New Mom + Pre Nursing Advice!!!PLS!!!

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Hello everyone!

My name is Rachel and I am thrilled to connect with other nurses or students with the same aspirations that I have and I just wanted to say thank you all so much for your support.*

Okay, so here is my*dilemma: I was a poor excuse for a student back in high school. I have been out since 2007 and left with a pretty sad GPA. I started college in the summer of last year(2011) at Georgia*Perimeter*College. I have managed to keep a 4.0 after taking some easy courses along with one remedial math that was a pass or fail class, intro to psychology, ENGL 1101 and US History. I live rather far so I am planning on transferring to Gwinnett Technical College to complete my pre-reqs. I am hoping to get into the Georgia State BSN traditional program and wanted to know what would be the best way for me to go about it. Here are the current options I have managed to brainstorm:

Option A: take all of my pre reqs, and all other non-nursing related courses before entering into the program so I may focus strictly on Nursing once I get in...or

(this option would take me the longest to graduate from!)

Option B: Do nothing but pre reqs and fit in a few other non-nursing courses just to get them out of the way before getting into the program...or

(take the remaining classes in the summers in between nursing semester classes.)

Option C: take only my pre reqs. ( the more time I take the less I remember for TEAS???)

Now my required pre-reqs are as follows:

ENGL 1102, College Alg., A&P 1 & ll, Microbiology, and either intro to bio 1 and 2, physics 1 and 2,or surveys of chem 1 and 2. Chemistry, I have heard is heavily covered on the TEAS.

Others classes include (hrs): critical thinking (2), spanish (3), political science (3), global issues (2), statistics (3), communications (3), survey of art (3), intro to sociology (3)...

Secondly, I had my son who is now 4 months old, now. I am married, and we are currently living with our*in-laws*and I work*around*25 hours a week. I can drop working hours to 20 ( opening only from 5 am to 8 am at my job monday thru friday) so as to not interfere with studying if need be. However, I cannot afford a sitter so my sister in law watches him mondays and*Tuesdays*6 am-3*p.m.,*and 5 am-8 am Wednesdays and*Thursdays. *I am wondering if I took on more than one science at a time if I could manage? If so, what classes should I take together?( Specifically if i do option B, I would like to get into the program having a bit more added to rid myself of extra studying aside from nursing classes. I can do others in the summers between.)

*I am planning on starting this next step this summer and summer courses area 8 wks long (2012).*Any thoughts?

Thanks Again everyone :o

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Specializes in Pediatrics.

I am also a pre nursing student. My daughter is fifteen months old and i work fifteen to twenty hours a week. I believe you can do it! I think taking all prereqs is a good idea. I plan on doing this as well. But if you are getting financial aid just make sure you have enough credits to fulfill fulltime status each semester. I am just starting out as well so hopefully someone with more insight on this chimes in. Good luck!

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Why thank you for your thoughts! Good Luck to you as well and congrats on your daughter!*:cheers:*I haven't ever taken that many credits before. I don't know how to mange time with that amount of classes, if I did something*like*chemistry, anatomy, or micro, what classes should I try to take with them to get full time and maintain a good GPA. I currently have a 4.0*because*I've been playing it safe with 1 or two at a time.

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Specializes in OR.

keep in mind if you take two sciences at once, it's actually 2 science lecture classes and 2 science labs. just to give you a general idea, my current schedule (at gwinnett tech) includes a&p i, a&p i lab, and english 1102, which equals 7 credit hours, or part-time study. for those classes, i have to be at school m & w 8:30-9:50am for a&p i, tu 8:30-11:20 for engl 1102, and th 8:30-11:20am for a&p i lab. i set my schedule up that way so that i could be home when my school-age kids get home on the bus.

now, i have to be at school at those times, but i actually spend more time there for a&p. i'm in a study group that usually meets on m&w after class and is generally studying in the library until after 1pm. i usually stay after lab on thursday to do some additional studying on my own. and now, with midterms looming, i'm staying even longer on thursdays and going back in on friday mornings for open lab.

two sciences is doable; i've heard of people managing it. but you have to make sure you have the time available to attend all the classes and the time for studying. prior to the start of a&p i, all students received an e-mail saying that successful students study minimum three extra hours per day for a&p i, and if you don't have that extra time to dedicate, you should re-evaluate your schedule and possibly try again at a different time. i find myself averaging more than 3 hours per day.

i would never try to discourage anybody because everybody is different. that said, most advisors will tell you to take each science on its own if at all possible.

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Would you advise against doing sciences alone in the summer? I was considering it cuase if not, it will *be about 2 more years *until I finish science pre reqs.

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Specializes in OR.

I'll be doing A&P II this summer. I'm a bit intimidated because it is a mini-mester, but I have to do it if I want to apply for the Fall 2013 nursing program. Plus, because of my financial aid, I have to attend at least half-time. So I'll be doing A&P II, A&P II Lab (4 credit hours) and I'll have to pick up another class for at least 2 more credit hours, but it'll have to be one that's not too taxing. I'm sure A&P II will kick my butt.

A lot of my A&P I classmates are planning to do the same thing.

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Have you taken chemistry? GSU requires an extra science and I know there is math involved. Should I take my college algebra class before chemistry?

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Specializes in OR.

I haven't taken chemistry since high school (waaaaaaay back in the Dark Ages), so I have no direct knowledge. I have heard that college algebra is helpful in chemistry, though. Since the GTC ADN program doesn't require chemistry, I'm not really worried about it right now. However, if/when I bridge to BSN I know I'll need it, so it is on my radar.

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Hay ladylynn sorry to cut in on your conversation. I was wondering if you knew anyone that I could talk to that is already in the nursing program at Gwinnett. I'm already a canidate for there fall coming up. As a matter of fact Im coming to the campus wednesday for a mandatory meeting to find out more about the kaplan test. I'm not from Atlanta so I can't network as much. I did post a topic asking about this college. This won't be the only college. I have two more that I applied for back my way. I'm in statesboro, ga. Anyway if you could please give me any feedback from someone that I could talk to that will be to this meeting wednesday or that is already in the program. Have you heard how easy or hard the kaplan test is. Thats part of what I have to do that day of my visit. my email is [email protected] if you have to pass it on to someone.

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What ADN to BSN bridges do you know of? I would be interested very in it. Also, if you bridge, does what you have taken at GTC count credit wise or do all of the same courses have to be taken even after completing nursing at GTC?

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Specializes in OR.
I was wondering if you knew anyone that I could talk to that is already in the nursing program at Gwinnett. I'm already a canidate for there fall coming up. As a matter of fact Im coming to the campus wednesday for a mandatory meeting to find out more about the kaplan test. I'm not from Atlanta so I can't network as much. I did post a topic asking about this college. This won't be the only college. I have two more that I applied for back my way. I'm in statesboro, ga. Anyway if you could please give me any feedback from someone that I could talk to that will be to this meeting wednesday or that is already in the program. Have you heard how easy or hard the kaplan test is. Thats part of what I have to do that day of my visit. my email is [email protected] if you have to pass it on to someone.

Unfortunately, I don't really know anybody already in the program, but I'm pretty sure there are others on these forums. I know it's pretty late since you're coming to the campus tomorrow, but did you crawl around on the Georgia Nursing Program section of these forums? There may be some people there you can PM with your questions. Also, if you do a search on the forums for Kaplan, you'll find a couple threads about the test.

Sorry I couldn't be more helpful!

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Specializes in OR.
What ADN to BSN bridges do you know of? I would be interested very in it. Also, if you bridge, does what you have taken at GTC count credit wise or do all of the same courses have to be taken even after completing nursing at GTC?

Two I know of off the top of my head are Mercer (Georgia Baptist) and Brenau University. I'm sure there are more, including online programs. As far as credits, I honestly haven't gone that far in my research. The best way to find out would be to figure out which schools have programs you might be interested in and then contact those schools directly. The couple of bridge programs I checked specified WORKING RNs, so you would definitely have to check with the individual schools directly.

I'm really no expert on that stuff, though, so take that for what it's worth. I'm still working on getting into the nursing program in the first place.. :)

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