Has anyone ever took medical terminology??

EricJRN, MSN, RN · May 31, 2007

If you have room in your schedule and you don't have previous healthcare experience, I think you'll find it to be helpful. One of the tricks is learning the Latin-based roots that make up medical terms. Once you do that, it's not nearly so bad.

decartes · May 31, 2007

It might be one of your easier classes since it is mostly memorization. Think of spelling/vocabulary class back in grammar school. In agreement with Eric, the knowledge from the class has been very helpful.

elisabeth · May 31, 2007

I took it online last fall. It was really interesting and I learned a lot. I expect it will help me immensely when I start nursing school in August. It isn't required for my program, but it is recommended.

allnurses Guide · May 31, 2007

"has anyone ever taken medical terminology?"

yep, i did . . . . it helped.

steph

FAworld · May 31, 2007

I'm taking it online this summer. It's not required for my programs but I think it will be very helpful, especially as I have no healthcare experience. And I'm a word nut so I'm looking forward to it, even!

vjhappy · May 31, 2007

I just took an online class this spring. I don't have any experience in healthcare, so I took it for both nursing school and better marketability for getting a hospital job. I know a lot more that I did before!

MikeyJ, RN · Jun 1, 2007

I took it last semester and found it to be extremely interesting and beneficia. I am in my 1st semester of nursing school, and find it beneficial that I know what most of the medical words mean, while many of my classmates have to keep on looking them up. :)

libragirl · Jun 2, 2007

Medical Terminology I & II was very helpful for me, especially when I took Micro. and A & P I. I will be taking A & P II this fall, and expect it to be just as helpful. I was able to focus on certain study material, instead of all of it, because I already knew what certain words meant. I recommend it if you can take it; just a lot of memorization. Good luck:paw:

2bnurseforce1 · Jun 2, 2007

Hi I took Med Term I & II. Its a great class really easly, basically its like a vocab course. Med term will help you a lot in Anatomy i would strongly recommend you take it before anatomy so that you can keep up when the start lecture. I would recommend med term. hope this helps you and good luck.

Jules A, MSN · Jun 2, 2007

I took a veterinary medical terminology class and found it very helpful when I started nursing. If you have the time and inclination I'd say go for it, if not you will be fine.

samclaug · Jun 2, 2007

Im taking it this summer even though it isnt required for my program. However when I had a meeting with the program chair she said it would be very beneficial if I could take it. Hopefully it will help me when I start nursing classes in the fall!

Sara