How Much A&p Will I Have To Remeber?

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Hello Guys! As Usual Its Nice To Post A Thread And Get Your Feedback. I Am In My Second Semester Of A&p And I Am Just Breezing Through. It Seems Like The Professors Aren't Challenging Enough. I Really Need To Know This Stuff. Should I Just Take Time And Study The Book Over And Over Myself? How Concerned Should I Be Considering That Clinicals Start In The Fall And Graduate School Is Part Of My Future?

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Specializes in Critical Care, Pediatrics, Geriatrics.

A good foundation in A&P is critical in understanding nursing concepts. While you will not need to be able to quote the text word for word, you need a working knowledge of the functions of the body systems. My A&P classes were adequate to say the least, and I felt much like how you describe. I frequently had to go back and review systems as they were covered in class. Keep your book as a reference. Any decent Med-surg book will also review the A&P as it pertains to the system and disease processes you are covering.

If you don't feel that you are getting enough from the instructor's requirements then focus on mastering the objectives presented in the textbook. Usually, the objectives will be stated at the beginning of the chapter, and towards the end of the chapter there may be a summary of key concepts and even questions that help you assess if you have grasped the material. The important thing is not to memorize the material, but to understand it well enough to apply it in a nursing concept, and remember where to reference it.

I don't remember seeing where anyone mentioned this, but if they didn't then I'll say it. I'm in my FII semester so I know I haven't done all that much as compared to some other ppl but I do know one thing A&P is a HUGE part of your nursing school experience. I learned this BIG time a few weeks into my FI semester. We began to do our injections and had to know detailed descriptions of injections site, such as the vasogluteal, deltoid,....etc. Well I don't think I was as attentive to the bones as I should have been because I found myself time and time again and huge problems with things that I should have learned during A&P. Such as the illiac spine and greater trochanter. Without learning these sites it took me a little longer to catch onto the injection sites.

Everyone also made great points about the body systems. When you are sitting in a lecture and the teacher mentions something it's nice to know it without having to look it up later after lecture. Thank goodness that besides the bones I learned thoroughly the rest of my A&PI and II.

There's a reason they make us take it and you'll see it time and again throughout nursing school.

Good luck and God Bless

Kim

Thank you for the reponses. You all have been very resourceful as usual. It's nice for a student to come and get good advice from great people.l I applaud you.

Specializes in Cardiac/Telemetry.

Honestly, you will have to know a lot. It is so much better to know hand and foot the normal physiology of the different organs because once you know that, you can understand the concept of the diseases and how they affect a particular organ or organs. Therefore, I advice you and all of us as nursing students to really learn the normal physiology of the different organs. It helps, it really does.

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