[QUEBEBRAN]

At my school there is an Anatomy & Physiology I and II class for RNs and an Anatomy & Physiology class for LPNs. What do you think may be the difference?

[Hospice Nurse LPN]

The AP class for RN's is probably at the college level. Just a guess.

[GingerSue]

the difference could be because of the teacher's qualifications

[FuturoEnfermera]

Originally Posted by QUEBEBRAN

At my school there is an Anatomy & Physiology I and II class for RNs and an Anatomy & Physiology class for LPNs. What do you think may be the difference?

A&P for RN is typically a two semester series (1 year) and A&P for LVN is a more basic overview and only 1 semester. They are both college level (at least at the college I took A&P-may be different elsewhere) and it has nothing to do with the qualifications of the teacher.

[toomuchrock]

AP for RNS is alot more inclusive and requires a better, more detailed understanding of A&P.... it is signifigantly harder than the basic A&P for lpn that is often taught at technical colleges, and will not transfer to an 4 year university.

[Marie-SC]

At my school LPN's must take Basic A&P which is one semester and RN's must take A&P I, A&P II and Micro. From what I understand Basic A&P is not as in depth, much easier and has no labs.

[herring_RN]

I did both many years apart. Different schools are probably different too.
The LPN class was 12 months total. Much harder because the A&P involved lots of memorizing rather than understanding.

Fot RN prerequisites it truly was necessary to know chemistry and biology to learn physiology.
Anatomy was more like the LPN except with a lab (the cat) and more parts to memorize.
I loved physiology because I finally understood WHY I had been doing much of what I had been doing.

Or maybe it didn't seem as hard after being an LPN

[Jules A]

At my community college we all had to take the same class which was good for when I applied to the RN bridge program.

[MB37]

Depending on where you are, if you take the LPN course it probably won't count if you decide to go back to become an RN. The course for RNs-to-be probably would count for application to LPN school.

[drugstorecowgirl214]

As for my school (RN) in order to apply one had to have the pre-requisites of A&P I, II & III along with microbiology. I also took my pathphysiology, psych and biomedical ethics classes beforehand as well so that I didn't have to take in while in the program. I think it's making my life in nursing school a bit less stressful!