About RefNurse

What this site is

RefNurse is a reference site covering nursing school prerequisites in the United States: the standard course core, the non-course admission requirements, and the credit and GPA mechanics that determine whether coursework you have already completed will be accepted.

It exists because prerequisite information is usually scattered across individual school catalogs, written in registrar language, and rarely explained as a system. The pages here are organized around the questions people actually ask, with the direct answer first and the detail after it.

Who it is for

People planning an application to an ADN, BSN, accelerated BSN, or LPN/LVN program; people returning to school after a gap who need to know whether old science credits still count; and people comparing community college and university routes through the prerequisite sequence.

An honest note on scope

These pages are reviewed reference material, not professional advice. Admission requirements are set by individual programs and change; the only binding source for your situation is the catalog and the advising office of the school you intend to apply to.

Nothing here is clinical, medical, legal, or financial guidance. Where a page mentions medications, laboratory tests, or nursing practice, it does so to explain why a prerequisite course exists — not to inform any care decision. Clinical judgment belongs to licensed practitioners working within their training and scope.