A&P 2, Pharmacology & Nutrition

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So, I passed A&P 1 in my summer 1 class!!:yeah: I was so excited.:D I am not gonna lie though, it was really hard. It was done in 4 weeks. I had the opportunity to take A&P 2 for summer 2, which would have been 4 weeks also. BUT, I decided not to do that. I am going to take it this fall in which it will be spread out over about 4 months. Along with A&P 2, I am going to be taking Pharmacology and Nutrition. Has anyone taken pharmacology and nutrition along with a&p 2? I don't want to overwhelm myself, I know I can do it. I just want to get some of y'all's views and what you guys thought of each of these courses? Thanks for any replies!!

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I took all of those classes in Spring semester, it was pretty hard but not impossible. Pharmacology is a very hard class and I think it's better to take after both A&P are done because pharmacology is all about how the drugs work in the your system and it's very complicated. I managed to take all of these courses together but it was very hard. I would prob. advice you take ap2 first and then follow with pharmacology while its still fresh. :p

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I am curious. Why do you need to take pharmacology and nutrition? If you just want to be a RN, You don't need these classes.

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I am curious. Why do you need to take pharmacology and nutrition? If you just want to be a RN, You don't need these classes.

Where are you going to school for RN, that nutrition isn't required?

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I am curious. Why do you need to take pharmacology and nutrition? If you just want to be a RN, You don't need these classes.

Nutrition is required for just about every RN program in my area. (Pittsburgh)

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Not at Daytona State College, Florida.:D

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I am curious. Why do you need to take pharmacology and nutrition? If you just want to be a RN, You don't need these classes.

Umm...most nursing programs I know of require both pharm and nutrition.

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I took Pharmacology and Holistics/Nutrition together and studied at least 8 hours per day, everyday, rarely less, but many times more than that. For my finals, I stayed up for 40 hours straight to study for both exams (me and Red Bull became real good friends). A&P I & II were a breeze compared to these two classes. I would suggest taking the A&P first, before taking the other two classes. Actually, I'm pretty sure at our school, we have to take all of our A&P courses before we can take pharma and hol./nutr.; maybe it's a good idea to double check what your school requires.

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I took all of those classes in Spring semester, it was pretty hard but not impossible. Pharmacology is a very hard class and I think it's better to take after both A&P are done because pharmacology is all about how the drugs work in the your system and it's very complicated. I managed to take all of these courses together but it was very hard. I would prob. advice you take ap2 first and then follow with pharmacology while its still fresh. :p

Thank you!!

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I am curious. Why do you need to take pharmacology and nutrition? If you just want to be a RN, You don't need these classes.

It is a REQUIREMENT to take these courses at my school. So whatever it takes to get accepted into the program and to fulfill my dream, I am gonna do!!

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I took Pharmacology and Holistics/Nutrition together and studied at least 8 hours per day, everyday, rarely less, but many times more than that. For my finals, I stayed up for 40 hours straight to study for both exams (me and Red Bull became real good friends). A&P I & II were a breeze compared to these two classes. I would suggest taking the A&P first, before taking the other two classes. Actually, I'm pretty sure at our school, we have to take all of our A&P courses before we can take pharma and hol./nutr.; maybe it's a good idea to double check what your school requires.

WOW! That is alot of studying...Kudos to you for sure!!! I went to register the other day for A&P 2 and the counselor asked me if I wanted to go ahead and take Nutrition and Pharmacology....so I went ahead and registered for that as well. I am hoping to be accepted into the January program...and thought having those under my belt and out of the way would help....Hope I made the right decision. Thanks for the reply! :D

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Here in FL I have noticed that only the BSN programs seem to require nutrition as a prereq, and only one of them (Florida State) also required pathophys. ADN programs generally don't really require it for admission for some odd reason.

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