Advanced patho and pharmacology

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My fellow NP students out there, I know I am crazy but do you think its feasible to take t advanced pathophysiology and pharmacology together? I am very determined to do this and will put in all the time and effort needed. Thanks for your honest opinions.

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Specializes in cicu,pccu.

It's very time consuming and if your working full time it will be very difficult. I took them separately

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Specializes in ER.

I took them both at the same time. I did not find either class to be particularly challenging, but there was a ton of homework and assignments and they were time consuming. Physical assessment is the hardest class from an assignment perspective, and that I would recommend taking by itself.

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It can be done. If you have a good grasp of the basic science stuff going in, and are not working too much, I think you'll be fine. Nursing experience helps, as well. Sometimes the test question makes you think of a particular patient and you make the pharm/patho connection. But man, it's not going to be fun!!!!

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Thanks everyone for your honest opinions.

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Thanks for the support. I made it through the quarter with an A and A+. It wasn't bad at all. Hard work and determination can get u a long way ??

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I took them at the same time. Sadly, the patho was more of a proctored "learn it yourself and come in for tests" class. It was a forifice really, and I retained very little of it. It was a nice, big book too with lots of cool biological stuff in it. Sad really. The pharm class was pretty good. I enjoyed that and learned more about managing thyroid disorders, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, and other chronic diseases than in any other class I've ever had.

I took them both with a research and healthcare admin class, and made A's in all four so it's doable. You'll do fine. Don't sweat it.

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