If I completed the prereq's with minimal effort...

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...With a good amount should I be able to make A's and B's in nursing school?

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Yep ... but remember the grading scale is usually higher in nursing school. An A is 92 at our school. The testing in nursing classes will also be different ...aimed at the NCLEX.

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Specializes in ED, ICU, MS/MT, PCU, CM, House Sup, Frontline mgr.

Let me check my crystal ball............. It says "Ask again later ...... there are too many factors that will effect your nursing school experience to tell at this time." GL! :D

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Specializes in Psych ICU, addictions.

Maybe, or maybe not. There's people in my class who came in with a high GPA, who are working hard, and who are maintaining As and Bs...and there are others who came in with the same high GPAs, who are working just as hard, and who are struggling to pass.

I agree with MBA: there's a lot of factors in NS that you're going to encounter. You'll find out right away that it's a whole different world than the pre-reqs, and what worked for your pre-reqs may not work here. Good luck!

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Specializes in Acute Mental Health.

I breezed through prereqs and most of my nursing program. But, the last semester theory knocked me on my behind! I was on the fence until the very last exam.

My advice, set out to do your best and have a study plan in place. I rarely studied and now realize I could have really learned and had an understanding of so much more. Good luck!

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Let me check my crystal ball............. It says "Ask again later ...... there are too many factors that will effect your nursing school experience to tell at this time." GL! :D

Loved this reply ....LOL :p

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Specializes in Med/Surg < 1yr.

Here's the thing. When you take prerequisites, its all "knowledge based". Meaning, in A&P, a femur is a femur and it does this. So when the question ask "where is the femur", there is only one answer. When the questions ask "what makes up hemoglobin, there's only one answer. However, in nursing school, the questions require critical thinking meaning, there is no such thing as one answer. There is a semi good answer, a good answer and the BEST answer, or there may be several things that need to be done. For example when a person says they are Short of breath, the choice may be sit them up, give them oxygen, get them back in bed or notify the physician. If they were up walking in the hospital, the a person may say "Oh that's easy, give them oxygen". Hah hah! You would get them back in the bed and then give them oxygen, so you see even though sit them up is correct (in this case it's not because they were walking) and give them oxygen is correct (in this case its not because you want to get them back in the bed to give them the oxygen and so that they are safe and do not pass out and hit the floor.) So it may not be as easy to get A's and B's as before but if you dedicate yourself to retaining the info as opposed to memorizing it, you can do very good.

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Specializes in Acute Mental Health.

Dorselm

Summed it up beautifully!! This is exactly what you will find in ns.

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Specializes in Emergency Room.

I agree w/ the other posts. Most other classes are "black and white" answers. Nursing school is all shades of grey. Practice NCLEX reviews and it will help you note the difference. It's all about critical thinking in nursing school.

The good news is that the great study skills you acquired during prereqs will definitely help you make good grades.

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Depends on the nursing school. I had a 4.0 in my nursing pre-req's and after my first semester I'm hoping for a 3.2. It's not that the material is complex, it's not like organic chemistry, it's that the testing doesn't make sense and takes a long time to get use to and there's so much work you can't put the time into test preparation like you could with pre-reqs. I was taking 7 pre-reqs at a time to get to clinicals sooner and I will say that 4 nursing classes has been twice as hard as 7 nursing pre-reqs. But like I said it depends on the school and my school kicks your a%^ to make sure you know they mean business. On one hand I respect it, on the other I resent what it's doing to my GPA.

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Specializes in NICU Level III.

"I used to be an A student, now I'm a nursing student"...

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"I used to be an A student, now I'm a nursing student"...

LOL:yeah:

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