Will you still have pre/co-requisites to take while in NS?

allnurses Guide · Jul 28, 2011

I had one co-requisite to take still when I started. I took it over the first summer.

If your program is like most, you will not really have time for additional classes during the usual semesters, but accelerated semesters in December and May or summer classes can take care of it if your program doesn't go to school during those times.

BelleNscrubs04 · Jul 28, 2011

I will have all of mine done. A couple of people at my school still have one class left. Our nursing director said "it takes a very special person" to take your other classes at the same time. That said, my best friend took many of her co-reqs at the same time a couple of years ago and made it through, although it wasn't easy.

OBplease · Jul 28, 2011

Mine will all be done. However, I do want to complete the 3rd and 4th section of Spanish and will really only have one half summer off between the two years, without n/s. Not too interested in doing it in 4 weeks. So, I don't know when I will do them. Spring will be my last semester before n/s and I will be doing the 2nd section of Spanish then, so I can't get the others in before then.

If it was something like Arts or Sociology, I might do it. I would not do Micro. or Chem. but I know some people do.

my4helpers · Jul 28, 2011

I will have 3 classes to take: Intro. to Organic Chem, nutrition and just the lab part of Micro. I am supposed to take Nutrition next spring of 2012, but thought I would take it next summer. However, I think I will take it next spring that way I can take one or two nursing classes next summer. This way my second year of NS will be less stressful!

Al.ginger · Jul 28, 2011

I'll take Physiology with my first semester of Nursing.

AM I crazy????

rrz0609 · Jul 28, 2011

I had 4!!! I had a high GPA and a high score on my HESI so that compensated for my missing classes. My first semester of nursing was relatively easy (Introduction to Nursing and Introduction to Pharmacology) so I took Anatomy and Physiology 2 without any problems. The next semester was our first clinical semester and between clinical (and all the paperwork that accompanies that), 2 lecture classes, and 2 lab classes, there was no way I was going to take my remaining classes! So I forfeited my summer and took Microbiology, Nutrition, and Human Growth and Development. It sucks, but there is NO WAY I am taking those classes with my nursing semesters. There is just way too much going on! I could have taken Micro and Nutrition next summer, but that is the summer before I enter my last semester and figured I would need a mental break before that craziness starts! :bugeyes:

mom2ccg · Jul 28, 2011

As of about 2pm today I will be done with all my prereqs.

meanttobe · Jul 28, 2011

The only ones that I have taken is A&P, chem, o chem, psychology and nutrition currently. So I still have micro/lab, college writing 1 and 2, sociology and probably a few others that I can't think of right now, lol.

mamayogibear · Jul 28, 2011

Nope I will have all my prereqs done. How can you get into a program without all the prereqs done? I will also have all co requsites done as well as some classes that were prereqs for other programs too. I hope that this gives me the upper hand because the core nursing courses are 12 units each term and full time is expected to be 15-16 units so I guess most people will be taking one other academic course per term. How many units are your programs per term?

staviles · Jul 28, 2011

Thankfully, all of my pre-reqs and co-reqs are all done...it was something to do while on the waiting list for NS..lol...but I sure am glad that I can just concentrate on NS and nothing else...good luck to those that still have classes to take :nurse:

IUstudent · Jul 28, 2011

i still have physio to take along with my first semester of ns :/ so hopefully ill be able to handle it !!