New prereq requirements for Pima Community College

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Specializes in Dialysis.

subject:nursing aas curriculum changes

date:apr 30, 2010 9:58:53 am

changes have been made to the program pre-requisites and co-requisites/support courses in the associate degree nursing program.

the changes apply only to students planning to apply to the nursing program and to all students scheduled to start the program in 2012, 2013 and later.

these changes do not affect students who are currently enrolled in courses with the prefix nrs or students who are scheduled to start the nursing program in 2011.

summary of changes:

  • time limit for chm 130in fundamental chemistry, bio 201in human anatomy and physiology i and bio 202in human anatomy and physiology ii has changed from 8 years to 6 years.

  • psy 101 introduction to psychology is now a pre-requisite and must be completed before beginning the application process.

  • ece 117 child growth and development is no longer accepted as a nursing program co-requisite/support course. students need to take ece 107 human development and relations or psy 240 developmental psychology.

  • fsn 154 nutrition is no longer accepted as a nursing program co-requisite/support course. students need to take fsn 127in human nutrition and biology or bio 127in human nutrition and biology.

Don't you just love these changes? It's all about money folks. By the way, the word is Pima Community College's nursing department staff are not particularly friendly nor do they necessarily care about the success of their nursing students. While I don't know firsthand if this is entirely true, I will say that this has been a ongoing rumor.

Specializes in Medical-Surgical Unit , alzheimers, LTC.

I was accepted into the PCC nursing program before these changes were announced. Do they still affect me? I am scheduled to start in Spring 2012.

Specializes in Medical-Surgical Unit , alzheimers, LTC.

Ok I got this cleared now. My orientation is september 9th. Can't wait!:)

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