Although the drug has demonstrated considerable effectiveness at treating the symptoms of diabetes, Victoza has been increasingly linked to numerous cases of acute pancreatitis. In pre-marketing clinical trials, seven Victoza users developed the disease.
You can become an RN with an associates (2 year), bachelor's (4 year) or master's (bachelor's +2 years) degree in nursing as long as you pass your state's NCLEX-RN exam and the school you attended is approved in your state.
There are actually two phases of being a nursing student: the pre-nursing phase which takes at least 2 years of full time study, and then the actual nursing school, which is 2 more years. Pre-nursing requires the usual general ed stuff like English, humanities, algebra etc., but also harder sciences like micro-biology, chemistry, biology, anatomy and physiology.