they just keep coming... Pathophysiology, that's a big one you need. We also needed a leadership class, but english or speech may make up for that. Take a statistics course if your math does not cover that. Also, one Research class and one Ethics class (already mentioned) were part of my curriculum. And Chemistry was already mentioned...

I think that's all... So in short form:

Pharmacology

Language

Nutrition

Pathophysiology

Leadership

Statistics

Research

Ethics

Chemistry