i am planning to apply for nurse anesthesia program but it's been 9 yrs since i took my Anat. and Physiology. The community college close to where i live offers 2 A&Ps. The first one is Human Anatomy and Physiology -uses cadavers. The second is, Human Physiological Anatomy-uses cats for lab. Both are accepted as prerequisite . If anesthesia program requires gross anatomy on the curriculum which one will help me more if i get into the program. pls. help! anyone? thanks!
Frigle 22 Posts Specializes in SRNA. Has 10 years experience. Nov 5, 2007 I would buy Clinical Anesthesiology by Morgan and Mikhail and study the physiology chapters and save my money.
MB37 1,714 Posts Nov 6, 2007 Check with the school you're interested in and see if your old A&P is still good. If it hasn't expired, I wouldn't retake a class I didn't need to either. However, if they're making you retake it, I'd definitely take the cadaver course - I was in one until Katrina flooded my school, and it's a great way to learn about the human body. If I wanted to cut open a cat, I'd go to vet school.
gasmaster 521 Posts Nov 6, 2007 Your first semester of CRNA will consist of very heavy intense advanced A&P anyway, so I agree...save your money. It's been 19 years since I took A&P!
gasmaster 521 Posts Nov 6, 2007 :yelclap: Ha! Well, if you don't get into anesthesia school you could always be a comedian!!! You're very right.......some of the CRNA programs are using cadavers for their gross anatomy class.
