How much do you use your A and P?

Imafloat, BSN, RN · Nov 4, 2004

Do you think this is something I should retake even though I did well in it? I'm just scared that we will need that info alot in the nursing program and I'm terrified I didn't learn enough. I just wanted to know what things you use from A and P alot in your actual nursing classes. Thanks and I'm happy to be here :balloons:

A&P is very important in my opinion. I overheard someone complaining about Phsyiology the other day (we take A&P seperate here). I heard him say that it was a dumb class because we were never going to use it anyways. I couldn't believe my ears! I think that you are probably fine, just review your notes before starting school. Good luck to you and congrats on being accepted into the nursing program!

blue heron · Nov 4, 2004

I'm currently in Micro and given how my class is being taught, I'm surprised (and a bit worried) that you said it is quite important. At the beginning of the semester, I fully expected it to play a huge role in the nursing process, too. I am, so far, gravely disappointed. Our instructor hands out pre-printed notes for us to follow on and also displays them on an overhead projector. She simply reads off of the notes. This isn't teaching to me -- it's more independent study. I know this is merely a complaint, but what concerns me is the lack of material. All of the HUMAN microbiology is at the back of the book (I've found myself reading there frequently), which we will never get to. From August until present, her lectures have been about a bacterium cell. One way or another, it's all been related to bacteria. I know that we need to be educated about bacteria, certainly. I just think it should be in accordance with how they affect human beings. Tell me, please, if I am expecting too much.

I agree with you, Micro has to be applied to what we will experience clinically. I was blessed to have an awesome micro instructor, so good that when I took Epidemiology for an elective, there was almost no new material for me to learn. If I were in your position, I would do what I had to pass the course, but I would continue to read the rest.

As for the original question on this thread about A & P, I use it all the time. I'm still a student, and many of my other courses refer back to it. If you have your text, then re-taking it shouldn't be necessary, for as you review it will probably stick better, and make more sense.

dave1117 · Nov 4, 2004

but this is a pretty funny thread...:rotfl:

A question about the importance of Anatomy & Physiology by a nursing student and lots of very serious replies. :rotfl:

Seriously folks... :uhoh3: