Taking Pre-Reqs at a Community College? (CT) Aspiring Neonatal Nurse?

Follow the tract for nursing. And check with the university of yourchoice and make sure the classes you take at the community college transfer. Get you basic classes done at CC, such as chemistry, English courses, calculus, physics. My daughters took all their first year college classes at the CC while they were in high school and entered university as sophomores.

There is is no track to follow for neonatal nursing, just get thru nursing school and try to get your capstone or internship in a NICU your senior year.

I am in an ADN program at my local community college. I will graduate with my ADN, then get a job doing something and go to school online for my BSN. At all of my local hospitals, they do not hire new grads in the NICU (ADN or BSN), so getting a year or two of experience before applying is a necessity.

Prereqs that are pretty standard across the board are: A&P 1 and 2, microbiology, chemistry, intro to psychology, your basic English 1 & 2, developmental psych. It really can vary by university, though, so I'd at least try to narrow it down to a few choices and look at their requirements.

Hello Olivia,

If you contact the counseling office at Gateway Community College, they might be able to help you with your questions. I am from the counseling office at Middlesex CC in Middletown and was forwarded your question. You are also welcome to contact me though I don't know how to do this over a blog. Getting a nursing degree is full of decisions. Unfortunately for students, the nursing pathways for the BSN are different at each college. Some colleges BSN degrees take 4 years and are not really transfer programs. Some take 3.5 years of Nursing and 1.5 of pre-requisites. Some, like Southern, are 2 years of pre-requisites and 2 years of Nursing and you can not be accepted directly into Nursing from high school. It would be much easier if they were all the same!! My best advice would be to apply to colleges that accept you directly into Nursing or pre-nursing programs. In my area of the state, that would be Central and University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford for pre-nursing and UConn and Quinnipiac for directly into Nursing. Look on this web site for more options. Nursing Guide - Connecticut League for Nursing. You can also apply to Gateway at the same time to keep your options open for you. I hope this helps.

Hello Olivia,

If you contact the counseling office at Gateway Community College, they might be able to help you with your questions. I am from the counseling office at Middlesex CC in Middletown and was forwarded your question. You are also welcome to contact me though I don't know how to do this over a blog. Getting a nursing degree is full of decisions. Unfortunately for students, the nursing pathways for the BSN are different at each college. Some colleges BSN degrees take 4 years and are not really transfer programs. Some take 3.5 years of Nursing and 1.5 of pre-requisites. Some, like Southern, are 2 years of pre-requisites and 2 years of Nursing and you can not be accepted directly into Nursing from high school. It would be much easier if they were all the same!! My best advice would be to apply to colleges that accept you directly into Nursing or pre-nursing programs. In my area of the state, that would be Central and University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford for pre-nursing and UConn and Quinnipiac for directly into Nursing. Look on this web site for more options. Nursing Guide - Connecticut League for Nursing. You can also apply to Gateway at the same time to keep your options open for you. I hope this helps.

Hi my name is Jordan List I'm a sophmore at scsu in CT, I'm thinking of transferring to gateway because I don't believe my 3.0 gpa is enough for the competitive program at my school. Any suggestions? I'd really appreciate any advice

Don't get an ADN in CT. Try to go directly into a school like SCSU.