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This question is for any current or past student at Florida Southwestern State College (formerly Edison State College) in Fort Myers, Florida. I am planning to apply to the ASN program for either Fall 2016 or Spring 2017 admission cycle. I am getting...

I've been debating for a while on whether to post this, but I think if I was on the receiving end of this I would want to hear it. My mother had cardiothoracic surgery in July of this year and was expected to have a 1-night stay in the trauma ICU and...

The current plan is ASN then an RN-BSN program. My grades aren't good enough for accelerated BSN programs and there aren't any in my area anyway. I figure I'll get the ASN and maybe try getting into per diem work with that while I do an online RN-BSN...

Hello all! I received my BS in Biology about 4 years ago and after watching my mom spend 30+ days in the ICU, I've decided I want to make a career change and go into nursing. I did okay in school... have about a 3.0 overall. Most of my struggles were...

I have my bachelor's of science in Biology, so I have taken most of the pre-reqs that my target nursing program (ASN) requires. They are as follows: ENC 1101 - got AP credit in high school, took ENC 1102 and got an A MCB 2010C - took MCB 3020C, got a...

For those of you who have successfully navigated into your nursing career, what advice would you give to yourself when you were about to start nursing school? What could you have done or did you do during nursing school that helped you find your firs...

Maybe I should have included the fact that I'm 27, have a bachelor's in biology already, and I'm a career changer lol. In hindsight that was probably pretty relevant.

Windsurfer, I never said that I thought the answer I was given was incorrect. I say "because bureaucracy" because the intention of requiring micro 2010 is presumably to ensure students in the nursing program have a basic grasp of microbiology. Outsid...

Hello all! First-time poster to this forum, so please forgive me if this has been addressed in other threads. I am a non-traditional pre-nursing student. I received my BS in Biology in 2011 at a Florida university and have worked as a microbiologist...

Thanks for your responses. I have done my research on the admission requirements and competitiveness of the school/program to which I plan to apply. The ASN program is a less competitive program, or it will at least be easier for me to get into. They...