gross anatomy reserved for med students?

[Debbie5]

I'm sure there is a reason why nursing students are not required to take gross anatomy; does anyone know if it's required for PA's or NP's?

I just finished reading a book on GA and found it very enlightening. I wonder if it wouldn't benefit nurses, especially OR nurses.

Deb

[babynursewannab]

This thread is so funny. Only medical people..."WHEEEE, We get to play with DEAD PEOPLE!!!!!" Hehehe

To answer the cat question, they're easy/cheap to get and their anatomy really resembles ours quite closely. It's not a glamorous answer, but there you go.

[RNIAM, BSN, RN]

babynursewannab

Thank you for the answer. I was stumped when they told me we would be disecting a cat. A cadaver must be pretty expensive. How much is the lab fee for a cadavar class compared to a cat lab. I pay 100.00 extra for the lab.4 credit course instead of a three.

[colleen10]

At least you guys get cats even!

This summer I am taking A&P1 and we were supposed to dissect a goats eye and muscle. But our class is running so short on time that we will not get to do neither.

I'm hoping A&P 2 will have some dissection. The only thing I have ever dissected was a fetal pig in my sophomore year of high school.

A local private women's college in my area offers a human cadavar as part of their A&P and it is offered to those in nursing as well as other majors like Surgical Tech. But the school is expensive and mostly a nursing college.