Retake Microbiology or find a way to refresh myself?

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Eleven years ago I passed Microbiology. The program at the university I'm enrolled in offers the choice of Microbiology or Infectious Disease. If you retake Micro it will lower your GPA. I could always take Infectious Disease since I have never taken it. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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In your position I would take infectious disease. Micro is applicable to nursing, but ID and understanding that specific process would be more valuable to you. JMO

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Infectious disease. No guarantee it will be easier than micro but at least it is relevant to nursing.

My general micro course was ridiculously hard AND ridiculously pointless. I would have traded it for ID in a heartbeat.

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Specializes in Cardiac, Rehab.

Only thing I would make sure of is how long ago they give you credit for a course. In my program, the core pre-reqs (A&P, Micro) have to be taken within 7 years to count. I took all 3 last summer and fall, and honestly, I think that Micro is not as useful as A&P. Granted, the focus on cellular functions is a help, especially when you start getting into drug/cell interactions, but they spend so much time on "bugs" that you may never have much use for. Infectious diseases sounds like more fun to me.

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Specializes in Cardiac.

Infectious disease.....

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