Possible to take a few nursing classes from community college?

A lot of programs don't accept transfer nursing classes.

You need to be accepted into a program before you can take nursing courses. You can take your prerequisites at a community college and transfer them into a university, but you cannot take nursing courses unless you are accepted and enrolled in that school's nursing program. Slots in nursing classes are very limited at every school and only those who are admitted to that school's program are allowed to take these courses.

You have to be accepted into a school's nursing program. Registration for the nursing classes is only open to students who have been accepted. If you are interested in going to nursing school you should research different nursing programs in your area and find what suits you best. Then, find out the steps to apply there such as entrance exams, pre-reqs, etc.

Many credits do not transfer. However, in my state (North Carolina) the community colleges are associated with my state's universtites (the University of North Carolina colleges). Your credits are guaranteed to transfer. For example, when I finish my ADN program at my community college, all my credits would transfer to a BSN program within the University of North Carolina systems that offer a BSN.

I'm not sure if this pertains only to graduate programs, but some universities allow non-matriculated students to attend classes. Have you applied to the nursing program you plan to attend? Some will let you start out as non-matriculated until you are accepted. I would talk to a counselor at the school.

It is only graduate programs that will permit this. Pre-licensure nursing programs do not.

Thanks Moogie - nursing school was 20 years ago so I remember very little about the admission process back then. And of course things change.

Nursing school is pretty much all or nothing. Some programmes allow LPN's to complete the second year and there exist RN to BSN bridge programmes; however, you will not generally be allowed to cherry pick core nursing classes. Either you are a nursing student in the programme or you are not.

Try looking into the co-reqs for the BSN program to fill your credit requirements while you wait for a nursing program, if you have not already done so.

everyone else here has pretty much told you like it is. However, you could get all the pre-reqs out of the way, including those required for a BSN, which I hope you are planning on if you are going to a 4 yr school.