NursingIsLove

OH OKAY. Do you know anything about applying to different nursing programs at different schools? I understand they all have different prerequisites and stuff but when I finish my prerequisites at HCC I was thinking of applying to their Nursing program but I kind of was thinking of applying to FSU though.. couldnt I apply to both?... which would give me more options? Do you suggest that I focus on HCC's prereqs first and finish all of them, then apply---any extras I have to take for FSU, take those next and apply there also? Is it better to have an idea of just one school? I would just have to figure out how to fit those in..

Alright maybe over summer I can take those "required" ones... and I plan on taking A&P 1 next semester (spring '10) and then A&P 2 fall '10... I couldn't take them this first semester because of my math score on my CPT.. that was my only problem.. English I was okay but for my math I am in Beginning Algebra.. then i have Intermediate Algebra next.. THEN College Algebra. :/ it sucks! but as soon as I finish Beginning Algebra I can take Anatomy.

Okay i understand thanks.. so do you think I'm good for now now taking these? I just kind of gotta take it slow for now.. its only my first year.. I think I'm trying to rush things because I don't want to screw up later on and have to take classes I didn't need to or that I could have taken earlier... What about prerequisites required to graduate from the community college.. I thought you had to take a history or humanities or something? is that only for a university?? Where do those fit in??

OKAY this is going to be a lot of information but i would really appreciate it if someone could help me! :) SO.... im starting my first year of college at Hillsborough Community College.. I am interested in the medical field and have thought of doing nursing ..and I am thinking about applying to the nursing program after i finish all of my prerequisites.. my classes now are: English 1 Beginning Algebra Microbiology Microbiology LAB Developmental Psych Nursing is under A.S degree, (still pretty much medical) but not exactly.. its health science? correct? I really am not sure if I would want to do Nursing yet, because I was researching other more MEDICAL jobs and some that interested me were (Surgical Tech, Clinical Lab Tech, Medical Tech, Physicians Asst.) Would I have to get my A.A for a job in that direction? Does anyone know the pay for those or anyone that has had any of those careers?? Is it difficult to switch later on from degree to degree?? I just dont want to take all of the prerequisites for Nursing and get an A.S degree if I end up deciding I would like to do something in the other direction.. and I dont want to start taking classes like physics and stuff which relates to sonography (another option of mine..by the way does that pay well??) if I want to do something else like medical assisting. I guess Im just trying to ask.. should I know exactly what I want to go into right NOW and just focus on the classes I need to take for that specific study?? or can I switch like halfway through or even do both degrees at the same time?? I just dont understand the difference in degrees i guess? It seems to me that A.S in more limited in career options ..like it only has Nursing listed thats health /medical related.. I was thinking .. I mean most of the classes are pretty much all related for Sonography & Nursing.. but wouldnt I have to take like chemistry and statistics for other medical careers?? I just dont want to start in the wrong direction.. sorry.. hope this isnt too confusing...

also do u know anyone thats taken that exam and where they ended up later on as a career?

thanks so much!!!! :] okay and another question.. i was also in HOSA at my school and took the health science and nursing classes and we went to the nursing homes and everything and my teacher wsd preparing us for the CNA exam.. you can go in and take the class yourself to get your CNA certificate thing . i dont know exactly what i want to do in the health field but if i wanted to become and RN which is what im leaning towards then do you think i should take the CNA exam just to have it for like future resumes under my experience and stuff or if i want to get a job later on??

Hi I am just starting my first year at HCC in the fall.. i just graduated from high school and I am planning on applying for the nursing program once i have all of my prerequisites finished! I just went to orientation today and picked my classes..i was so nervous! I didn't really know what i should start with, a lot of people said English 1 and Math (Beginning Algebra for me) and i did pick those two and my other two classes were microbiology and the microbiology lab and also the elective developmental psychology of life span. Is this a good schedule to have your first year?? I wanted to take anatomy but i couldn't because i didn't have a high enough score on my placement test to be put into College Algebra. Am i able to take anatomy next semester or do i have to take intermediate math first?? And isn't microbiology just like anatomy they both are sciences so why could i take one and not the other? Is microbiology hard? Is it better to take the harder classes first and get most of them out of the way? i mean i don't think it really matters since I'm going to have to take all of them because they are all prerequisites..but am i doing okay for now?? should i take sociology instead..what do most people start with and what do you recommend I take first or over the summer or in fall, etc. Thanks for your help! Someone please reply to me!! :)

Hi I am just starting my first year at HCC in the fall.. i just graduated from high school and I am planning on applying for the nursing program once i have all of my prerequisites finished! I just went to orientation today and picked my classes..i was so nervous! I didn't really know what i should start with, a lot of people said English 1 and Math (Beginning Algebra for me) and i did pick those two and my other two classes were microbiology and the microbiology lab and also the elective developmental psychology of life span. Is this a good schedule to have your first year?? I wanted to take anatomy but i couldn't because i didn't have a high enough score on my placement test to be put into College Algebra. Am i able to take anatomy next semester or do i have to take intermediate math first?? And isn't microbiology just like anatomy they both are sciences so why could i take one and not the other? Is microbiology hard? Is it better to take the harder classes first and get most of them out of the way? i mean i don't think it really matters since I'm going to have to take all of them because they are all prerequisites..but am i doing okay for now?? should i take sociology instead..what do most people start with and what do you recommend I take first or over the summer or in fall, etc. Thanks for your help! Someone please reply to me!! :)

Hi I am just starting my first year at HCC in the fall.. i just graduated from high school and I am planning on applying for the nursing program once i have all of my prerequisites finished! I just went to orientation today and picked my classes..i was so nervous! I didn't really know what i should start with, a lot of people said English 1 and Math (Beginning Algebra for me) and i did pick those two and my other two classes were microbiology and the microbiology lab and also the elective developmental psychology of life span. Is this a good schedule to have your first year?? I wanted to take anatomy but i couldn't because i didn't have a high enough score on my placement test to be put into College Algebra. Am i able to take anatomy next semester or do i have to take intermediate math first?? And isn't microbiology just like anatomy they both are sciences so why could i take one and not the other? Is microbiology hard? Is it better to take the harder classes first and get most of them out of the way? i mean i don't think it really matters since I'm going to have to take all of them because they are all prerequisites..but am i doing okay for now?? should i take sociology instead..what do most people start with and what do you recommend I take first or over the summer or in fall, etc. Thanks for your help! Someone please reply to me!! :)