Judment call on pre-req AP

[Moved-on]

I cross-posted a similar question in the PMHNP group (wanting to hear from those in practice) but maybe someone here can give me some feedback from the student perspective? I may be able to get into my local community college for the second part of AP (had to do the first part online to meet a deadline!), and I'd like that a LOT. But the two courses are not in sync, and if I made the switch I would miss the units on nervous tissue, CNS, ANS, and neural integration. I'm a little familiar with the structures from having taught high school psychology, but my ONLY interest in nursing is going to be PMHNP, so I WISH the missed sections would be on bone or cardio, or anything else more distant from PMHNP than neuro functioning. So what do you think? How important was that AP basis in future classes (particularly pharmacology)? Something I could make up on my own with a textbook and YouTube when the time comes, or a "not-to-be-missed" foundation for future work?

Thanks!

[zoidberg, BSN, RN]

Yeah, that's my motivation. I do PIVs with the ultrasound now, and am looking for a job with my hospital's PICC team. I'm hoping some Picc experience + gross anatomy + Ag-acnp program gets me set up for my best chance at landing an IR job.

[Dodongo, APRN, NP]

Yeah, that's my motivation. I do PIVs with the ultrasound now, and am looking for a job with my hospital's PICC team. I'm hoping some Picc experience + gross anatomy + Ag-acnp program gets me set up for my best chance at landing an IR job.

I, like you, knew I wanted to work in a procedural/surgical specialty (perhaps IR). I feel like my ACNP program plus the gross anatomy class has prepared me well for that. Good luck to you in your educational endeavors.