So I am sure you all remember me, so i won't go into my life story.(Remember, I am the one confused between nursing and social work). So I decided to go into nursing, registered for my CNA class which starts Oct. 7 and was all excited. So I go yesterday to talk to a college counselor, and they told me, looking at my GPA (I hold an AA degree from 1995) that I would NOT be a good candidate for their nursing program. (The program is a 2 year program through my community college, evidently it is REALLY hard to get into). She said because I am not strong in the sciences. Which i am not. I think i barely passed the biology 101. So what do you nurses think? Are the biology, a&P, etc really hard? I am kinda glad she told me this, because it confirms what i believed all along. I am so bad at math and science. To get into the nursing program i would have to take ALL the science classes (bio, chemisty, A&P I, A&P II, etc).
I may drop my CNA class and start taking pre-reqs for the social work program. Do you know of any websites i can look at that displays some course work in biology etc?
Also, for all you veteren nurses, if you knew then what you know now about nursing, would you still have become a nurse?
I so respect each and everyone of you and would be really grateful for your advice.
I just know about my BSN program. We took all the same pre-req science classes as all the premed, etc students did, there was no washed down nursing versions of any of it. I love science and do well with it so I enjoy these classes. "Really hard" is just a personal perspective and nothing I can answer objectively.
Good luck with your choices! Both are great careers!
BSN students have to take a full year of inorganic chemistry, a full year of organic chemistry, a full year of physics, a full year of biology, and at least a semester of biochemistry.. all with labs? Not to mention the requirements that some medical schools demand like genetics and ecology?
If they looked at my stuff from when I was in High School they would never have let me in. I was the queen of Ditch Day.
When I returned to school as a grown up it was hard, but interesting and I buckled down and did it well.
My only regret is that I did not become a nurse sooner. I love it. It is everything I could ever hope for. And I was initially very unsure of whether I wanted to do it or not.
If you want to be a nurse you should go for it. Take the sciences one at a time starting now while you are on the waiting list. You will pass them. They aren't easy courses but if you take it one day at a time and have the attitude that you can do it you will get it done.
These science courses are courses you would have to take anyway, right? You may be surprised at how well you will do!
I was an ok student in high school. I really just didn't care. I got by with what I could, and I don't think I learned a thing. When I got to college (the first time around), I did ok... 3.2 was my gpa when I graduated, but again, I really didn't care. I had nothing that really interested me. I didn't want to go into nursing because everyone in my family already did (rebel, I guess ). I was more interested in my friends, boyfriend, partying...etc.
Fast forward to now. I went back to school for nursing (once I realized that is what I wanted), and I've done really well. I'm extremely interested in the coursework and it's actually kinda fun. Now that I've had kids, I guess I'm more interested in how the body works.
Anyway, if you want to do it, I say go for it. You might surprise yourself when you start the classes. The CNA class would be an excellent starter, because you'll learn a lot of the skills needed to become a nurse. A& P is interesting because you learn how the body works and everything.
Believe it or not, the counselor said the college goes back TO YOUR HIGH SCHOOL TRANSCRIPTS!! So they would go back to 1993 and look at my GPA through 1995 when I received my AA degree....CRAZY!! Even the adviser said thats nuts, they should really only go back 5 years, but that is the college's policy!! So yeah, i am screwed!
If you want to go into Nursing, listen to your heart, not what a councilor is telling you.When I was taking an A&P & Chemistry Class at the same time, My instructor,who happen to be for both classes, asked me how I got into his Chemistry class, as A&P was a pre-req to Chemistry? I told him My Councilor said I could take them together.(I was making B's in both classes so it didn't matter) but the point is. You can do anything you put your mind to do...Don't let one person, who says you can't, keep you from doing what "You" want to do ,as far as nursing or increasing your knowledge...Councilors don't know, what "you" can do!
I say try a different school. Science is not hard unless you make it hard. If you want to become a nurse don't let that stop you. There are all kinds of supplemental books and if it need be there are tutors out there. Yes, I agree that you should have high scores in science but don't let what one person says make you give your hopes of becomning a nurse.
(The program is a 2 year program through my community college, evidently it is REALLY hard to get into). She said because I am not strong in the sciences. Which i am not. I think i barely passed the biology 101. So what do you nurses think? Are the biology, a&P, etc really hard? I am kinda glad she told me this, because it confirms what i believed all along. I am so bad at math and science. To get into the nursing program i would have to take ALL the science classes (bio, chemisty, A&P I, A&P II, etc). 
thats absurd
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BSN students have to take a full year of inorganic chemistry, a full year of organic chemistry, a full year of physics, a full year of biology, and at least a semester of biochemistry.. all with labs? Not to mention the requirements that some medical schools demand like genetics and ecology?
I wouldn't go that far...