Pre-Health Science?

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I holds a honors degree in Business, I'm thinking about doing a second degree in Nursing (2 years fast track nursing degree), but I don't think I have the required pre-requisite courses credits, I probably need to obtain a Pre-Health Science certificate (something like this http://www.senecac.on.ca/fulltime/PHS.html) in order to be admitted into those fast track nursing degrees, I'm completely new to nursing, am I on the right track here? any advice? thank you guys. :confused:

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Is a HON degree an honorary degree or an honors degree? If you have a degree already then you can definitely try for an accelerated BSN program.

Look into the schools you're interested in and see what the prerequisites are. You'll probably have to take chemistry, anatomy, physiology, microbiology, and psychology. Some schools also require classes like developmental psych, statistics, organic chemistry, sociology, and public speaking.

Personally, I wouldn't go with a "pre health" program like the one you linked to, because different schools have different requirements, and you need to tailor your class load accordingly. I personally had to take all my prerequisites at community college, as my first degree (liberal arts) didn't have much to carry over to nursing, and I did just fine and got into an A-BSN program.

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Is a HON degree an honorary degree or an honors degree? If you have a degree already then you can definitely try for an accelerated BSN program.

Look into the schools you're interested in and see what the prerequisites are. You'll probably have to take chemistry, anatomy, physiology, microbiology, and psychology. Some schools also require classes like developmental psych, statistics, organic chemistry, sociology, and public speaking.

Personally, I wouldn't go with a "pre health" program like the one you linked to, because different schools have different requirements, and you need to tailor your class load accordingly. I personally had to take all my prerequisites at community college, as my first degree (liberal arts) didn't have much to carry over to nursing, and I did just fine and got into an A-BSN program.

I'm sorry, I forgot the "S", I'm looking at a few schools, and I'm not really sure which one I'm gonna apply eventually, so I figured that if I got the certificate may expand my choices, I may apply for more than one university when I finish those courses, but I know I'm on the right track, thank you!

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Oops, now I see the program you're looking at is Canadian. Sorry! Don't know much about the nursing school application process up there.

Good luck! :)

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Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative.

If it is a requirement then you should take it. If not just do the prerequisites and you should be fine.

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