Anatomy & Physiology...I'm NERVOUS!!

[reesedatdude]

Hello everyone!!

I'm currently in my 3rd week of Nursing School and taking A&P I. I'm coming from primarily a business track (have my business degree)...never took any type of science post high school nor the appropriate science in high school so I am very new at all of this and the terminology.

Okay...nevertheless, I keep hearing negative things from people about A&P. What I keep hearing is that it's extra difficult, make study groups, etc etc etc. It's sort of terrifying me to an extent. I'm retaining a lot of the information so far so that's a good thing and I'm also an independent learner so I learn best by myself.

My cousin says that it's just memorizing the human body.

Can you guys tell me your opinions of it? I'm currently trying to roll with the "It's what you put into it" and "Everyone has their own opinion of it based on their experiences" mottos.

Positive experiences are a +++!!

Thanks everyone!!

[ApostolicGirl]

I'm taking A&P 1 right now too. So far, I'm enjoying it. I am struggling a bit with it. We (my lab group) are forming a study group though. We are all nursing students with the exception of one who is still going into the medical field, so we all need an A. Hopefully the study group will help. I'm really nervous about this class too.

[NewSN13]

The worst part of A&P is the belief that it's the most impossibly hard class ever! Nursing is a second degree for me and I hadn't taken anything remotely related to biology for 15 or so years when I took A&P. I was fine, I enjoyed it, I learned a lot.

I don't think that there's any secret to being successful in A&P. If you know your learning style and stick with it and put in some time with the material, there's no reason you can't do well!

[SunshineDaisy, ASN, RN]

My secret to success was to do study guides and get the Netters anatomy cards and study those!

[anurseatlast]

I went back to school decades after high school. I did fine in all my pre-req classes studying on my own. Each person has their own way of learning. Do what works best for you. If you decide to do a study group, be sure you all agree on how you will study, that you all have to same level of commitment, etc or it will be frustrating.

Once I got into nursing school (accelerated so I had done all my pre-reqs and was doing patho, pharm, nursing classes, etc), I found a great study partner. I wasn't sure in the beginning but it worked really well because we were both very committed students. We would go over notes from classes and explain it to each other. When we had a question, we would pull out various textbooks and look until we found the answers. This helped a lot with critical thinking and developing the in depth understanding you need in nursing school.