Seeking Advice From Nursing Educators

There are some really good A&P books around aimed at nurses. I think you should get one out from the library (or buy the one on your booklist ahead of time) and have a glance through it. Most textbooks these days are well set out with great ilustrations, introductions and summaries to each topic and clinical highlights that are easy to browse through. It is good to start with a look at the internal anatomy of the cell, because that usually gives you a good introduction to biochemistry as well. As for chemistry, try and familarise yourself with the chemical symbols for common body ions, like H+, Na+, Cl-, and so on, it is simple to do and will actually help a lot (a copy of the periodic table can help too). Whatever you do, don't pick up your books and think 'wow, I can't do this', just read something that interests you, and take it from there. Don't try to memorise long screeds of information either, you will stress yourself out, you can pick up a surprising amount of info from just reading for interest. Good luck with your studies!