So, i am guessing we've all registered for our classes for next semester...i wanted to start a thread where everyone taking the course can come together to ask questions they need help with or just vent or LOL....watever the case may be...so if you are taking A&P 1 in the spring...introduce your self...
a. How many credits you are taking next semester
b. What part of A&P 1 you are looking forward to, are you nervous?
c. How long you have to apply?
d. Some random thing about you?
Lets gooooooo................
Check this thread for some amazing notes by a member.... Polka-dot.(You Rock!!)...for notes on A&P....and welcome to anatomy heaven...:)
Well, hope you did well on your practical! And as for deciding which career path you want to take, I hope you find out what you want to do!
I hope I did well too. I don't...really want to be a nurse, I think, but...it's what my mother's gunning for. I know at 19 I can "make my own decisions", but I can't afford to move out and she'll make my life ****. So...I can make it through nursing school, I think. I'm stubborn.
I can totally relate! At 17, my dad directed me toward my major (Business MIS) and payed for school as long as I went to his school of choice (SJSU). Now, at 31, I'm pursuing nursing. My #1 motivations are my husband and kids. Whether or not it will be a good-fit for me as far as career choice remains to be seen--that's what practicals are for right? Sometimes you have to make other people happy before you find happiness for yourself. So, for now choose the path of least resistance. :) Who knows? You may end up loving nursing!
I can totally relate! At 17, my dad directed me toward my major (Business MIS) and payed for school as long as I went to his school of choice (SJSU). Now, at 31, I'm pursuing nursing. My #1 motivations are my husband and kids. Whether or not it will be a good-fit for me as far as career choice remains to be seen--that's what practicals are for right? Sometimes you have to make other people happy before you find happiness for yourself. So, for now choose the path of least resistance. :) Who knows? You may end up loving nursing!
Somedays I hope I do, some days I hope I won't (fall in love with nursing). I've sworn for YEARS that I'd never become a nurse, and after school, there are only two areas I want to work in - PICU or NICU. It helps that I know two NICU nurses, and my mom's boss's wife is the charge nurse at the hospital closest to my house. I know it may change during school, but really...I'm not super-comfortable with adult patients, which is gonna make clinicals rough, but I've got a really good support system of friends I can vent to - one in particular may not truly understand anything [he's a CS major], but he'll always make the effort to understand and help me out.
My biggest problem is that I take things pretty seriously - I can joke around with people that I'm comfortable with, but otherwise...I take things pretty seriously and I'm easy to upset. I also get flustered pretty quickly and get embarrassed over everything - I'm a pretty emotional human being. That is the hardest aspect of going to nursing, I think. Plus I hate a lot of my classmates. So many of them are so uppity that it's so incredibly annoying. Several are convinced that since /they're/ going to be /nurses/ it makes them a step up above the rest of us losers. Almost all of them are my age (19) and several are older, 25+ish. It just makes me laugh how pathetic some of them are (no offense to them, but if they're insisting on flouting their career choice, it's pathetic).
I think for me it's kind of become a consensus that I'll go to nursing school, support myself, get out of my house into an apartment, then go back to school to get a bachelors in order to go to some kind of graduate school. To be honest, I'd rather jump off a cliff than go into human medicine. I considered it briefly, but...it's not my thing. I'd like to go into veterinary medicine as a veterinarian, forensics, or go into research and look at criminal psychology/psychopathy/neurobiology (what makes killers "different" than normal people).
Somedays I hope I do, some days I hope I won't (fall in love with nursing). I've sworn for YEARS that I'd never become a nurse, and after school, there are only two areas I want to work in - PICU or NICU. It helps that I know two NICU nurses, and my mom's boss's wife is the charge nurse at the hospital closest to my house. I know it may change during school, but really...I'm not super-comfortable with adult patients, which is gonna make clinicals rough, but I've got a really good support system of friends I can vent to - one in particular may not truly understand anything [he's a CS major], but he'll always make the effort to understand and help me out.
My biggest problem is that I take things pretty seriously - I can joke around with people that I'm comfortable with, but otherwise...I take things pretty seriously and I'm easy to upset. I also get flustered pretty quickly and get embarrassed over everything - I'm a pretty emotional human being. That is the hardest aspect of going to nursing, I think. Plus I hate a lot of my classmates. So many of them are so uppity that it's so incredibly annoying. Several are convinced that since /they're/ going to be /nurses/ it makes them a step up above the rest of us losers. Almost all of them are my age (19) and several are older, 25+ish. It just makes me laugh how pathetic some of them are (no offense to them, but if they're insisting on flouting their career choice, it's pathetic).
I think for me it's kind of become a consensus that I'll go to nursing school, support myself, get out of my house into an apartment, then go back to school to get a bachelors in order to go to some kind of graduate school. To be honest, I'd rather jump off a cliff than go into human medicine. I considered it briefly, but...it's not my thing. I'd like to go into veterinary medicine as a veterinarian, forensics, or go into research and look at criminal psychology/psychopathy/neurobiology (what makes killers "different" than normal people).
Wow you've said everything I've said myself! I also hate the stuck up students, really annoying.
This class is so overwhelming. We are doing 2 chapters this week, ch 5 and 6 then a test the following tuesday. Back to back lecture/lab exams same day. Im getting burned out and we just started. Im really worried if I cant handle this class, how am I going to handle nursing school?
What type of person do you have to be to make it in nursing? Im not a type
This class is so overwhelming. We are doing 2 chapters this week, ch 5 and 6 then a test the following tuesday. Back to back lecture/lab exams same day. Im getting burned out and we just started. Im really worried if I cant handle this class, how am I going to handle nursing school?
What type of person do you have to be to make it in nursing? Im not a type
A personality.
We have our second exam in two weeks - over...two chapters, I think? We move a little differently since we cover different stuff than the "normal folks".
As for the personality...I have no idea. I probably won't be one of them, but I have no choice. Start juggling things - find someone you can explain concepts to, have people quiz you, make flashcards. I honest think (in your case) you're spending far too much time on this class and that's what's causing your burn-out.
I took my first exam today and didn't do as well I wanted. I passed the test with a 76%. I thought that I could do better. I still have enough time to get a higher grade in A&P I :) Earlier I was very upset about it but at least I passed the exam :)
I took my first exam today and didn't do as well I wanted. I passed the test with a 76%. I thought that I could do better. I still have enough time to get a higher grade in A&P I :) Earlier I was very upset about it but at least I passed the exam :)
It is still early in the semester... just study harder. The first test is always hard. I took my first exam Monday and got an 89... tomorrow is my first lab practical. A little nervous about it because I'm not good at memorizing things.
It is still early in the semester... just study harder. The first test is always hard. I took my first exam Monday and got an 89... tomorrow is my first lab practical. A little nervous about it because I'm not good at memorizing things.
I had to miss class today, so I don't know my /official/ score, but I think I ended up with a 82.something which is B. I'm really, really disappointed in myself. =/
I don't...really want to be a nurse, I think, but...it's what my mother's gunning for. I know at 19 I can "make my own decisions", but I can't afford to move out and she'll make my life ****. So...I can make it through nursing school, I think. I'm stubborn.
That is the hardest aspect of going to nursing, I think. Plus I hate a lot of my classmates. 
So many of them are so uppity that it's so incredibly annoying. Several are convinced that since /they're/ going to be /nurses/ it makes them a step up above the rest of us losers. Almost all of them are my age (19) and several are older, 25+ish. It just makes me laugh how pathetic some of them are (no offense to them, but if they're insisting on flouting their career choice, it's pathetic).
mik510
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a. How many credits you are taking next semester
15 units but i go to a semester school =D
b. What part of A&P 1 you are looking forward to, are you nervous?
i am looking forward to everything and yes i am nervous but the atmosphere of my class is great! and im only 19 on my nursing track.
c. How long you have to apply?
if everything goes out right, i should be applying for fall 2011. the age of 21 =D
d. Some random thing about you?
umm i left UC Riverside to pursue nursing so i guess i sacrificed alot ..
best of luck to everyone!!!!
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