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A while ago I posted asking about the nursing program application process at Tri-C. I just wanted to update that I received acceptance into the Spring 2010 semester :D. The process was actually pretty fast. I am very excited. Hope to hear from others that will also start at Tri-C in the Spring.

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Hey all! I'm new to this site, but am so glad I found it. I am currently enrolled at Tri-C and am working on my pre reqs for the Nursing program. At the rate I am going (part time), I will probably apply for the modified evenings and weekends program starting Fall 2011.

I have a pre requisite question because I am trying to plan out my courses for the next few semesters. Is it a bad idea to take Anatomy and Phys II at the same time as Microbiology? They would be the only two classes that I am taking at the time and it would be in the Spring (So a full term). Also, any suggestions/recommendations on profs for Anatomy and Phys I and II or Microbiology, or any to stay away from?

Thanks so much for your help. I start Bio Chemistry tonight.

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Hey all! I'm new to this site, but am so glad I found it. I am currently enrolled at Tri-C and am working on my pre reqs for the Nursing program. At the rate I am going (part time), I will probably apply for the modified evenings and weekends program starting Fall 2011.

I have a pre requisite question because I am trying to plan out my courses for the next few semesters. Is it a bad idea to take Anatomy and Phys II at the same time as Microbiology? They would be the only two classes that I am taking at the time and it would be in the Spring (So a full term). Also, any suggestions/recommendations on profs for Anatomy and Phys I and II or Microbiology, or any to stay away from?

Thanks so much for your help. I start Bio Chemistry tonight.

I'm not sure on professors, but you should be fine. I once took Anatomy, Biology, Chemistry, and Calculus together at a quarter school (21 hours). Anything is doable but you have to be willing to buckle down and work hard.

Plus, in the traditional program, you take A&P II, Micro, Community/Home Nursing, plus your clinical 2nd semester. So tons of students do that plus a lot more.

I say go for it! It is only 8 credit hours and it will be a lot less intense than nursing school! :) It should help you prepare.

Just make sure that you don't need to be a full-time student for health insurance or loans or anything!

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Hi, I took A & P II on line. It was a fantastic course if you are able to study independently. We met 5 Saturdays for the semester to test and perform a lab. The week before the exam, we had an on line chat where the instructor told us what areas to really study. He also offered an extra credit report, which I didn't do. I received a B. I would highly recommend it. One of my classmates was taking Micro and A & P II and said she wouldn't do that again if she could go back and do it over again. She said Micro was a lot of info. Good Luck.

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Hi, I took A & P II on line. It was a fantastic course if you are able to study independently. We met 5 Saturdays for the semester to test and perform a lab. The week before the exam, we had an on line chat where the instructor told us what areas to really study. He also offered an extra credit report, which I didn't do. I received a B. I would highly recommend it. One of my classmates was taking Micro and A & P II and said she wouldn't do that again if she could go back and do it over again. She said Micro was a lot of info. Good Luck.

I've always wondered about doing one of these classes online.. I really didn't know how it worked since there were labs and such. Fortunately, I am not going to have to take A & P and Micro at the same time.. I will most likely take one in fall and one in spring... but I thought about doing one as a web based course instead. I'm glad to hear that it was a great experience and may eventually go this route for one of the two.

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The second semester curriculum has A&P II, Micro, a 1 credit hour community nursing course, and your med/surg II clinical (which also has a lecture & lab component)... will I die taking all those together? You guys are worrying me now! :(

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Yes, you will die. I'm not trying to be flippant, but that is an impossible workload. Nursing 1600 and 1701 are a lot of work, and adding on A&P and Micro is very difficult. Even though the curriculum shown in the information packet says that you can do all in one semester, in truth most students get all their sciences out of the way before they begin clinical nursing courses.

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The dilemma I'm running into is that I have to be full-time during nursing school or else I'll have to pay for independent health insurance where if I am full time I can have my parents health insurance for free.

I could take A&P and Micro before I start but I'll still have to add in enough classes to be full-time so it would be a significant amount of additional money.

I'm not SUPER worried about A&P because I already took Anatomy as a stand-alone 6 credit hour course at Ohio State with a partial human dissection lab. It is just the physiology I'll have to learn. I do have a full year of general chemistry plus an ochem/biochem combined class going into it though.

I've not taken Microbiology before, but I do have a full year of biology for science majors so maybe that will help?

I don't want to put myself into a situation where I'll not get As in my coursework, but I also don't want to get stuck adding in a boring and useless class into my curriculum to stay full-time because I already did all the science...

Thoughts?

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Can't you take like A & P II first semester and then Micro the second semester and still be full time?

I'm kind of in the same boat as you.. in order to still be on my parents insurance, I have to be full time at school.. but I believe our insurance considers full time to be only 12 credit hours.. so if I take A&PII along with the 2 nursing classes first semester, I'll have 14 credit hours and then spring semester I'll take micro combined with the nursing classes again and should be fine.

The third semester is what I have to worry about because I will only have 9 credit hours since I am already taking my English class right now.

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Yea I have English and Psychology done - I have a bachelors degree in psychology. So I'm going to have to take extras anyway.

I have to take A&P I and A&P II because I have taken zero physiology so my stand alone anatomy class transferred in as nothing (Columbus colleges do them separately - it is more intense and you learn more that way apparently). So A&P I will be first semester and A&P II will be second semester. I could take just physiology here over the summer though and then I'd get credit for A&P I and II so maybe I will just do that...

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Make sure you check with admissions and records before hand to make sure you just need to take Physiology to get credit for A & P I and II.

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Agree with Hardy6. Most insurance companies and colleges count 12 hours as full-time. You can fill up the remaining credits with anything from art to physical education or things like Ethics for Health Care Professionals, Pharmacology, Medical Terminology, which will help in your nursing program.

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I've already taken Ethics for Healthcare Professionals, Pharmacology, Med Term I and II, Nutrition, and Biological Anthropology. I also already have a year of biology/chemistry for science majors and a semester of calc based physics. I've taken two stats classes and two semesters of calculus. So yea, there are more classes to take but I doubt there is much left to take that will relate at all to health care... ??

I've already spoken with admissions and my ANAT 200 at OSU plus BIO 262 at CSCC will transfer in as A&P I/II at Tri-C.

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