~A&P 1 (winter/spring) Club~

Columnist · Jan 18, 2006

It's been 10 years since I first went to school and going back has been an unexpected and hasty decision for me. I've grown tired of having "jobs" and moving on and on again. I want a little security and the ability to choose when I go and come.

Welcome to the club! I'm also returning to school after a considerable hiatus, and for similar reasons. As far as A&P goes, I'm mainly concerned my (distant) biology and chemistry background will be incomplete or out-of-date.

But I'm pretty determined and have a very supportive husband, so ~gulp~ here goes!

Columnist · Jan 18, 2006

My first day of A&P was yesterday, and I did not leave relieved! Our instructor made it sound as if we were about to embark on graduate-level biology work. He kept emphasizing over and over how difficult it's going to be, how much work it's going to be, how much effort we're going to have to put in. It's a 200-level class, for heaven's sake!!

Nonetheless, I have to say the instructor has provided a wealth of resources to help us pass. He even tape records every lecture and uploads it to the Web.

Fingers crossed!

Princess74 · Jan 19, 2006

My first day of A&P was yesterday, and I did not leave relieved! Our instructor made it sound as if we were about to embark on graduate-level biology work. He kept emphasizing over and over how difficult it's going to be, how much work it's going to be, how much effort we're going to have to put in. It's a 200-level class, for heaven's sake!!
Nonetheless, I have to say the instructor has provided a wealth of resources to help us pass. He even tape records every lecture and uploads it to the Web.
Fingers crossed!

I know what you mean, my teacher told us how hard that the class was going to be and how much time we would have to spend on it to even come close to doing well. She also told us that they teach the class at a 200 level to keep up with the major universities in our area so that the classes will transfer to them if we wish to attend them later on. Technically the class is listed at a 100 level but the text we are using is a 200 to 300 level (or so she told us). What book are you using?

Our teacher seems pretty good, lecture is great but I am already having a hard time with lab. (microscopes, mitosis, histology etc... I get the worst headache after looking through the microscope, even if its only for a very short period of time). Good luck to you!

laurawho7 · Jan 19, 2006

welcome to the club! i'm also returning to school after a considerable hiatus, and for similar reasons. as far as a&p goes, i'm mainly concerned my (distant) biology and chemistry background will be incomplete or out-of-date.
but i'm pretty determined and have a very supportive husband, so ~gulp~ here goes!

yes me too! after reading the limits that some school puts on age of credits i quickly ran thru my schools transfer information. i see nothing on age limits of credits, but i am worried about my statistics and english comp & lit. classes. my community college lists them with funny names. i've sent them an e-mail to ask if it was possible to get a course description for the classes i took in the years i took them so my new school will understand the classes and take the credits! i hope they can come up with something for me. i barely passed statistics the 1st time, i'd hate to have to do it again!

Pookybean · Jan 20, 2006

Just started A&P here too, gulp. I think i got a great prof. so hopefully that will help.

Im not to nervous yet but it is soooo much information already and ive only had one lecture and one lab. im hoping i can stay ahead! I already started making flash cards! :crying2: LOL!

Megan

Student_Nurse_WV · Jan 20, 2006

Just started A&P here too, gulp. I think i got a great prof. so hopefully that will help.
Im not to nervous yet but it is soooo much information already and ive only had one lecture and one lab. im hoping i can stay ahead! I already started making flash cards! LOL!
Megan

I know what you mean!! :uhoh3: I started making them as well!! Good luck and keep me posted on your progress!!

Hugs,

Dannell

curlyfries · Jan 20, 2006

Hello everybody!

I am taking a hybrid human anatomy, both on-line and in class. When I went to get my text books I was suprised it was shrink wrapped together in a "package." I got Human Anatomy by Saladin with Online Learing Center for topics covered in the text book. The second book is the Student Study, Human Anatomy, Art Book by Saladin. The third is the Human Anatomy & Physiology along with PhysioEx Online resources, cat version. Meaning we'll be dissecting cats! Meeeeow! With the text books, I got several CD's and several on-line resource that I can consult. Talk about tons of information!

The online part of the class is through State University of New York Network Learning. But I am registered through the local community college. Online is where most of the course information are located, assignments, quizzes, exams and etc. The class is just the labs once a week cutting up feline animals. In addition there is an on-campus learning center where they have human models that we can take apart and practice naming different parts.

So all this offically starts next Monday, 23rd! Wish me luck and I wish everyone here luck! Keep in touch!

Tommy

nursecher · Jan 20, 2006

Well I started A&P this week and I am more afraid now than before. The teacher I was supposed to have is no longer teaching, therefore, we have a new teacher whom has never taught A&P and has never taught at my college. She seems unsure of the material and doesn't really know what is going on. She is very soft spoken (good thing I sat in the front).

We already have to know 2 list of parts and she didn't even show us on the dissectible torso. We have a quiz on them next lab. This is going to be horrible. I need to look around on the web for some good pics. I'll try some of these links.

The book I have is Anatomy & Phisiology Form and Function by Saladin. The lab is set up for fetal pig dissection.

Oh the other scary thing is that half of my HUGE class is there for the 2nd or 3rd time for failing this class!!!!!! HELP!!! :crying2:

Well I'm off to read 2 chapters and to make flash cards.

Wondergirl0905 · Jan 21, 2006

I had my first lecture & lab last night. The professor is really great - he seems really interested in having his students do well. He gave us so many different resources and says if we're willing to put in the time we should do fine. He provides all of the exam essay questions ahead of time - he gives us more than will actually be on the test - which is more work up front but almost a guarantee to get that part of the test right. He'll even look at an essay answer before the exam and say whether it's correct and worth memorizing. Students who have a 93 average at the end of the semester are exempt from taking the final - so I'm using that as incentive to study hard now! We won't be getting into the cat dissection until A&P2, more smaller stuff now. I was so anxious about this after being out of the classroom environment for so long but now I'm really excited about learning the material. Except that chemistry is next week :crying2:

I have a hard time with it but hopefully it will be better than high school since I want to be here this time around!

nursemelani · Jan 21, 2006

Hello everybody!
I am taking a hybrid human anatomy, both on-line and in class. When I went to get my text books I was suprised it was shrink wrapped together in a "package." I got Human Anatomy by Saladin with Online Learing Center for topics covered in the text book. The second book is the Student Study, Human Anatomy, Art Book by Saladin. The third is the Human Anatomy & Physiology along with PhysioEx Online resources, cat version. Meaning we'll be dissecting cats! Meeeeow! With the text books, I got several CD's and several on-line resource that I can consult. Talk about tons of information!
The online part of the class is through State University of New York Network Learning. But I am registered through the local community college. Online is where most of the course information are located, assignments, quizzes, exams and etc. The class is just the labs once a week cutting up feline animals. In addition there is an on-campus learning center where they have human models that we can take apart and practice naming different parts.
So all this offically starts next Monday, 23rd! Wish me luck and I wish everyone here luck! Keep in touch!
Tommy

I am taking an on-line hybrid too. The lecture part is on line and the lab is of course at school. We will also disect a cat, and we have two human cadavers. They had to add the on line hybrid class because there are so many pre-nursing students. Here in CA, there is a nursing shortage, and most RNs are in a union, so they earn 30-50 bucks an hour. Thus, everyone and their grandmothers dog wants to be an RN. Fortunately, half of them don't make it through the pre-requisites, so I'll only have to compete with 50 or so people for the 8 spots in the LVN to RN program.

Wondergirl0905 · Jan 21, 2006

Another cool thing - some people in the class have digital voice recorders that you can connect right to a computer and download the lecture! OK, so you all probably know about these & I'm just out of the loop, but technology these days is great! I wonder if once the lecture is downloaded to a computer if it could then be burned to a CD? Would be a great way to spend the half-hour each way to work. :rolleyes:

kgkarma · Jan 21, 2006

Another cool thing - some people in the class have digital voice recorders that you can connect right to a computer and download the lecture! OK, so you all probably know about these & I'm just out of the loop, but technology these days is great! I wonder if once the lecture is downloaded to a computer if it could then be burned to a CD? Would be a great way to spend the half-hour each way to work.

I don't know if they can be burned to cd but my tape cost about 70.00 last year. It is well worth it. I have a headset in my car and listen to the lecture whenever I'm driving. The thing you must be careful of is, to delete the files because of the size of storage. I put my recorder near the instructor to record, but didn't know the tape was full. I missed just about the whole lecture. SIGH!! Now, I make sure I download the tape at least every other class.

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