What are the pre-reqs for your Nursing Program

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Just curious as to what everyone needs for their nursing program. Right now I'm going to Long Island University in NY, a private university for my BSN.

Biology - Life: It's Origin, Maintenace & Future I & II

Anatomy & Physiology

Microbiology

General Chemistry

Intro to Organic & Biochemistry

Developmental Psychology I & II

Statistics or Statistics in Psychology

HESI A2 Vocab, Grammar, Reading Comprehension and Math.

Prior to first Nursing labs/clinicals:

CPR Certification

OSHA Mandatories

Medical Insurance Coverage

Specializes in Corrections.

AP I & II

General Psychology

Human Growth & Development

Microbiology

Intermediate College Algebra

English Composition I

Speech

Humanities Elective

NET, and COMPASS

CPR Cert.

and a physical

Specializes in Cardiac Care.

Pre-reqs for ours;

CNA

A&P I & II

CPR

All medical (physicals, immunizations)

Drug Test

Fingerprint clearance card

HESI A2 ( Eng, Math & Anatomy)

COMPASS

Able to register right into ENG 101 and MAT 121

The rest are co-reqs... But almost everyone does the co-reqs prior to starting the program.

A pass in English for Queensland University of Technology. That is all :)

Gen Chem I

Intro to Bio and Organic Chem

A&P I and II

Intro to Psych

Developmental Psych

Physics for Life Sciences

Math for Natural Sciences

Stats

English Comp II

Microbiology

Specializes in Surgical/Trauma ICU.

these are the pre-reqs for many of the california state universities (I wanna be eligible for as many schools as possible so I went through and figured it out):

Pre-reqs-

Chemistry for the Allied Health Sciences

Human Anatomy

Physiology

Microbiology

English Comp

Public Speaking/Speech

Critical Thinking

Statistics

Co-reqs (good to have done beforehand) -

Psychology

Sociology

Foods & Nutrition

Some of the other schools require other courses such as Chld/Adolescent Psychology or Child Developement or Human Developement.

Some also require supplemental critera such as second lanugage, healthcare work, community experience, etc.

Specializes in Nursing Assistant.

These are the Pre-reqs to the school that Im currently attending.

Chemical Science I

Bio 101 (pre-req to A&p1)

A&P1

Mat 095

Drug Calculations NUR 100

Eng I

co-reqs completed are a bonus

Teas Test

CPR Cert

Physical

the second school :

Bio 101

A&P1 + A&p2 (B or above students gets prioty for acceptance) PLEAAASE GOD:plsebeg:

Mat 095

co-reqs completed are a bonus

Net Test

CPR Cert

Physical

English 101

A&P1 + A&p2

MATH 100 or above

CHEM 131

Then they will put me on waiting list.

Psychology 100&200

Microbiology

Communication

Social Science 113 and 125

Bio

Chem

A&P I & II

General Psychology

Developmental Psychology

Nutrition

Ethics for Health Sciences

Microbiology

then I can get on the waiting list

Drug test

Physical

CNA

Fingerprinting/background check

2nd school:

Chem

Bio

A&P I & II

Nutrition

(competitive--no waiting list)

Specializes in ICU/UM.

A & P I

English 101

Gen Psych

Communications

Applied Math

CNA

Computer Class or Exam

NLN admission test

Everything else can be taken after acceptance, although most people complete everything but Nursing core beforehand.

Strictly objective admissions based on GPA and NLN score, no wait list.

English 101

A&P1 + A&p2

MATH 100 or above

CHEM 131

Then they will put me on waiting list.

Psychology 100&200

Microbiology

Communication

Social Science 113 and 125

I forgot about CNA :D

Pre-reqs are:

A&P I and II

College Algebra or higher

Chemistry

Microbiology

Eng Comp

Psychology

Intro Sociology

Human Growth & Develop

and a humanities elective

Your grade gives you a point value (Max 120)

PSB-NAT raw score * .64 for a max of 120 pts.

CPR cert.

240 is max pts (unless your are in a HC field now and give you 5 pts per yr for up to 20 more points).

Recent cutoffs for acceptance were ~ 185 range.

No wait list!

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