Microbiology

Forevermomof5 · Jul 8, 2003

I'm not sure about anyone else's program, but I haven't used any information from my microbiololgy class in my nursing program.

To me it seems to be another money maker for the colleges to require this class. The one thing that Micro did teach me was to WASH MY HANDS! I am still freaked out about all the germs and microbes around...YUCK and it's been a year and half ago that I took it!

Just study and get through this class and life will be much better! Good luck!

EricTAMUCC-BSN, BSN, RN · Jul 8, 2003

Originally posted by camkib
I'm so happy!! Today I finished up all of the biochemical testing to determine my unknown microorganism in lab. My friend kept telling me that it was E. coli, but I wasn't too sure and kept right along testing and retesting so that I could figure it out.

I had S. marcescens. I've been worried about doing this assignment since I first saw the syllabus and now its finally over....and to top that off I got 100!!!

Good Job! I remember those enterotube days... Too bad I will never use that knowledge again seeing I will not be working in the lab.

kryzzz · Jul 9, 2003

Re: I have never seen a microbe under a microscope! This depresses me. Any chance in my accelerated BSN program that I'll visualize tissues & pathogens under a microscope?

Have you done the swabs of your mouth/nose/skin or the school door handles/toilet seats/drinking fountains? You're just as likely to find crazy, drug-resistant pathogens there as anywhere else. You should just do a gram-stain on your own during lab. You'd be done in five minutes flat.

My micro class at City College had tons of pre-fixed slides with all the relevant pathogens, Giardia, Plasmodium, Mycobacterium.

Good luck, micro was my favorite class because of the lab.

ShelleyERgirl, LPN · Jul 9, 2003

Yeeech, I hate micro BECAUSE of the lab! Yuck, yuck and yuck! :eek: