Pre-Nursing Student Questions

[Kvmontes]

Hi everyone,

I am currently taking AP2 lecture and lab, and will be taking microbiology and chem 2 next semester. I transferred to Georgia State after graduating with an AA and AS in Political Science and Criminal Justice. I initially wanted to continue with Political Science in order to receive my BS in Political Science and pursue Law. I paid for school on my own out of pocket without loans so needless to say things got tough and I was working everyday as well as going to school everyday. I had a heart to heart with myself and decided to take a year off and determine what I wanted to do. Out of high school I always wanted to be in the medical field and I took an insane amount of extra science courses and ended up working in a clinic as an assistant for 2 years. As I mentioned I followed law instead and now I am back in school. Since I transferred and have 2 degrees all of my credits transferred and I have been enrolled in school for 3 semesters just to finish the pre-reqs that only involve AP/AP2, CHEM 1&2, and Microbiology. Is there any opportunities out there to involve nursing and the degrees I currently hold? Also due to the fact that I am a transfer student I pretty much only have one shot to get good grades compared to someone who may have declared Nursing as their first major and had 4+ years to obtain the BSN. Any advice would be very helpful and appreciated!!

[WesDavis]

Hey KV! Well with 2 Associates Degrees, the next step is to get into a BSN Program. That's my opinion. Do your research and plan ahead. Don't just jump into anything. Considering you are taking some Prerequisites, do well in them. Do really well in them. Those courses can be pretty tough. There are so many things you can do to help prepare yourself for a load like that. There's a great nursing article you may want to read here as well. It discusses some of the program options for returning students. You have to do your research though:

How to Get into Nursing School Programs [iNFOGRAPHIC]

Also, make sure you study every single day. Also remember to learn and retain much of the knowledge from your classes. Many people go in trying to "Get Through It" instead of learning the material. The thing is, you will see the material again in the other classes.

Hope this helps.

[night_owls]

One of my professor's guest speakers was a lawyer as well as an RN. I don't know too many details about what she does but her name is Dr. Denise Snow if you want to research her and see what you might be able to do with law and RN licenses.