Microbiology Spring 2007

saral_123 · Jan 13, 2007

Hello!

I'll be taking Micro in the Spring too! Good luck and hopefully we can help eachother out. I'm excited for Micro, I've heard only great things about this course. I'm also taking Medical Term too. It's not a requirement, but I think it'll help in the future. Good luck to you!

libragirl · Jan 14, 2007

Roro,

Ok let me get this straight, you have completed your first week of micro? I will say that I am happy for you in understanding the first week of micro, but I promise it will get "a little" tougher, more like alot tougher. That book will be used! Please understand that micro is a very complex subject and there is alot of complicated information to absorb in a very short time. It takes more than just reading some printed notes. Good luck to you.

*Blessed2BaNRS* · Jan 14, 2007

Libragirl,

I have to agree. One week is not enough time to totally assess how easy the course will be. Micro is a very complex subject and to take it with anything else, especially nursing classes is not something I would recommend to anyone. I did it with Psych and A&PII and wished that I hadn't. I made good grades in there, but not without a major struggle. Granted, there are some people who are gifted with being able to make A's without cracking the book, but I'm not one of those! And if you are one of those who has any "easy" instructor, great, but I wouldn't think there would be much teaching going on. Micro, to date, has been the hardest class that I have taken, and I have finished all of my pre reqs for the ADN program. And if it stays the hardest class that I have to take, that will be just fine. But at least I finished that class knowing what the instructor wanted me to know, and I have a very good grasp of what Micro is all about! :yeah:

nurseingrid · Jan 14, 2007

i too am taking micro and applying to nursing school this month....i am excited about this and hope it is not much more difficult than a & p...also taking Pharmacology so i did not want to pile anything else on top of me with 2 boys in sports and scouts...GL to all

cesRN · Jan 14, 2007

I start on Tuesday. I am a little excited about this class. I have taken A&P I,II as well as BIOL I & II. Hopefully that background will help me tremendously but that will not stop me from hitting the books hard b/c I know it is a difficult class.

gashba · Jan 15, 2007

I too, am taking Micro and A&P II. I am more nervous about the TEAS Test. Trying to brush up on my Algebra, but being 46 and terrible in Math I am really worried.

BlessedMom · Jan 15, 2007

Yeah, I feared the same thing about math. Thankfully I got through it and actually got an A. I just BARELY made it to passing eligilibity for Algebra. Just study up on the basics. There were things I had totally forgotten (like fraction multiplication) that I picked back up. Once I saw it and practiced it...it came back. I wouldn't have gotten those right if I hadn't checked that. Good luck with it Gashaba. Let us know how it goes!!

qaqueen · Jan 16, 2007

What is the TEAS test?

qaqueen · Jan 16, 2007

Okay, I am submitting my first assignment today. Chapter 2 in the Torturra book, chemistry. Only 3 questions, how bad could it be:uhoh21: ?

leximast1 · Jan 16, 2007

Did you have to do any of the questions at the end of chapter 2 (chemistry, Tortora)? I am stumped on critical thinking question #3. "What happens to the relative amount of unsaturated lipids in its plasma membrane when E.coli grown at 25c are grown at 37c degrees?" aren't unsaturated lipids fluid at both temps and why would the amount chance? I am missing something.

qaqueen · Jan 16, 2007

The first thing I notice about the question is: What happens to the RELATIVE AMOUNT. The question is not about fluidity, more likely about the alignment of the lipids in the membrane. I would check out the fluid-mosaic model information first.

I dont have my text with me right now, but I will check back with you tomorrow.

leximast1 · Jan 16, 2007

Ok, So maybe E.coli grown in cooler conditions would have a greater amount of unsaturated fats in its membrane? Does E. coli change the bonding or does it just select more unsaturated(vs saturated) fats from the medium it is growning in?. . . . . Oh Boy, and the chemistry chapter is suppose to be a review. This is going to be a long 12 weeks. We are having our first test next Monday! Ugh! Don't panic.