Need advice on prerequisites class

Personally I think you would be alright. There was a ten year gap between leaving college the first time around and then deciding to go into nursing for me and I did alright with taking the A&p I and II and micro. Don't recall any "chemistry" on the Nclex. You may want to touch base with the periodical table for abbreviations.

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I would buy "chemistry for dummies" if such a thing exists, or borrow a basic textbook and just familiarize yourself with the basics. It will probably help you in A&P, definitely in micro--I didn't have any straight-up chemistry questions on the NCLEX, but of course you have to understand so much, like big picture stuff. They will not ask anything as straight-forward as a basic chemistry question : )

Good luck!

I wouldn't worry about it. Unless you're taking A&P and Micro at a very advanced, ivy-league school, I don't think the chemistry involved is anything that can't be tackled without having had any chemistry background. I myself have never had a single chemistry class and I passed both A&P's and Micro all with A's. I did have a little advantage taking those classes only because I'd already had A&P a couple of years prior to that at a non-accredited massage therapy school. But aside from that I myself was many years out of college. (And in fact my first college years were terrible academically.)

Also I took each class one at a time, while I was working, over the course of about a year and a half. I think taking the long, slow route also made it easier overall for me personally.

I would buy "chemistry for dummies" if such a thing exists, or borrow a basic textbook and just familiarize yourself with the basics. It will probably help you in A&P, definitely in micro--I didn't have any straight-up chemistry questions on the NCLEX, but of course you have to understand so much, like big picture stuff. They will not ask anything as straight-forward as a basic chemistry question : )

Good luck!

I had the book...Chemistry for Dummies and the Complete Idiot's Guide to Chemistry. I didn't need it as an LPN student, but was going to take the class for the heck of it.

I don't think that Chemistry is needed for NCLEX RN, but could be wrong (I am an LPN). I had friends from RN programs tell me that they never applied learning from chemistry into their nursing courses; but had to face that class as a pre-requisite. There are some schools in my area (NY) that do not require that class; which makes sense to me. I never saw the use of that class. I tried to take it for the heck of it, but dropped it in two weeks because it was too much for my head. I am not a chemistry person, so, it was difficult for me even with a tutor.

If you do need the class, and feel challenged by it, please arrange for tutoring early in the game. Most nursing schools are very competitive and require an exceptionally high GPA.

Oh, and from what I remember, the chemistry in Anatomy and Micro was not intense...they usually discuss that early in the game and was light in comparison to the actual chemistry classes. Good luck!