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I drew upon 20 year old college classes to finish up my AA Degree many years ago. I joke that it took me 20+ years to get my 2 year degree . It wasn't in sciences, it was Liberal Arts and Sciences (General Studies to be exact). I think much depends on the school and/or specialty.
You expect an insurance company to write a medical malpractice policy on you with old outdated education with no proof that you have updated what you learned?
Don't nurses have annual continuing education requirements? Is this a 5 year recertification?
In some states yes, but not all. I'm not sure what this is all about. It sounds like the OP wants to go back to school for nursing but her science courses are more than 5 years old.
In addition, a refresher course in spelling, grammar and complete sentence construction would not be amiss, particularly if the OP is expected to write reports on her patients, etc. Good communication skills are essential in most fields.
In addition, a refresher course in spelling, grammar and complete sentence construction would not be amiss, particularly if the OP is expected to write reports on her patients, etc. Good communication skills are essential in most fields.
Definitely. I work in a nursing program, and we've found that reading levels influence most whether or not a student will do well in the program. We've started looking at the reading level in the entrance exam, more than we look at the comprehensive score.
Once you start a degree program then you need to continue until you get that degree (whether it be the 2 year or 4 year).
It's up to the schools on how long they will accept credits.
Credits do expire and not just for nursing programs and science classes.
The general timeframe is about 7-10 years, sooner for science and engineering classes as those fields are still evolving.
I find it interesting that degrees never expire but credits do.
Are you sure? A friend of mine just finished his PhD after being in industry for 10 years and he had to retake almost 2 years of undergrad-masters level coursework. It isn't listed as a hard requirement and the courses weren't for credit, but he he had to do it in order to be allowed into certain upper division courses. This was at Princeton CS department and he was previously at MIT.
I'm sure. You might choose to because a PhD program involves passing a set of qualifying exams that are based on certain grad courses though. If I were to go back, I couldn't pass the qualifiers without auditing the courses the exams are based off of. Fortunately, the university I graduated from allows graduates to audit any course they took as part of their degree program for free so I wouldn't have to pay for the prep work.
After five years you have to retake classes in a nursing program and they really need to stop it. The blood would still be red, the vein will still flow the same way after five years. I got a degree in science. Why can't they stop the madness? This would be the fourth time. Really something has to give. I had to raise a family, help my parents, why can't they have some heart?!
Mod note - changed wording for clarity.
Why should someone risk a loved ones life on your outdated skills because you had to raise a family and help your parents? The only person that has to give is you. If you can't meet your educational requirements then you need to find something else to do.
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. It wasn't in sciences, it was Liberal Arts and Sciences (General Studies to be exact). I think much depends on the school and/or specialty.
