Was Waived on Pre req's

obicurn · Jul 4, 2008

If you paid attention in those classes you took 4 years ago, it's been my experience that all that information is still there. It's just buried because you never use it. I bet if you study a bit and do a little brush-up, it'll all come back to you. I took ANP 1 back in 2000. I just took ANP 2 and Advanced Physio in 08 and had no problems at all.

Math...I believe the math you need for nursing, (dosage calculation, etc) they teach you in the program. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

sissy84 · Jul 4, 2008

most schools offer free tutoring or help with math and writing. if you feel you need to retake a math course to be successful..do it. math is the one area that i would maybe retake a course in (i completed most of my pre reqs from a previous degree too..graduated last year). as far as english goes....i do not believe you would have anything to worry about.

vballmanrn · Jul 4, 2008

I am starting nursing school in sept. im nervous bc i was waived on 8 prereqs i need because i took classes equal to that in college- BUT that was 4 years ago. My advisor keeps telling me to not waste my time! I also have already qualified for the NET but I have yet to open a book.
Right now I only need Anp 1 and 2, psych and Micro to compete before i go into my clinicals
i was waived on all maths and english. Im just nervous bc its been 4 years since i completed my 4 year degree and that i need some refreshers. SHOULD i just purchse the NET study guide book and reteach myself instead of wasting time in classes again???
Little overwhelmed!
Thanks

Don't be overwhelmed. Your English looks fine and since you have a four year degree your math should be fine. Nursing math is not that difficult. Everything is a calculation or a conversion, so it's not bad. Once you memorize the different formulas and the conversions, it's a piece of cake. Don't stress over it. Your program will have a medicine/dosage calculation course. If you really feel you need to, you can go an Amazon and get a cheap dosage calculation book. As far as the rest of you schooling goes, I would focus on your upcoming A&P courses and Micro. These will be your foundation for nursing school and the rest of your career. If you have a firm grasp on these courses, it will be easier for you to understand how different disease processes and injuries affect the body and why the body responds the way it does. Hope this helps and good luck future nurse!!!!

Erick, RN

Hotflashn · Jul 7, 2008

You are worried about classes you took 4 years ago? I have been waived on classes I took 24 years ago and I am not stressing at all. LOL. You will be fine.

Ado Annie, ASN, RN · Jul 7, 2008

Wow. I hope I can get a waiver for the classes I took 24 year ago. This has been one of my struggles.

justme1972 · Jul 7, 2008

Listen to your advisor.

It was about 15 years since I took Math and English and I had no problems doing papers or doing Math. If you were good at it before, it will quickly come back to you.

Seriously, don't waste your time taking them again.

natrgrrl · Jul 7, 2008

If you would feel more comfortable brushing up on your math and English skills, there is no reason not to do that. If Biology is one of the classes that is waived, I think you should spend more time on that. It's one of those things where A&P builds on BIO and CHEM. Nursing builds on A&P.

caringtouch · Jul 9, 2008

I just took the NET two weeks ago and used the NET study guide; at the same time I was studying for the TABE. Honestly, the TABE study guide would have been all I needed to study. I could have saved myself a lot of time and stress by only using that book. The NET has basic math on it: percents, fractions, decimals, and a little algebra (basic stuff). Most important is to be able to convert fractions to percents etc, and to know how to find %'s like if they ask you 30 is what % of 680. The TABE guide book explains how to do all these operations very easily. My exam only had 1 geometry question and it was a word problem with all the information you needed to answer it right there; didn't even have to do the math just recognize the formula. I was so scared because it has been 10 years since I took college courses and I scored in way above the national average; I think you will do fine.

Multicollinearity, BSN, RN · Jul 9, 2008

I agree with everyone else. You don't need really recent math and English classes for nursing school.

What is critical is the Anatomy and Physiology!

Blove86 · Jul 9, 2008

Im going with the majority on this one. Math and English courses, dont really need THAT much updating. In my experience, the nursing classes that focus on dosage and the like already have a review component built in as a refresher anyway. Now the science classes are a must have, and need to be current!

cancergirl24 · Jul 14, 2008

Don't be overwhelmed. Your English looks fine and since you have a four year degree your math should be fine. Nursing math is not that difficult. Everything is a calculation or a conversion, so it's not bad. Once you memorize the different formulas and the conversions, it's a piece of cake. Don't stress over it. Your program will have a medicine/dosage calculation course. If you really feel you need to, you can go an Amazon and get a cheap dosage calculation book. As far as the rest of you schooling goes, I would focus on your upcoming A&P courses and Micro. These will be your foundation for nursing school and the rest of your career. If you have a firm grasp on these courses, it will be easier for you to understand how different disease processes and injuries affect the body and why the body responds the way it does. Hope this helps and good luck future nurse!!!!
Erick, RN

Just read your description of your location,HAHAHA...just thought Id drop a line and say "hi" since I feel the EXACT same way. Displaced cali girl in the deep south...I feel like Im in a dream:chuckle