A&P 1 Fall 2013

Nursing Students Pre-Nursing

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Tomorrow is the first day of school and I am taking A&P 1 this semester. I was all excited and ready to go before but now I am flooded with anxiety. I have already tried to prepare myself by reading ahead but I also want to start a support thread for those taking this class as well or hear from others who have already taken the class (that always helps).

Wishing everyone much success this semester!

Specializes in MedSurg, Tele, ER, ICU, Float.

I start A&P tomorrow and its not even the lecture. It's the lab and I'm ridiculously excited and ready to ace this. My first taste of the course back in high school. It was called Honors Advanced Biology and my instructor at the time was about to start med school.

I'm so ready I can't get to sleep...

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Specializes in L&D.

My all online (lab and lecture) A&P class started 8/21 and I'm already feeling a bit frustrated with the professor. I'm an older student and this is my first college course since earning my original (non-nursing-related) degree more than 20 years ago, so I don't know if my expectations were too high or what (I may be old, but I work in social media...) but I was expecting the professor to interact on the class discussion board more. I completed the first assignment on the first day and it has sat, ungraded all week long. Students have posted questions and days go by without acknowledgement. This is a 16-week course that has been condensed into 8 weeks and yet the professor appears to be making an appearance only once a week on the message board. We are basically educating ourselves. Has anyone else had this kind of experience with a pre-req course? We have a study guide, the Hole's text book, Connect, APR 3.0, a Chemistry text book and the discussion board. No other interaction with each other or the teacher except the discussion board.

The subject matter itself is interesting! Thank you so much for the tips and materials you have been posting!

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My A&P classes were 8 weeks each, and what can I say....it was intense! I'm not sure how you like to study, but I'll tell you what helped me get A's on my practicals. For the anatomy memorization, I made my own flashcards. Don't buy them. I would spend hours on the computer, copying & pasting the pictures, making one side with numbers and the other side with the answers. Just doing that - spending time MAKING them - helped me learn the parts. By the time my flashcards were finished, I had most of it memorized. The time I spent doing that SAVED me time in the end, and I never felt stressed before a practical.

Also, try to find a study partner! Having someone to study with helps A LOT, and it's nice to have someone there for moral support. Stay on top of things and don't let yourself fall behind, even a little. Don't miss classes! Lastly - be prepared to set aside your social life for a little while - the good grade at the end is more than worth it! Good luck!

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I'm starting on the 4th and picked up my textbook today....it's huge! I'm going to read the first 3 chapters over the weekend. I have the Barron's flashcards and I've been doodling in the coloring book here and there, but I'm so intimidated by this class. It's 25% weight in the nursing admissions decisions, so it definitely will make or break me.

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My all online (lab and lecture) A&P class started 8/21 and I'm already feeling a bit frustrated with the professor. I'm an older student and this is my first college course since earning my original (non-nursing-related) degree more than 20 years ago, so I don't know if my expectations were too high or what (I may be old, but I work in social media...) but I was expecting the professor to interact on the class discussion board more. I completed the first assignment on the first day and it has sat, ungraded all week long. Students have posted questions and days go by without acknowledgement. This is a 16-week course that has been condensed into 8 weeks and yet the professor appears to be making an appearance only once a week on the message board. We are basically educating ourselves. Has anyone else had this kind of experience with a pre-req course? We have a study guide, the Hole's text book, Connect, APR 3.0, a Chemistry text book and the discussion board. No other interaction with each other or the teacher except the discussion board.

The subject matter itself is interesting! Thank you so much for the tips and materials you have been posting!

Have you ever taken an online course? My experience with online classes is very little interaction except for midterm & final. What I found out a few days once the semester started was that some of the people taking the same online class were also in some of my other classes. We would get together and study together on Hangout through google so we could write out questions and interact with each other. That helped out knowing that someone else was going through just like you are. That may help out if you find out who else is taking the course as well

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Specializes in N/A.

It's like information overload in my Human A&P course.

Last lecture was super interesting, the professor went into a lot of discussion about how our state does not promote assisted suicide. I think this was brought up because one of the classmates said that they would just overdose morphine on a patient if they were terminally ill and elected to have the plug pulled on them, even though they could support their own breathing, so I'm guessing he was using the ordeal of the patient basically starving to death (at least that's the only example I can remember). So the professor had this entire group discussion about it. Super, super interesting.

After about 30 minutes of being off-topic from chapter one, we got a rundown of the systems in the body and how we're expected to understand them later as we go throughout the chapters. Then we covered some on chapter two and how it deals with biochemistry.

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Geriatrics.

I'm taking bio 141 (a&p 1) next semester. I'm doing all of my classes online next semester EXCEPT A&P. I feel that class should be in an actual traditional class. Too tough to do online

Finally a nurse...All for my three♡♡♡

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I have completed every prerequisite except for my sciences for my BSN, so this week was my first college science class with A&P 1. I was freaking out of course. So much to understand and learn. I think the reason I was and am apprehensive is bc I am not sure how to attack A and P, how to study and learn it. I have figured some things out and have settled on some learning tools, so I'm not freaking out as badly. We all won't know how effective our study habits are until our first test. Good luck to everyone.

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Geriatrics.

What helpede during a&p during LPN school. (Not as intense as a bachelor's but still) was to take notes during lecture, take notes during chapter reading,, use mnemonics for charts and other things you have trouble with and the interactive CD. It is invaluable. Rgey will have little games and other interactive tools you can use. Vert helpful.

Finally a nurse...All for my three♡♡♡

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Specializes in Maternal Child, Home Health, Med/Surg.

How is everyone doing in AP 1? :)

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So far so good for me. 96 & 82 on tests so far. First practical is in 2 weeks!

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