Cadavers

allnurses Guide · Sep 24, 2004

Yes, we had a male and female. After initially being a bit scared, I ended up really enjoying the dissection theatre. Our professor was very careful to remind us to be respectful of these folks donation.

I learned alot and would highly recommend it.

Way better than cats. :)

steph

Mermaid4 · Sep 24, 2004

Only cats, rats and frogs...

Achoo!, LPN · Sep 24, 2004

Yes, this semester we have a female, last semester a male.

maire, ASN, RN · Sep 24, 2004

No, which I was bummed about when I read here that others got to 'use' them. We used the computerized cadaver, "Adam."

manna, BSN, RN · Sep 24, 2004

No, too expensive. Our school used a variety of models/lab animals.

Speaking of cadavers, anyone read that book "Stiff"? I'm in the middle of it right now - interesting stuff. :)

twarlik · Sep 24, 2004

Speaking of cadavers, anyone read that book "Stiff"? I'm in the middle of it right now - interesting stuff. :)

I loved that book! A fascinating read!

We didn't get to use cadavers in our A&P. Our medical school uses them, tho'. I've always wanted to sneak into one of their anatomy classes just to watch.

oregonrene · Sep 24, 2004

No. We dissected a cat.

RedSox33RN · Sep 24, 2004

No, we don't. I haven't taken A&P 2 yet, but I know we don't have cadavers due to it being a small college, without the necessary equipment and space for storage.

It is a shame, because what better way to learn than by those people who so graciously have donated their remains so that people can learn to help others? Such an incredible gift!

Little Lisa · Sep 24, 2004

I'm a freshman this year taking anatomy, and we have a female cadaver to work with.

We had our first opportunity to work on dissection last week, and my friend Nicole and I jumped up at the opportunity, while everyone looked at us like we were freaks. I absolutely love it. I know it sounds morbid or gross or whatever, but I really enjoy working on her. There is something about dissection that you can't get from reading a book or just from lecture.

I wasn't sure how I'd react to it, but I've found that I'm surprisingly comfortable working with her. Nicole and I have found that we are the only Bio 103 students out of 6 classes that are working on her! I can't believe it! The upper division comparative anatomy works on her, but other than that, it's just us. So we're trying to get a few people interested in working with us, without too many so we get nudged to the back and just watch.

But people in our class treat us like experts. It's kind of fun, I don't know. And our teacher definitely has noticed our interest in working on it and thinks that we're awesome. I love it!

Wow, long, sorry.

Maggie in NC · Sep 24, 2004

We don't use cadavers at my school but they do at the university close by.

Dark side/Funny story. The university was doing some studies on body decomposition and had 2 cadavers out in a stream near the school so they could measure the decomposition. Someone found them, called cops reporting a double murder and every Barney Phife was out investigating! Now the school as to let law enforcement know when they get cadavers and use the outside of the lab area.

Imafloat, BSN, RN · Sep 25, 2004

Were you required to use cadavers for A&P or other nursing classes?

Yes! We have a medical school at my university so we were able to learn on cadavers in Anatomy lab. I was a bit reluctant at first, but after I got used to the smell and the idea I was able to learn a lot. We had full body donors to study muscles and gross anatomy. We also had buckets of organs, (I wish it didn't sound so bad). Everytime we studied a system, we were able to handle the organs (kidneys and bladders for urinary etc). I am really glad to have had the experience.