Prereq rigor vs nursing school?

[Gokuuu]

I'm curious how difficult nursing school is compared to the prerequisites. Most of my classmates take one prerequisites at a time, so I assume that's what most people in nursing school have done. My question is, for someone like me who's taken microbiology, bio-organic chemistry, bio-psych, and critical thinking in the same semester (not an unusual schedule) would nursing school feel easier than these prerequisites?

[NICUismylife, ADN, BSN, RN]

I worked 30 hrs per week and took a full course-load during my pre-reqs/gen-ed portion of school and I maintained a 4.0 GPA, scored a 92% on TEAS, and had dinner on the table for my 3 kids every darned night, I even volunteered in their classes at school. I took it in stride; it was easily manageable. Fast forward to nursing school, I didn't work, my kids had to fend for themselves pretty much all the time, and I had zero time to myself, ever. It was an 80-hour-per-week commitment at least, and it was intense; sometimes it felt like boot camp--like they were trying to push you to quit. Granted, my ADN program was one of the most rigorous in CA (which tends to have more requirements than other states in the first place), and I'm thankful for it, because I was able to hit the ground running after graduation while seeing grads from other schools struggle a lot more, but damn, it was hell.

So, for me, pre-reqs were a vacation day, a walk-in-the-park compared to the actual RN program. Depending on where you go to school, and how your program is set up, your mileage may vary.

[Hoosier_RN, MSN]

There's an actual course called "Critical Thinking"? What do you do for it - what do the readings/lectures/assignments entail?

was wondering the same thing

[Lipoma, BSN, RN]

I struggled with general chemistry and general biology. Thoroughly enjoyed micro, A&P, and nutrition. Absolutely hated chemistry and college algebra. Statistics was meh and psychology was boring.

I did a 12 month Accelerated BSN program and it was much more enjoyable than my 5 years spent in undergrad. The material wasn't hard because it was applicable to real life. That said, it was intense, time-consuming, and often annoying due to random changes and the unorganized instructors. But I would rather suffer through nursing school again than to redo 5 years of useless classes.

To put things into perspective...I completed my first undergrad with a 3.5 while I completed nursing school with a ~3.7. But, its easy to burnout in nursing school due to time commitment required.

[Julius Seizure]

I taught a course with that title. I had the youngsters read selections from Aristotle's Rhetoric and then we used his rhetorical analysis tools on various selections and even some news videos. For example, Trump pretty much relies on appeals to pathos.

Interesting. Maybe I had a class on this, too, but it was just called "philosophy". Thanks for the response

[nursinglove30]

Nursing school is much much harder than all prerequisites combined. You have a lot more clinical related busy work to do all day long with about 15 chapters to study for the upcoming exam. You also have to attend clinical, class, and skills labs. There's ATI remediations and other things left and right. Don't get me started on med math before each semester. Oh did I also mention you only have 3-4 exams for a class and if you fail one or two, it could absolutely ruin your chance of passing the course and keep in mind you may get kicked out of the program. Yeah I will take prerequisites all day over nursing school.