I live in Arizona, but not the Phoenix area. I am currently doing my pre-reqs and trying to meet the pre-reqs for about 5 community college RN programs in Arizona, in order to minimize waitlist time.
Are Nutrition and Human Development incorporated into Maricopa's nursing program like pathophysiology recently was? Or is it that Maricopa just doesn't require Nutrition and Human Development?
Hey Cardiac, thank you for the info! This is getting exhausting for me, keeping up with so many counties ADN programs in AZ LOL! I called an advisor at Pima, and she told me the wait-list is up to 3 years. Is this correct? I'm also thinking that even if it is techinically up to 3 years, that so many people will give up - move - switch to another allied health program - you know. Do you know apprx. how quickly people are getting off the wait-list? Also, I wonder how much the summer program will help?
Also, do you know why Pima's credit levels are so different? The Maricopa county ADN programs just changed. For example, block one is 11 credits I think. Most of the blocks are at least 11-12 credits, compared to Pima's 8-9 credits per block?
We only really have 4 nursing courses. Nursing 1-4. In first semester you take Pharm and it is 3 credits, so 1st semester is 12 credits. Last semester you have a 1 credit Trends/Issues class. I don't know why others are higher/lower...
The summer program is supposed to decrease the wait by 50 people per year. I also hear that some part of it would be online. Things are always changing.
Also-Pima doesn't technically have a 'wait list'. Once you apply, you get accepted. So my friend just applied and got accepted a while back, but he got accepted to the Fall 2007 program. So you will now that you are accepted and when you are starting, and then when people drop off the list (which they do) or if you get called up, you can start earlier. FYI- the person who got accepted into the Fall 2007 class got called up a semester early, but he was not at home the week that they called and so he got passed over and someone else got it. Bummer for him!
in Arizona, in order to minimize waitlist time. 
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Hey Cardiac, thank you for the info! This is getting exhausting for me, keeping up with so many counties ADN programs in AZ LOL! I called an advisor at Pima, and she told me the wait-list is up to 3 years. Is this correct? I'm also thinking that even if it is techinically up to 3 years, that so many people will give up - move - switch to another allied health program - you know. Do you know apprx. how quickly people are getting off the wait-list? Also, I wonder how much the summer program will help?
Also, do you know why Pima's credit levels are so different? The Maricopa county ADN programs just changed. For example, block one is 11 credits I think. Most of the blocks are at least 11-12 credits, compared to Pima's 8-9 credits per block?