A&P 1 Fall '06 Club!

Nursing Students Pre-Nursing

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Just wanted to start a "club" for those of us who are taking A&P 1 this fall.

My class is 16 weeks. I have lecture on M/W/F for one hour each day and lab on Tues for 3 hrs.

My teacher for lecture & lab (same person) is awesome! She gives us a weekly quiz, drops the lowest one. Gives us extra credit. Four major tests. Final is comprehensive. (Ick)

She gave us handouts for chapter 1 and we just fill in what we want as she pretty much has everything she wants in these handouts. She told us we don't have to bring our big, heavy book to class - she'd tell us page numbers of tables, pictures she wanted us to know. As a matter of fact - she said we don't have to use the book that was sold to us for this semester. She said we could use any book like Saladin, etc., and make copies if any diagram, table is different. Pretty nice there.

Okie dokie - who else?

Your professor sounds like a doofus! Mine isn't all that great either. He just stands there and reads notes. I could get up there and do that. He can't answer any question correctly. He just stands there and says "I...don't....know...."

My husband helped me remember all those body landmarks. He said "if you get hit in the back of your head, you'll have to go to the *hospital*"

And "hospital" sounds like occipital. Well, at least for me it does! haha

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So, I'm new to the game....my school is on terms not semesters. Our Fall term starts a week from Monday (9/25).

I got my books last week and since I"m a geek and terrified of falling behind, I've already started studying (as many of you do, I work ft and go to school ft). Obviously, since I don't have a syllabus yet, I'm winging it. I've been working on the names of the regions of the body and now I'm moving on to tissue types. What did you guys start with....any recommendations on what I should bone up on?

Peace,

Cathie

Hi Cathie welcome to the board, I had to laugh because you sound just like me! I also study ahead before the class starts, its not being paranoid though its a good idea in my opinion. I also study ahead for my classes I read the chapter take notes and try to have a good understanding before even hearing the lecture and i even do homework if I know of any, answering questions in the back and checking out publication websites that go along with text. So far its worked for me and I have gotten A's so hey nerdy it might be but it works lol.

I have taken 2 AP type classes both have started off with organization of teh body. We pretty much follow the Body systems in order from smallest (cellular) to larges. We are right now on DNA and cell structure, my class seems to be set up a little different though in that our lab covers some things like we are doing tissue and Bone practicals in lab so we won't go over the integumentary and bones in lecture.

Good luck on your course I have gotten some GREAT links here already. Really helps!

catherine.

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Specializes in CVICU.

I'm totally coming in late to this---but I'm an A & P student too!

My lecture/lab teacher is really wonderful-- one quiz every monday, 4 tests, and a comprehensive final, but lots of extra credit, and she drops multiple quizzes depending on how many we take over the semester.

Good luck to everyone!

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Hi, I live in the virginia are and I am currently taking A&P at the norfolk campus I have dr. Sussman. May I ask who you are taking it sounds wonderful? Also at Norfolk campus they don't drop any lowest grades and no curving.

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Hi Cathie welcome to the board, I had to laugh because you sound just like me! I also study ahead before the class starts, its not being paranoid though its a good idea in my opinion. I also study ahead for my classes I read the chapter take notes and try to have a good understanding before even hearing the lecture and i even do homework if I know of any, answering questions in the back and checking out publication websites that go along with text. So far its worked for me and I have gotten A's so hey nerdy it might be but it works lol.

I have taken 2 AP type classes both have started off with organization of teh body. We pretty much follow the Body systems in order from smallest (cellular) to larges. We are right now on DNA and cell structure, my class seems to be set up a little different though in that our lab covers some things like we are doing tissue and Bone practicals in lab so we won't go over the integumentary and bones in lecture.

Good luck on your course I have gotten some GREAT links here already. Really helps!

catherine.

Thanks for the reply Catherine (with the spelling of my name, you'd think I was a Catherine as well, but I'm not, I'm a Cathleen....just decided to spell my nickname differently from anyone else I knew while I was in Jr. High and it stuck :D) anyway, I do the same as you once school starts. Since I'm one of the "old ladies" in my study group, I explain that I gave nearly everything to go back to school....I've restructured my entire life.....it's inconceivable that I won't get A's....I'll just keep working until I do.

So far it's worked for me as well, I haven't taken any A&P classes yet, but it brought be through chem and cellular biology with A's :)

Thanks again for the replay and the hints on what direction to go next....good luck on your classes as well :)

Peace,

Cathie

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Yay technology! We take our exams in the computer lab and for the multiple choice portion the computer scores it for us immediately. So, I already know I got an A on that part of my first exam. I missed 3 questions, don't know which ones yet though. There were 5/50 I wasn't sure of, and some were very odd questions - there were a couple of typos, for example. Would someone tell me if I'm stupid? Isn't hydrolysis a type of decomposition reaction where water is added? Something like

ABCD + H2O >> H-AB + CD-OH

This wasn't an answer on our exam. He offered two choices with synthesis (combining two molecules with addition/removal of water) and then he typed the same choice for both b and d: Breaking apart a molecule through the removal of a water molecule. I raised my hand and asked, buthe refused to answer any questions about the test questions during the exam. If I'm having a serious brain fart, someone please let me know. Thanks!

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Yeah, your equation is right. I wonder what the correct answer is then??

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Hi Everyone

Can I join this club? I am taking A&P I on Tues/Thurs Evenings. My teacher is awesome and so helpful! Right now we are doing the chemistry part. I am HORRIBLE at chemistry.

Good luck to everyone!

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Thanks, smattles. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't going crazy. He had the same wrong answer for choices b and d, so I am assuming one of them was a typo. I raised my hand and asked him about it, but he wouldn't really look at what I was pointing at, just said "just pick the BEST answer, blah, blah, blah..." and then told the whole class not to ask about any specific test questions. I got an A, so I shouldn't even complain, but I would still like to know what I missed in case he reuses questions on the final. I'll wait until the other section takes theirs, maybe he'll clarify a few questions/post the right answers after that.

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Congrats on your A!

I know what you mean about frustrating teachers. In micro my teacher was awesome, but if you asked about a test question he would make you feel dumb. He had one question graded wrong, so someone asked about it adn he wouldn't even look at the test! But she said he later went back and gave her the points. But what about everyone else? He didn't make a class announcement or anything. I got it wrong, so it didn't affect me! ;)

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Hi Lindsay! (miss_smartie)

You are going to laugh when you see who I am. ;)

HINTS:

1. See you in class at 11 am.

2. Still can't believe you potty trained your cats.

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Yay technology! We take our exams in the computer lab and for the multiple choice portion the computer scores it for us immediately. So, I already know I got an A on that part of my first exam. I missed 3 questions, don't know which ones yet though. There were 5/50 I wasn't sure of, and some were very odd questions - there were a couple of typos, for example. Would someone tell me if I'm stupid? Isn't hydrolysis a type of decomposition reaction where water is added? Something like

ABCD + H2O >> H-AB + CD-OH

This wasn't an answer on our exam. He offered two choices with synthesis (combining two molecules with addition/removal of water) and then he typed the same choice for both b and d: Breaking apart a molecule through the removal of a water molecule. I raised my hand and asked, buthe refused to answer any questions about the test questions during the exam. If I'm having a serious brain fart, someone please let me know. Thanks!

I would agree Hydrolosis is breaking with Water but not knowing what the other choices are its hard to say if its right or not maybe there was a better choice? I took a chem test last week where ever answer on multiple choice were correct but there was one that was better then the rest I hate tests like that so hard. I have heard though the NCLEX is similar to that though so good practice?

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