how to get thru A & P 1

Nursing Students LPN-RN

Published

hi all...... i am taking 1 & p 1 this summer....and it is FAST!!! how in the world am i going to remember it all for test.....i work and have a busy home life at this point....not a bad busy but a positive busy which i have to be somewhat involved in....i do what i can around studying......not sure if this was a good idea to take at this point...but i will try to get thru it.....so my question is HOW????..i make flash cards....i write notes over.....some i know cause i am a LPN...some is "review" as he calls it from bio....my bio was in 10th grade in 1979!! YIKES!!....

i need to know how this sodium pump works by tomorrow and i am not getting it.....anyone remember this and would care to explain it to me in very simple language? AAHHH.....

thanks everyone!!:lol2:

Up Vote Up Vote ×

I think a lot of it depends on how your instructor tests. Are they fill in the blank, essay or multiple choice scan tron? Im in A&P 2 now and my study methods from A&P 1 wont work for me in this class.

You are already an LPN and have to take A&P 1? What book do you have? Is there a companion website or pictures of the sodium pump? Try to make a drawing of the process writing down the steps. That is what Im going to do for the cAMP second messenger process.

Up Vote Up Vote ×

Most of us LPN's who are doing the bridge course have to take A&P I and II as pre-reqs to even consider applying for the bridge program. We have to fulfill all the admission requirements the nursing programs have for any other student. So for many of us that means taking Chem, A&P, English etc just like all the other students.

Anyway, to the OP, I was going to attempt A&P this summer but noooo way! I know summer courses are intense and sciences are not ones I'll do over the summer. I wish you the best, all I can offer in terms of advice is keep reading, re-reading, studying.

OH! I remember from being in LPN school, if I didn't get something we were lectured on, I'd go to the internet and google the subject matter. Sometimes being presented the material in differnt ways helps yo uunderstand it..ie:animations, drawings, reading material and someone verbally explaining it. Helped me a ton with some of the material.

Up Vote Up Vote ×

It's been a while since I went over this stuff, but basically after depolarization and repolarization, the Na/K pump works to restore the normal balance of sodium and potassium. I believe 2 K come into the cell and 3 Na leave the cell.

There are a lot of animations that show the process of the action potential and Na/K pump. You can find them on youtube, but here's a website too. Good luck.

http://outreach.mcb.harvard.edu/animations/actionpotential.swf

Up Vote Up Vote ×
+ Add a Comment