Do you actually study A&P book for exam? or you just refer to it?

__patiently_waiting · Oct 16, 2013

To be honest, I spent over $200 on that A&P book and have yet to open it this semester. My professor normally gives out completed study guides a week before the test that end up being about 15-20 pages long. I just study that study guide. I might browse over our powerpoints from class but I tend to stick to the study guide more.

HelloWish, ADN, BSN · Oct 16, 2013

It totally depends on how your professor tests...I have read all the material for my science classes.

bluesky94 · Oct 16, 2013

What I do is read the A&P book before lecture to familiarize myself with the material before we cover it. My professor also gives out chapter objectives for what we should know for the exams, and I summarize those objectives and also reread those parts of the book. It seems to be working for me, I have 104% in A&P (both lab and lecture) so far. But it definitely depends on how your professor's tests are set up. If they are mostly from the lectures, make sure you study the powerpoints and take good notes! But if they are straight out of the book, then it would be a good idea to study the book for an exam.

Hope this helps! Good luck! :)

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kaydensmom01 · Oct 16, 2013

I read everything, numerous times. It gave me a great foundation for nursing school.

Marsha238612 · Oct 16, 2013

For my A&P both I and II I had power points and lecture notes from class. A lot of my classmates wouldn't even open the book.

It was honestly not necessary to open the book as we had awesome power points.

But I did. I would read all my chapters because I found very detail fascinating. What a nerd I know but I think I retained more information because I was exposed to it more.

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vitamingirl722 · Oct 16, 2013

When I took AP 1&2 I took the same professor for both courses. She gave us powerpoints basically summarizing key facts so I followed those like a bible, also I would refer to the book on tricky topics and follow her study guide like a bible. Previewing the chapter before class was something I did as well.

__patiently_waiting · Oct 16, 2013

I forgot to mention that we do have homework from the book on the McGraw Hill website that is much more detailed than our powerpoints. I do my homework & study it religiously, making sure I know every question asked, but I still haven't physically opened the book.

queserasera, RN · Oct 16, 2013

My A&P book was horrible. It gave lots of details and then went into the main points which is not a good way, IMO at least, for a text book to be laid out. I like to get the big picture and then be given the details. I used it pretty seldom throughout A&P I and II

HammockBound · Oct 16, 2013

I read my book and took notes then went over the teachers power points. I have to say...I really understood the material and felt like I had a good understanding where others maybe just memorized power points. I had a Saladin book...which I felt was very good. There was a lot of areas that really had gone beyond what we needed. I skipped those.

INN_777, BSN, RN · Oct 17, 2013

We had the Patton/Thibodeau book - it's very good. I did read the book and studies my professor's materials. His materials were the primary vehicle, but book, sort of, glues everything together and fills in some missing info. Got an A.

emde · Oct 17, 2013

I read everything and passed both A&P I and II with high As. I remember, and I can explain how each system works. The best thing is that all that knowledge is making my micro class really easy.