A&P I Spring 2007 Semster - Welcome!

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I will be taking A&P I next semester when I come back from Christmas break for the Spring 2007 semester. I didn't know if someone was going to start a group or not, so I thought I would create a thread to find those of us who have been "getting our feet wet" and are going to start into the fun stuff during the Spring 2007 semester. I look forward to seeing who all will be feeling my pain!

-Alex

Specializes in critical care, PACU.

Hey there. I finally got my books yesterday--Im so stoked. I cant wait for class to start on Monday.

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Specializes in Renal/Cardiac.

Hi I too am doing A&P 1 this coming semester and lab plus,Ethics and philsophy and my computer course so I can take A&P 2 and lab and Micro and lab next semester----so good luck with every one 4 days and counting--and by the way I am already studying my book already cause them tests come hard and fast once we start doesn't hurt to get a head start :)

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Specializes in ER.

HI! I am also new to this forum. I am taking A&P I this semester and really feel intimidated - it has been 10 years since I took any courses. I am really looking forward to becoming a nurse. I have decided to only take one class this semester - since it looks like a lot of studying will be needed. I welcome any and all study tips - I was an A student in High School, but never needed to study, and now I really don't know how to study.

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Specializes in Renal/Cardiac.

Welcome Blondie I was out of school since 1972 so I know exactly what you mean and I too have heard about A&P 1 but we will make it I am taking 3 other courses to but they are not as heavy as A&P I am also taking Philosophy,Ethics and Computer course(which is only 2 weekends),so actually I am only taking 2 other subjects--well we can also compare notes LOL---Good Luck to you just remember you are definitely not alone in this

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I couldn't resist stopping into say hi, I just finished AP I so good luck to you all and enjoy! There is a folder with AP links if you haven't checked it out check it out lots of great sites.

Hi, I will be taking A&P this semester, I am a little nervous but I think I'll be fine. You mentioned a folder with AP links can you tell me how/where to acess that folder? I don't want to spend money on abunch of unnecessary items when I can get what I need online. Thank you.

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Specializes in none but hope to have one soon.
Hi, I will be taking A&P this semester, I am a little nervous but I think I'll be fine. You mentioned a folder with AP links can you tell me how/where to acess that folder? I don't want to spend money on abunch of unnecessary items when I can get what I need online. Thank you.

Hi and :welcome: !

There is a tread at the top of the pre-nurse forum called "great anatomy sites" or something like that. You can find the links there!

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Specializes in Hospice.
HI! I am also new to this forum. I am taking A&P I this semester and really feel intimidated - it has been 10 years since I took any courses. I am really looking forward to becoming a nurse. I have decided to only take one class this semester - since it looks like a lot of studying will be needed. I welcome any and all study tips - I was an A student in High School, but never needed to study, and now I really don't know how to study.

I finished A&P I last semester and I too have been away from the class room for a long time. What I did was to make lots of flash cards on muscles, bones, etc.

Another thing that helped me was, I used a program I beleive comes with all window opersting systems. It's called the sound recorder and can be found by clicking start, all programs, accessories, entertainment, sound recorder. Once you go through this process you can save a link to your desktop.

Anyway, to make a long story short, I made sound files and saved them in my documents. I made a file in my documents called "A&P I". I would make sound study notes for each test unit, ie chapter, save them in my file, and when ready, burn these to a CD. I have a long comute to work; 40 minutes or so and I would listen to the cd's. It was like having free study time to me. PS, Got a 98 for the semester. PSS, I dropped out in the 9th grade. (late bloomer thang I guess) :lol2:

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Specializes in PCU Regional Heart Unit.

great idea!

i just purchased my books today too. $184.00 in the hole. luckily this will be the same book used for a&p ii. i also attended a 3 hour study skills course to prepare for a&p. she gave us the schpeel about mnemonics, flash cards, and other tricks for memorization. i'm a bit intimidated about this class. hope i can get through it. i think we're dissecting a pig and a cat in lab.

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Specializes in none but hope to have one soon.
Hi again everyone. I just purchased my books today and I swear they weight 25 lbs. So, I am curious. What is everyone dissecting? In my school we dissect cats. I personally would rather dissect cadavers than cats. I often prefer cats to humans. Also, is anyone in this group going to school in the Seattle area?

Happy New Year to all!!

Barbara

I was just looking through my lab text book and it looks like we will be dissecting a rat, frog, cow eye, sheep brain, and a sheep heart.

The eye is going to get me!

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Hello all!

So happy to be a part of this thread. During registration there were no openings left for A and P, but, today I went in for late registration praying there would be an opening, anywhere, anytime...and there was. HOORAY! Today was the first day of class. I've been looking forward to taking this class. Seems like we will have a good time. I'm eager to read your experiences and to share mine. The books weigh a ton, so there's got to be plenty to learn. Take care all!

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I purchased my books a couple of days ago and I'm excited and nervous at the same time! They are really heavy and came in this shrinkwrapped package with a couple of CD-ROMs, a book on "how to study for A&P" and a colorful reference book of bones, muscles, etc.

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Wow!! Thanks everyone for the support and advice. I knew this would be a long process, but I get frustrated every now and then. I have finished all my pre-reqs except for anatomy (coming right up), physiology, and micro. After that I will probably need 3 months of volunteer time before I have enough points to get into the school I want. I had this great PLAN to finish right before I turned 40. However, things have not quite worked out the way I planned.

Anyhow, it is great to find such a supportive place!

B :loveya:

I just wanted you to know that I will turn 39 this year and I still need a few more classes to even apply for the program. I had a plan as well about finishing before 40, but that is just a number and I know that we are all going to make it. Don't every look back once you have started forward. Good luck to all of you! :nurse: Future Texas RN

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