How to get an A in A&P

Was the class hard, even though you did a lot of preparing?

I found A&P Lecture to be standard science fare, challenging and requiring study but not too difficult.

The A&P Lab I on the other hand, well midterm was the professor handing us a blank sheet of paper and us identifying and giving functions. I was unprepared but had luckily studied (oh boy was that class empty after that exam) so I didn't go in completely blind. Eeked out a C. Final coming up, Studied my rear off this time as i knew what to expect, but right before the test I blanked on things I had been going over, panicked and started cramming along with all the other nursing students.

Took it, was extremely brutal: forgot more than my share of things which i sadly remember now. I felt OK when I walked out of the class, but felt progressively worse until now when I am 95% sure I failed it and will walk out the class with a D and have to retake it.

Yargh. I made A's in every other class I took including Micro and Micro Lab, and yet all i feel is the sting of failure.

great advice! i do the same i love quizlet flashcards for on the go, u can listen to the cards play in your car thru the aux like you would an mp3 or voice recorder as well. good luck everyone.

I think you have to go into the class interested and excited about the human body.... if not its going to be a struggle. My instructor read over the lecture notes so I personally had to teach myself...if you can learn the material as if you could teach it to someone you will do just fine.

1) Flash Cards

2) Elaboration. Make it funny. Like this

3) Teach it to someone. They don't need to understand it. If no one available, teach it to your dog. If it doesn't run away, give it a cookie. Use a webcam if you have to.

4) Make anatomy drawings by hand and Flowcharts plus drawings for physiology.

5) Mnemonics suck unless there's no other good option. I'd rather learn the material than the mnemonic for it.

Thank you SO much for this post. I'm a SAHM to 3 kids under 7 and I just registered for my first pre-reqs and hae tons of butterflies! I need to ace my prereqs, and your advice is great. I already looked up Barron's, seems like a great help. Guess my kids will be learning A&P right along with me. :)

Thank you SO much for this post. I'm a SAHM to 3 kids under 7 and I just registered for my first pre-reqs and hae tons of butterflies! I need to ace my prereqs and your advice is great. I already looked up Barron's, seems like a great help. Guess my kids will be learning A&P right along with me. :)[/quote']

Your very welcome! I was in the same boat you are in...scared ******** and doubting myself even before classes started!...make some goals on where you want to be in 5-10 years and some personal posters on encouragement to yourself and hang them near your desk just in case you start slipping you can look at them and pick yourself up again...what also helped me is the inspiration of my babies...I put in all this hard work for them so they can have a better life. good luck to you!

Thanks for this information. I just placed an order at my local library to get these books. I have to take the HESI A2 in a month, do you think these anatomy tips will help?

Thank you so much for sharing this information.

Yes, my kids are the reason for me going back. It's funny, I feel like I'm going to be a better student now just because it has to be worth it, otherwise it's taking time away from them. I want them to have a better life and for me to have achieved my goals. Having kids is an unbelievable motivator.

Thanks for this information. I just placed an order at my local library to get these books. I have to take the HESI A2 in a month do you think these anatomy tips will help? [/quote']

If you went to class and if you can pretty much explain it to someone off the street you should be able to score high in the a&p part

Was the class hard even though you did a lot of preparing?[/quote']

You have to go into this class with a lot of determination. Failure is not an option.