A&P I Spring 2013

queserasera, RN · Jan 17, 2013

Me too Chelsea! I also bought A&P 1 for dummies.

Do you like A&P for dummies as opposed to barron's or do you find they're alike?

shavontae · Jan 17, 2013

I definitely would like some of you all help I'm in AP and also have a math class I'm scared about taking! Just because I'm not too good in math I would love to do online study groups if possible through skype or something!

shavontae · Jan 17, 2013

Oh boy. Let the fun begin lol

Hey I'm in Atl also wat part do u live in!

llovefutureRN · Jan 17, 2013

Do you like A&P for dummies as opposed to barron's or do you find they're alike?

I find that A&P for dummies is more in detail, and Barron's summarizes; and it hellps with having the review questions after reading each chapter which makes it helpful to understand. I find these two books will help me a whole lot!

Sweet charm, ASN, RN · Jan 17, 2013

I went to Barnes and noble today and they had a huge selection of anatomy books on sale! I am not sure if its just my area though. :)

Birchy · Jan 18, 2013

That's great! Officially I'm enrolled in the Pre-Nursing Option too, because it was the only way that I could qualify for direct loans from the govt to pay for the courses, since I already have a Bachelors degree. At CCC, I'm taking the 6 pre-reqs, (well 4 now) I need for my ABSN program and then I'm off to Hopkins to start my ABSN in August. Are you taking A&P I this term as well? If so basic or regular? I'm taking the basic one.[/quote']
I'm not taking A&P this term, I'm going to take it in the summer. The classes that fit my schedule were full after my financial aid was released for me to use. You'll have to let me know how the class was! And wow, Hopkins - that's great! Im going to apply to Rutgers, I love that they are offering classes on the Blackwood campus.

CareQueen, BSN, RN · Jan 18, 2013

I'm not taking A&P this term, I'm going to take it in the summer. The classes that fit my schedule were full after my financial aid was released for me to use. You'll have to let me know how the class was! And wow, Hopkins - that's great! Im going to apply to Rutgers, I love that they are offering classes on the Blackwood campus.

Gotcha! Unfortunately, that happened to me last semester as well! In any case, best of luck to you and I'm sure you'll easily get into Rutgers! I hear that their program is great!!!

Teeanne · Jan 18, 2013

There is a fantastic book entitled "Get Ready for A&P" by Lori Garrett that I've been reading for the past few days. It's awesome. It gives the perfect refresher for math skills, basic terminology etc complete with "complete -as-you-read questions and problems. I highly recommend it. It came as a part of the book pkg when I bought books for classes at the bookstore, but I'm sure you can find it ob Amazon.

I've been reading that as well! My A&P I starts next week and that book was packaged up in the bundle we had to buy. (Sooo expensive, glad we won't need anything new for A&P II at least.)

The professor emailed us the other day to let us know we should be done with that book, as well as have the first few chapters in our textbooks down. We'll be tested on them, may need to know some of it at our starting point, but he won't cover them in class. Fortunately it mostly seems to be a review (cell structure, DNA, chemistry, etc), though the directional terms, body planes, and so on is all new to me, and a couple of topics are just more detailed than the material I've learned (such as proteins).

Looking forward to next week! I've heard the prof is a really good teacher... but really tough.

SampsonSis · Jan 18, 2013

Yeah, I found the Lori Garrett book on Chegg. Love Chegg. I'm in the same A&P boat, and couldn't be more excited and nervous! Our prof gave us a booklet of handouts to supplement the text with activities to reinforce what we learn, etc. So far so good! On to week 2....

FutureRNGreen · Jan 19, 2013

Im taking A&P 1 started that on january 7th and i love my teacher i dont no where she as been all my life lol and im also taking CPT 101

queserasera, RN · Jan 23, 2013

So I had my first class today, I got there early to sit front and center, why is it that the kid with the worst hygiene always finds his way next to me in class...

On a more academic related note, I'm really excited for this semester. Professor has a phD in physiology and loves teaching! Hooray! My grades are based off 8 exams grades and nothing more. Which I think is a good and bad thing. I like the buffer zone of homework points, but I'll just have to make sure I kick those exams butts. He said the Histology test is the "widow maker" and of course didn't fail to mention that over 50% of the class will drop.

So excited about this semester! I have a five hour break and then go back for a math class and tomorrow I have Micro. Should be an interesting week!

meeep, BSN, RN · Jan 24, 2013

Wow, Chelsea! That is a lot of exams. I think we only have 5 including the final. We do have lab exams, but lecture and lab are separate courses for me. I was also lucky enough to get a professor with a phD, and she really knows her stuff. I am so happy I got her for lab as well. She goes into great detail, but really makes an effort to help everyone understand the material (versus rote memorization). I have always preferred this teaching style, so I feel very blessed!

I'm with you, I would much rather have a buffer of homework or other assignments. My chemistry class last semester was like that - exam grades only, and no curving. It was brutal!

My class started on the 7th, so we have our first exam next week. The amount of material is just mind boggling! I feel like its a good preparation for nursing school though! :)