Do we have to take A&P I and II?

skislalom · Aug 27, 2004

I was wondering if we had to take A&P I and II as a requirement or did we just need to take one or the other? I go to GPC and I'm just gonna get my ASN for right now.

I don't know where you go to school but it is required that we take A&P 1, 2 and 3 before we can enter the nursing program. A&P isn't usually a "one or the other" type class. It's usually chemical, cell, integumentary, skeletal and nervous system (or there abouts) for A&P 1 and Muscular, Circulatory, Endocrine, Reproductive system etc for A&P 2 and subsequent classes.

A&P would be considered a sequence of courses...have to take one to move onto and understand the next. They start you out at the chemical and cellular level and you work your way up (down and all around and through) from there.

that's my 2 cents worth

~T

hippienurse · Aug 27, 2004

Yes, you have to take them. A&P I is generally the "Anatomy" portion, and A&P II is the "physiology" portion. We aren't required to take III for the RN program here, but we do for the BSN...(which I am getting, so I have to take it.)

mariedoreen · Aug 28, 2004

Oh I thought A&P I and II were for semester programs and A&P I, II & III were for those on quarter programs -- works out the same either way, approx 32 weeks of A&P. Anyway, yes, need a year of A&P for nursing.

RN_2007 · Aug 28, 2004

For my LPN program they have a A&P class just for the LPN students. However, if you're entering the LPN to RN mobility program you need to take the regular A&P I and II classes to get transfer credit. Each school may have different policies about the curriculum requirements but I'm sure most of them require you to take the acedemic courses as opposed to the technical.

nikonos · Aug 28, 2004

If you are working on your ADN then you will have to take A/P 1 and 2. The LPN option at my school's community college only requires one semester of generalized A/P for that degree.

Energizer Bunny · Aug 28, 2004

Yeppers....they generally go together as others have stated. It's actually very interesting. I enjoy it!

MistyLou · Aug 28, 2004

yes for the ADRN program you have to have both. Our A&PI covered the anatomy (body part) AND physiology (function of that body part) of the cell, muscle, skeletal, Integementary, CNS, PNS, ear and eye and A&PII covers the rest of the systems. We run on a quarter system.

With that said.....my sil in a diff state is taking just anatomy and then next time will take physiology.

A&P is the first stepping stone for all of what's to come.

Achoo!, LPN · Aug 28, 2004

Yup, here troo. I am in A&PII now, and we are doing endocrine, resp system, circulatory, digestive, reproductive etc..

jenrninmi, MSN, RN · Aug 28, 2004

At my school it's not A&P I and II, it's Anatomy as one class, Physiology as another and then Cadavar lab as another, but Anatomy and Physiology must be passed with a B before the Cadavar lab is taken.

tuppence · Aug 28, 2004

Maybe if you contact your school's nursing department, they could give you some sort of information sheet with all of the pre-requisites, to help with your planning. I know my advisor provided me with a planning sheet like that when I started, and helped me figure out what semester to take what. Then you would know exactly what you need to take. :) Not that you can't ask here, but obviously you'll get the most accurate information straight from your school, since programs vary.