Nope never had taken programming but it’s fun, it’s just building codes into an Excel file.
(It’s similar to that, but actually a lot more fun. And rather more complex).
I am glad that you are taking some more of your prerequisites! Why do you need Chem 2? From the prerequisites posted earlier, you only need 1 General Chemistry, which you have already taken.
A student would need to Pass.
Basic Chemistry 1 > General Chemistry 1 > General Chemistry 2 in order to take Organic Chemistry 1.
Having gen chem 2 passed and out of the way, I can be eligible for orgo chem 1
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Were your classes with labs? I don’t know about nursing school but med school requires labs.
You do need classes with labs, but you don’t usually need an Organic Chemistry series for nursing schools- generally they want Anatomy and Physiology w/Labs and Microbiology.
OP; your original idea was to finish nursing school and take classes like Organic Chemistry while working as an RN. If that is still the case, you should be focusing on the prerequisites and resume you will need to apply to nursing school- not getting prerequisite classes out of the way for courses you are going to take years from now. I am also not sure why you are reading about Organic Chemistry when you stated that you needed a break from studying and you couldn’t start preparing for the TEAS. Can you please explain this further?
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As someone who works in nursing academia, I don’t see it being a job you would find rewarding.
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Lots of nurses told me they despise their job, cause they’re doing maid service 24/7 while the doctors don’t do anything.
Don’t know if someone will agree with me on that sentence. Cause lots of nurses told me otherwise.
What I meant was, I never had time to any reading. I was too busy with the Fall semester doing lots of studying and writing extreme amounts of math notes, as well as reading for my 5 courses.
When I do reading on my own, I don’t have someone breathing down on me and has a timer to solve problems, I want to self-read and learn new things in this book for fun and have some basics before jumping into a course.
Once the Spring begins on Jan 18 22, I will stop my reading and focus on my 4 courses.
Yes many nurses are unhappy. I’m not one of them. No I don’t think doctors do nothing.
Starting wage is about $32/hr in your area.
Nursing is a great job imo. But for people with the right attitude.
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ER Nurses make $120 per hour and can range from 11 pm till 8 am shift maybe.
Can you please post where you found that? Because a quick google search isn’t showing anything close to that type of pay.
Yes, travel nurses with experience are making big money right now.
As a new grad, you can’t take a travel nurse contract.
And as someone who has spent 2 decades in the ED, this isn’t the specialty for you based on your posts. It’s physically and emotionally grueling.
I know of 3 people who got their BSN, worked awhile, then applied to medical school or PA school.
No clue why anyone would become a nurse to get into dental school.
Just know that there are few options for electives in bsn programs as most expect you to go full-time and move you forward as a cohort with block scheduling.
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Once I build experience and knowledge from nursing then I can shift into ER Nurse.
I see ER requires a person to be calm in situations and requires a much higher skill beyond normal nursing while moving fast-paced especially in high-stress situations.
1 year of experience in the ED is required along with ACLS and PALS certification before accepting a travel contract.
Many travel contracts require you to agree to 4 12 hour shifts a week and often are with high patient ratios.
You would be at least 3 years away from being able to be a travel nurse and who knows if the pandemic will decrease pay rates or need for travel contacts.
I live in your area and am both familiar with the actual market and how nursing schools operate.
You would be expected to run around putting in 15k or more steps a shift. Can your body handle that? Can you get used to being yelled at daily? Swung at or kicked? Lifting heavy patients often throughout the shift?
I love the ED but it’s not for everyone.
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ED or ICU are not the pinnacle of nursing intelligence. Many areas of nursing do the same basic assessments that ED nurses do. It’s not like TV and many of the patients coming in have chronic issues or are low acuity. There’s way more belly aches than gunshot wounds. (And I worked trauma for over 20 years).
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I do have the patience of a saint.
My emotions are like steel. At retail I’ve dealt with the rudest humans on earth and still remained calm, I was like eh who cares, long as the issue was resolved.
I can try my best; but how do females are able to lift heavy patients without breaking their backs?
Ah, Emergency Department that’s what ED means, I thought I meant another medical term. 
Cause ED can mean multiple meanings.