Timeline for associates degree completion

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Specializes in LTC, OB/GYN, Primary Care.

I'm trying to workout a timeline to make sure I graduate before my 7 yrs are up. My question is how much time should I allot for completion of the FCCAs and then time to schedule and take the CPNE? The classes I can kinda estimate based of how many credit hrs and subject content. Hopefully I am allowed to ask this? I apologize if not. Basically I have 2 yrs and a few months and I want to be well within!

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.

Allow a year for CPNE wait, prep, and potential repeat (hopefully not, but allow a buffer). FCCA takes 8 weeks. That means 14 months for those items, count back from there. What month/year does your enrollment expire?

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Specializes in LTC, OB/GYN, Primary Care.

Early April of 2018. I have a&p,micro LS1-3 and then obviously FCCA AND CPNE.

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Specializes in LTC, OB/GYN, Primary Care.

I enrolled in 2011 so I do not have to take a & p and micro prior to nursing exams and I have completed all but ls1-3. So my question is should I take the nursing exams now and be eligible for FCCA and then CPNE and work on a&p and micro while I wait? Or would it hurt me to do that. I took a&p in LPN school and in college before but it couldn't be transferred so I'm familiar with content.

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.

I did Micro while waiting for the CPNE, I think it would be good to save one of them for that time period. Makes the wait time go by faster. :) I also did a couple of CLEPs while waiting.

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