This is my last semester of classes before I start the program. I'm taking A&P 2. A 6 hour class every friday. This teacher is new and terrible! He refuses to teach anything. The first lecture part he said he was given a different book and wasn't prepared to lecure. It was alot of dead air and him just rambling any which way. When he gave a break, the girl next to me and I just didn't go back to class. Then when it was lab time we showed up and he said the experiments are set up..follow the lab book. Any questions to see him. My table asked him if this was the way the whole class was going to go and he said be responsible for the material and don't expect him to re-gurgitate it for us. I see now I'm already on the bad side of this guy and HE SUCKS! No other A&P 2 classes are open, so I guess I'm stuck and will be teaching myself this semester.

OOh! He does sound terrible , I haven't any advice, but wanted to tell you that i wish you the best of luck, and hope the the time goes fast for you. That's great this is your final class , before entering the program.

Well, its unfortunate that you've been hit with a less than desirable instructor ...

You can still pull out a A though... not only that... you can show that instructor what you're made of!

Use the objectives on the syllabus to guide you... take each one, turn it into a question, and answer it, I do this regardless of lectures..

..... it isn't easy at first... but you WILL get the hang of it....these skills will be invaluable to you during the nursing program!

this is the perfect opportunity for you to learn that you can teach yourself!

I don't see how you can be expected to learn A&P without any instruction! There is just waaay to much to learn without guidance. Do you have to disect anything in lab?? I would think that you would get a demonstration first so that you could do it properly.

This sounds like a nightmare! Can you go to another instructor during office hours and talk about this? If you can't solve it with the prof, make an appointment with the dean!!!!! Do whatever it takes to get through it....you will use a lot of this info in nursing!

Good luck!

Gator

Gator...

i agree its not the perfect situation for reesa...

great idea about a visit to the dean!!!!

In our A&P class we were given cats and a list of muscles to locate, isolate,and memorize..... and left to do it...

the exam/practical was 6 weeks later.

(i got an A)

Somehow... the lack of direction made me study harder.

Start audio taping his classes right away. If there are any issues at the end of the term with grades, etc. then you have some proof of his pitiful lecture content.

Remember that you are paying a large amount of money for that moron to sit on his butt. He can at least put a little effort into doing his job.

Bevi,

we were also given a list of muscles, arteries, veins etc. to find, but the procedure was demonstrated first so that we did not ruin our specimens. Our cats were graded according to the disection (technique and accuracy) and were used during the practical exams. We also disected in steps so it was very important not to make mistakes. I got an A in Anatomy but it was a difficult to say the least. I guess the point of my post was just that this is one of the most important classes to pass in the nursing program and the instructor is paid to teach and to guide a student to be successful.

You were able to do well in spite of the poor teaching you received and you should pat yourself on the back, but if it were me (and its not) I would expect the prof to teach or report her to the dean. Thats all...

I'm sure with hard work and persistance Reesa will do fine. I'm sure she appreciates your support!

Gator

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Remember that you are paying a large amount of money for that moron to sit on his butt. He can at least put a little effort into doing his job. [/b]

I agree; while students shouldn't expect to be spoon-fed the entire course content, we should at least ask that our instructors are half-way competent and engaged in the process.

Don't feel like the lone ranger...imagine your first semester of the program-and the instructor is lecturing (reading paragraphs) out of the book, and when you ask questions she says,"it's in the book"!? This drove me crazy last semester, but I got through it with a "C"(celebrate,complete,continue)... As far as A&P is concerned, I got an A, but what I did was put pictures of whatever part of whatever system we were being tested on, on flashcards (the largest ones available) Then I put the physiology on the back. You'll find this technique very helpful for when you get into Pharmacology and have to remember nursing interventions, and patient goals for specific groups of drugs...God Bless you, I know it is hard, but you can do it!

I'm in A&P I also.

My A&P instructor did not lecture. Well, he would about once every 2 weeks. When he did, it was like he was reading it straight from the book. We all used the time to go through the book and make our own notes! We did all the work ourselves. His tests were always multiple choice from a test bank and he would give them to us ahead of time as a study guide. The guides would have about 250 questions on them and he would pick his favorite 160 or so. We had to have those answers memorized, there was no way to read through and reason the questions and answers out in 50 minutes!

All of our tests were pure rote memory... of diagrams, test questions, cat/human parts. We learned quickly what we needed to do our best... and those of us that studied together got an A. He did not demonstrate anything in our labs either... he was elderly and he retired after our class... I think he was so tired, he just put in his time.

Reesa, you may just have to teach yourself... learn to use your book, find some good websites and some study buddies that want to learn. You can make it... and do well. It's not the perfect or even decent situation, but you can do it. Good luck!

Paleobug... rather cut on a human than a cat... hmmm, what does that say?! Maybe you'll luck out and get to use fetal pigs!

We're using fetal pigs in my A&P class.

Nurse2bSandy, you misunderstood my point about doing disections and you are making assumptions about it. My point was that my compassion for animals is very strong to the point that I could never be a vet because I couldn't emotionally handle seeing animals suffer especially if they were abused by humans. I have compassion for humans, and I want to make a difference, but it is not to the point where it would impede my ability as a caregiver. Your sarcasm about the fetal pigs was unnecessary, or maybe that's just how you will treat other nurses.