This is my first post on All Nurses...I have a few questions since I'm in sort of a confusion situation. I have just graduated from Stony Brook with a Bachelor's in Health Science (with a Disability Studies & Human Development concentration) and am trying to decide the best path to take. At first I thought that I wanted to go to PA school, but now I'm leaning towards nursing school, with the intention of eventually going on to graduate-level studies. The most appealing programs for me are the combined degree programs, and I have been looking at Pace, NYU, Columbia and will probably end up applying to Stony Brook's accelerated program also. However, I'm not exactly sure what I should do in regards to taking/retaking courses since, as I'm sure most of you know, the pre-reqs for each nursing program vary slightly. Here are my main issues:
-I still need to take micro, and will probably take it at my local community college - is this acceptable?
-During my undergrad, I took the upper-division human anatomy course offered at SB along with mammalian physiology and statistics in the same semester, and as a result poorly managed my time and ended up earning a D in anatomy, C- in physiology and C+ in statistics. However, I then took a&p I and a&p II, earning a B+ and A- respectively. Which courses will nursing adcoms more likely look at? Did I screw myself over by taking the first two courses only to do poorly in them?
-Has anyone taken either developmental psych or nutrition online and been successfully admitted to nursing programs?
Thanks guys!
-Tbellx12
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Hey guys!
This is my first post on All Nurses...I have a few questions since I'm in sort of a confusion situation. I have just graduated from Stony Brook with a Bachelor's in Health Science (with a Disability Studies & Human Development concentration) and am trying to decide the best path to take. At first I thought that I wanted to go to PA school, but now I'm leaning towards nursing school, with the intention of eventually going on to graduate-level studies. The most appealing programs for me are the combined degree programs, and I have been looking at Pace, NYU, Columbia and will probably end up applying to Stony Brook's accelerated program also. However, I'm not exactly sure what I should do in regards to taking/retaking courses since, as I'm sure most of you know, the pre-reqs for each nursing program vary slightly. Here are my main issues:
-I still need to take micro, and will probably take it at my local community college - is this acceptable?
-During my undergrad, I took the upper-division human anatomy course offered at SB along with mammalian physiology and statistics in the same semester, and as a result poorly managed my time and ended up earning a D in anatomy, C- in physiology and C+ in statistics. However, I then took a&p I and a&p II, earning a B+ and A- respectively. Which courses will nursing adcoms more likely look at? Did I screw myself over by taking the first two courses only to do poorly in them?
-Has anyone taken either developmental psych or nutrition online and been successfully admitted to nursing programs?
Thanks guys!
-Tbellx12