Nursing Students General Students
Published Feb 10, 2010
Memphis10....
5 Posts
Thank you so much im going to do that .......
nkara, CNA
288 Posts
I've been out of school for over 20 years... the Anatomy class is killing me! but I have been using flashcards, I bought the anatomy coloring book and anatomy for dummies. I also bought a little recorder and I'm recording my lectures. I'm taking all the help I can get.
2kidmom
13 Posts
Our instructor gives us DVD's of the tissues, bones, bone markings models, rat and cat dissections and I watch them over and over (I study on the side) but boy they have saved me. I know most of the stuff well now. I will be onto flashcards and drawings next to help learn the bones besides the DVD.
Good luck hope this helps!
mzklever
1 Post
I just started on my pre-reqs, after being in a totally different career. I have Fibromyalgia, so my A&P 1 was horribly hard, because it's difficult for me to memorize stuff. The only reason I got an A (89.6 !!!) is because I had over a 100 average in the lecture portion. My highest lab grade was an 83, and went downhill from there. Finally, right before the last lab exam, I bought a dvd that the biology department made that uses all the models that we get tested on. I did somewhat better on that test, so at the beginning of this semester, I bought the A&P 2 dvd before I even bought my textbooks.
It is HUGE to be able to SEE the models over, and over, and over, and over again. When I think I'm ready, I turn the volume all the way down, then write out the names as the instructor points to a structure. Then I turn up the volume and check it. I do it over, and over, and over, and over, until I get them all right.
Also, our department has a practice test the Friday before the week of an exam. They have anywhere from 60-100 structures labeled; there are usually 60 questions on a test. See if your department offers it, and if they do, DON'T miss one. It has made such a tremendous difference for me. My first lab exam, I got a 93. My second one, I got a 97. I would have gotten a 99, but I changed one of my answers (turns out I had the right answer the first time :-P ).
It all comes down to time commitment.
Best of luck!