Is taking Eng 102 alongside Nursing classes "doable"?

MIA-RN1, RN · Aug 4, 2005

At my cc, all nursing students do the lpn program the first year and then re-test and if accepted the Rn program is the second year. But you can't by-pass the lpn program, it has to be completed first.
That being said, of course there are pre-req's to both programs. I've done all the pn pre-req's and begin the pn program in a few days. I've also done some of the Rn pre-req's as well, leaving myself only 3 more RN pre-req's to take. So my question here is that if I take English 102 at night as well as attend my nursing classes. do you think that is doable, or am I possibly setting myself up for disaster as it may be too much to take on at once? I'd really hate to have to wait a year between my pn and RN courses just to take a few more pre-req's so if I can take 1 pre-req each semester alongside my pn courses then I can start the RN program immediately after graduating the pn program (God Willing)
I've just heard the with nursing courses alone,to not to expect to have much sleep, say good-bye to family and friends for a while. At least that's what they told us at orientation. But I am really determined and would like to think that one more class is doable as long as I stay focused and driven. I don't work right now, but am a married mother of 3, but hubby will be able to help out a lot with the kids. Any thoughts are greatly appreciated, because I'm trying to keep my goals realistic.

What kind of class is Eng 102? Lots of reading might be difficult if you have a lot of reading to do for class. How many papers will you have to write? How many will you have to write for your nursing class?

However, at least for me, an English class is always fun You get to write and you can use your experiences thru nursing school as jumping off points for essays etc. I love reading and writing and for me, its a stress buster. I've taken the interesting English classes at my school already or else I'd probably take more.

I guess you would have to look at what kind of student you are, and if you want to take this on. Its a lower-number class, so maybe it's not so hard.

Can you try it for a few weeks and then drop it if its not working out?

I wouldn't take all that they said at orientation too much to heart. Yeah, you'll be busy but you will have time for a life also; it just takes planning.

cursenurse · Aug 4, 2005

how much of a break do you have between the lpn and the rn program? if you have enough time, i say do the pre reqs during the break. it can be very difficult to take other classes with nrsg courses. the english 2 in my cc required me to write a 20 page research paper, i think i would not have been able to do it if i had had to take it with nrsg courses.

crb613, BSN, RN · Aug 4, 2005

I took micro, pharm & religion with my nsg classes. I am just an average student, I had to work hard but I made it fine.Would it be possible to do the other 3 pre reqs in the summer?? That way you could avoid taking anything with your nsg classes. Good Luck! :) By the way one summer session I took 6 classes at two diff. schools..... Now that was a killer!

**RosesrReder, BSN, MSN, RN** · Aug 4, 2005

Eng 102 at my school is Literature. It is not that hard, very doable I must say. Good luck to you. :)

sherry730 · Aug 4, 2005

Are you sure you can go to RN right after LPN? At my CC you have to work as an LPN for a year before bridging over to RN.

Altra, BSN, RN · Aug 4, 2005

Taking Eng 101 and 102 concurrently w/nursing courses was the norm at my school. Caused a lot of grumbling, but it was doable ...

Good luck to you.

mariedoreen · Aug 4, 2005

The first term of my RN program I took psych and a computer class, the second term I took a speech class. I would describe my program as fairly rigorous as well. I would say that a class like Eng 102 is doable with a nursing program. Where I would start getting nervous is if I had to do a chem class or A&P with nursing school. People do it, I just wouldn't want to. Something that helped me is I would get up about an hour and half earlier every morning and devote that time to studying for my extra classes only. It worked for me. Good luck.

dave1117 · Aug 5, 2005

Eng 102 is a literature class and requires reading and analizing many different types of stories, peotry etc...

My only comment is that everything is do-able if you are a good student. Just keep in mind that with nursing classes there is very little extra time for leasure reading. One of my professors told me in my first nursing class that in order to do well you should read, study, talk about nursing all day long until it feels like there is nothing else going on in your life but nursing...from my experience she was right.

Just some food for thought.

Good luck, dave :)

Nurse2B07 · Aug 5, 2005

I guess it just depends on how well you do in English. I thought my English classes in college were easy.

If I had a test on a book, I would go to sparknotes.com

It gives sample quizzes, character details, ect..

The reading that I did have was not overwhelming. My teacher assigned reading, but it wasn't that much.

Good luck to you.

Saved_by_Grace · Aug 8, 2005

Thank you everyone for your replies and for your wonderful words of wisdom.:)

So here's what I've decided to do: I'm not taking any extra courses at this time during the first semester of nursing school. I will get my feet wet in the program and see how it goes first and foremost.:chair: Then provided that I make good grades and am able to keep up and get the clinical skills down then I will possibly add to my courseload come the second semester. And then play by ear. But thanks for all your responses.:icon_hug: