Statistics Prerequisite Relevance?

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I am interested in the Johns Hopkins Accelerated BSN for candidates who already hold an unrelated Bachelors degree. Their prerequisites include Statistics, as do most accelerated BSN programs. I took a statistics course back in 1998 and earned an A, but don't remember anything about it. When I called the nursing school to ask whether or not my previous course would satisfy the prerequisite, the lady on the other end of the phone said that it was up to ME to determine whether or not my previous course satisfied the prerequisite (based on whether or not it covered linear regression, T-Tests, Chi Squared....and whether it came from a liberal arts program, not from a business/economics school of study. I was trying to discern that myself b/c the catalog description of the course isn't clear on all topics covered. The lady on the phone said that I might want to take it again since the basics of statistics were "integral to all the courses in the nursing program from the very beginning."

Question is, how many of you nursing students are finding that you are dependent/reliant on anything you learned in the Statistics courses you took in taking your nursing classes? Do I really need to retake this course to brush up or will a general search on Google suffice to find resources to brush up. What do you think?

Thanks!

Shelly

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Specializes in Acute Mental Health.

If they accept your Stats from years ago, smile and take it. I have never used my Stats class (that I'm aware of) for nursing. I found it difficult the 3 times I took it. I had to drop the first 2 times before finally getting an instructor I could relate to before I landed an A.

Honestly, nursing school is hard enough, take whatever classes they accept and move on.

I still feel the pressure of Stats, EEK!

I'm in an ADN program and we don't even need Stats. Many are just like mine.

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The only use I found for my statistics course was being able to use the info to understand data presented in the nursing studies we studied in the nursing research course. I enrolled in a biotatistics course to obtain a better background for the same in my minor of health science. I also agree that if your school accepts the course that you got an A in several years ago, then take it and relax. There is nothing in the nursing research course that you can't look up to refresh your memory. Don't repeat anything that isn't necessary. Waste of time and money unless you truly want to devote extra effort to gain further understanding.

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Specializes in Med/Surg.

My school doesn't require stats at all. I took it anyway, though, just in case I want to go to grad school later on.

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I am interested in the Johns Hopkins Accelerated BSN for candidates who already hold an unrelated Bachelors degree. Their prerequisites include Statistics, as do most accelerated BSN programs. I took a statistics course back in 1998 and earned an A, but don't remember anything about it. When I called the nursing school to ask whether or not my previous course would satisfy the prerequisite, the lady on the other end of the phone said that it was up to ME to determine whether or not my previous course satisfied the prerequisite (based on whether or not it covered linear regression, T-Tests, Chi Squared....and whether it came from a liberal arts program, not from a business/economics school of study. I was trying to discern that myself b/c the catalog description of the course isn't clear on all topics covered. The lady on the phone said that I might want to take it again since the basics of statistics were "integral to all the courses in the nursing program from the very beginning."

Question is, how many of you nursing students are finding that you are dependent/reliant on anything you learned in the Statistics courses you took in taking your nursing classes? Do I really need to retake this course to brush up or will a general search on Google suffice to find resources to brush up. What do you think?

Thanks!

Shelly

Hi,

I took statistics as a pre-req too. I did find it useful, but if you got an A in it the first time around, then I think you can figure out anything that requires statistics in your nursing program. My point is I don't think that you'll encounter anything particularly complex regarding statistics, and if you figured it out once, you can do it again! Do you still have your old textbook? Maybe flip through it and revisit some concepts.

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

Ha, if they left it up to me no way would I retake anything! I also haven't found a huge advantage to the statistics class I took.

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Specializes in Oncology/Hematology.

What school is it that doesn't require stats?

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I wish my school didn't require it. I'm thinking yawn fest and wont even be taking it until this fall. May i be pleasently suprised.

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Specializes in Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy.

Statistics is important if you want to understand any published research study. You probably could look up terms to refresh your memory. Most spreadsheet programs do the calculations for you so you don't need to know any formulas--just the different types of statistical tests and when they're used.

I agree with the others--if they're willing to accept your credits, take it and move on.

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you need to understand the *basic* concepts so you can interpret the meaning of research. i doubt that you will be using stats in any other way unless you choose to go into a research field.

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