Anatomy and physiology notes

[shak95]

Hi. I was wondering if anyone had any anatomy and physiology notes to share. This is my second time taking this class. I passed lecture but failed lab but I will accept all notes tips and advice. I really want to pass this semester.

[C0SM0]

When did you get your nursing degree if you don't mind me asking? I would just rather take advice from millennials since they may be able to relate to me more. A&P isn't quite the same since elder nurses took A&P

I hate to break it to you, but A&P has been the same since the beginning of mankind. And a word of advice, if you're going to be relying on strangers from the internet to give you notes, you won't make it past the first week of nursing school.

[new gal]

Oh boy, I am a very very fresh nursing student and I even just died a little inside. Good luck in nursing school lol

[CelticGoddess, BSN, RN]

When did you get your nursing degree if you don't mind me asking? I would just rather take advice from millennials since they may be able to relate to me more. A&P isn't quite the same since elder nurses took A&P

I took A&P 20 years ago when I went to school for Rad Tech. I took it again 7 years ago when I went to school for nursing. The only thing that has changed is that I learned the name for the scaphoid bone (in the wrist) as the navicular. That's about it. Nothing else has changed about the anatomy. More than likely because humans haven't evolved that much.

I'm just curious, does anyone else remember the navicular as being in the wrist? I used to have to x-ray the wrist with navicular view all the time. We learned the pneumonic "Never Lower Tillie's Pants, Granmother Might Come Home"

[cleback]

Some of the posts are a little harsh. We don't really know what s/he did the first time around that failed. I personally hated labs since I like time to process the analysis/write up part and and labs typically don't accomodate that.

Anyway, op, I would still take your own notes, but also get together with another classmate and compare. Note the things you missed and realize the concepts that you both had are key concepts that will be on exams. Good luck.

[HeySis, BSN, RN]

[quote=CelticGoddess;9548039

I'm just curious, does anyone else remember the navicular as being in the wrist? I used to have to x-ray the wrist with navicular view all the time. We learned the pneumonic "Never Lower Tillie's Pants, Granmother Might Come Home"

Never heard of that one... maybe things do change??

I took A&P tears ago for my LPN, when I went back for my RN the credits were too old and I had to retake everything. Then I was a teachers assistant for anatomy several times, tutored and taught the labs. It hadn't changed that much, I didn't even update to the navicular bone!

The class always started with around 275 students and ended the semester with about half that amount (which made grading exams progressively faster). It's a major weed out class, with a notoriously hard professor (who was wonderful and taught well, but didn't take it easy on testing in the slightest).

Take your own notes, use the TA's, go to office hours and ask questions, study for hours everyday, write your own exam questions. Draw the muscles (with origin and insertion points), organ systems, and such. Create story boards for how pumps and receptors work inside cells. There is literally so many different ways of studying, depending on your personal learning style. But, there are NO short cuts to A&P, just lots of hard work. Making it stick for a lifetime (instead of until after the test) will make nursing school considerably easier, IMHO.

And remember, those "elder" people may have a lot of good information to offer, betting your instructor is one of them.

[SaltineQueen]

Ha!!! I love the "excuse me now while I adjust my hearing aid and get my cane......" I actually HAVE both! And, thankful for them, actually. Your comment struck my funny bone :-)

Wait...is the funny bone an actual bone now?!?!

[Boomer MS, RN]

I took A&P 20 years ago when I went to school for Rad Tech. I took it again 7 years ago when I went to school for nursing. The only thing that has changed is that I learned the name for the scaphoid bone (in the wrist) as the navicular. That's about it. Nothing else has changed about the anatomy. More than likely because humans haven't evolved that much.

I'm just curious, does anyone else remember the navicular as being in the wrist? I used to have to x-ray the wrist with navicular view all the time. We learned the pneumonic "Never Lower Tillie's Pants, Granmother Might Come Home"

Yes, navicular in the wrist, sometimes called the scaphoid. And there is a navicular bone in the foot too.

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

Moved to Nursing Student Assistance Forum

[kakamegamama]

Wait...is the funny bone an actual bone now?!?!

Well, since A& P has changed over the years, probably so!

[Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN]

When did you get your nursing degree if you don't mind me asking? I would just rather take advice from millennials since they may be able to relate to me more. A&P isn't quite the same since elder nurses took A&P

Hi! What semester are you? Are you in a program yet? What did you find difficult about the lab?

I think that telling anyone that they are too old to help you probably not the best response. I got my first nursing degree in the early 80's at a brick and mortar highly respected college....Purdue University.

My daughter is in her last year of her BSN and I have helped her study....let me assure you that the Anatomy and Physiology of the human body has not changed since we became upright walking humans...we just know what to call it.

The heart is still the heart and it is still in the chest. The kidney's....there should be 2...one on each side. The lungs....there should be two of those as well.

We are happy to help, however, you must be willing to accept the help and respect those who are willing to help.

[Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN]

Have you seen this thread?

https://allnurses.com/pre-nursing-student/a-amp-p-334360.html#post3118188