Human Growth and Development Course

arciedee · Sep 19, 2005

I can relate. It's interesting material, but I think we're covering too much at once and it's hard to retain. I'm like you - it's also hard to switch back and forth between the A&P & Development course. Hopefully it will get easier.

kayel and sddlnscp, are you guys taking A&P I or II? I'm in A&P II and not finding the transition too difficult... then again, I've only had one growth & development class so far since last week's was cancelled. We'll see as more of the semester wears on, I suppose. Sorry I don't have any advice.

truern · Sep 19, 2005

Make sure ya'll remember Maslow and Erickson...and all the milestones, etc because you'll see them again in Peds for sure, and in some of the other nursing classes.

sddlnscp · Sep 19, 2005

kayel and sddlnscp, are you guys taking A&P I or II? I'm in A&P II and not finding the transition too difficult... then again, I've only had one growth & development class so far since last week's was cancelled. We'll see as more of the semester wears on, I suppose. Sorry I don't have any advice.

I am in A&P I. No problem, I am learning how to get my schedule to work for me rather than against me and I think I'm gaining. Even though it's hard work, I am still feeling positive because I know, every day that goes by in these classes is a day closer to nursing school and a day closer to my dreams. :)

arciedee · Sep 19, 2005

I am in A&P I. No problem, I am learning how to get my schedule to work for me rather than against me and I think I'm gaining. Even though it's hard work, I am still feeling positive because I know, every day that goes by in these classes is a day closer to nursing school and a day closer to my dreams. :)

Glad to hear that things are falling into place schedule-wise. I think that's a big part of this... for me it's work (in a totally different industry), commute (45 miles so that eats up a lot of my time), plus classes and studying, and the lovely boyfriend... oh yeah and making sure the mortgage and all those other bills get paid, the laundry gets done, all that good stuff. Luckily the boyfriend has actually made a lot of that household things easier (he's a keeper :blushkiss ). I totally agree with your feeling that every day brings us closer to nursing school. I haven't enjoyed school this much since I was a kid and I'm much more willing to put in the work now than when I was in college the first time.

Hope everyone's studying is going well. I'm looking forward to getting back on track with tomorrow's class. Perhaps should do some reading tonight in preparation, not sure how much she's planning to cover since we missed the last class. A bit more organization on her part would be nice!

sddlnscp · Sep 19, 2005

Glad to hear that things are falling into place schedule-wise. I think that's a big part of this... for me it's work (in a totally different industry), commute (45 miles so that eats up a lot of my time), plus classes and studying, and the lovely boyfriend... oh yeah and making sure the mortgage and all those other bills get paid, the laundry gets done, all that good stuff. Luckily the boyfriend has actually made a lot of that household things easier (he's a keeper :blushkiss ). I totally agree with your feeling that every day brings us closer to nursing school. I haven't enjoyed school this much since I was a kid and I'm much more willing to put in the work now than when I was in college the first time.
Hope everyone's studying is going well. I'm looking forward to getting back on track with tomorrow's class. Perhaps should do some reading tonight in preparation, not sure how much she's planning to cover since we missed the last class. A bit more organization on her part would be nice!

I know what you mean - I have a hubby (who, like your boyfriend is a help, thank goodness!), a 3 yr. old, a 5 month old, a full-time job at the Dept. of Social Services, I'm the Mayor of my town, and I am doing the two online classes. Overwhelmed just doesn't seem to cover it, but it's ok. I figure if I can survive this, I can survive anything!

kayel · Sep 20, 2005

I know what you mean - I have a hubby (who, like your boyfriend is a help, thank goodness!), a 3 yr. old, a 5 month old, a full-time job at the Dept. of Social Services, I'm the Mayor of my town, and I am doing the two online classes. Overwhelmed just doesn't seem to cover it, but it's ok. I figure if I can survive this, I can survive anything!

Holy smokes, girl! I totally admire you!! That is a tad busy! LOL I don't think I'll copy you, esp. with having young kids since I already have four that are finally staring to grow up, but you're my new hero!

I'm in A&PI. I think it's mainly that I haven't been in school for so long and am a little unsure of the whole thing and/or how I'll do. Everything we are studying so far is so new to me -- but really NOT knew -- I did take all the university entrance sciences in high school and university sciences and a degree -- all 20+ years ago. I know I'm not the only one but it's interesting to try to get my head around it all. I know I CAN do it and I just have to keep putting one foot in front of the other. A lot of hard work and I WILL be there someday! Wonderful this process of evolving and being!!!

Actually this week I feel more like I'm fitting into the groove and keeping up on my reading and almost prepared for tomorrow's class! It is helpful that our teacher puts a weekly outline on the student server and, now that I've caught onto that, I think I will feel a little better!

This week it's all the development theories .. heaven help me, it's coming back a tiny bit .. I was a psych minor in my first degree but .. I feel like I've blocked half of my previous schooling/life out. I KNOW I didn't study this hard back then .. did I just know how to be in the system then? Was I smarter then or am I smarter now? Or do I just know that I want to do well and need to get there?

LOL all these questions and more ....... on the next Jane Pauley show. ... oh wait, she was cancelled .. now I'll never know.

Good luck with studies, people! I am off now to look over the chapter and organize it a little better in my mind!

arciedee · Sep 20, 2005

Holy smokes, girl! I totally admire you!! That is a tad busy! LOL I don't think I'll copy you, esp. with having young kids since I already have four that are finally staring to grow up, but you're my new hero!
I'm in A&PI. I think it's mainly that I haven't been in school for so long and am a little unsure of the whole thing and/or how I'll do. Everything we are studying so far is so new to me -- but really NOT knew -- I did take all the university entrance sciences in high school and university sciences and a degree -- all 20+ years ago. I know I'm not the only one but it's interesting to try to get my head around it all. I know I CAN do it and I just have to keep putting one foot in front of the other. A lot of hard work and I WILL be there someday! Wonderful this process of evolving and being!!!
Actually this week I feel more like I'm fitting into the groove and keeping up on my reading and almost prepared for tomorrow's class! It is helpful that our teacher puts a weekly outline on the student server and, now that I've caught onto that, I think I will feel a little better!
This week it's all the development theories .. heaven help me, it's coming back a tiny bit .. I was a psych minor in my first degree but .. I feel like I've blocked half of my previous schooling/life out. I KNOW I didn't study this hard back then .. did I just know how to be in the system then? Was I smarter then or am I smarter now? Or do I just know that I want to do well and need to get there?
LOL all these questions and more ....... on the next Jane Pauley show. ... oh wait, she was cancelled .. now I'll never know.
Good luck with studies, people! I am off now to look over the chapter and organize it a little better in my mind!

Yay, kayel! Glad to hear that you are feeling better about things. I think every semester brings a new challenge. But if you are motivated and willing to put the effort in... I think it all works out in the end.

It's funny, in college (1996-2000) I started every semester with good intentions... THIS semester I'm going to read ahead, THIS semester I'm going to really try to get it. But about a week into it (if that) all motivation went *voop!* out the window. I didn't do poorly, but I certainly wasn't living up to my potential. Then a couple years ago I decided to pursue pre-med plans (which have obviously changed since then) and realized that if I wanted to get into med school I HAD to apply myself. I took a gen chem class and found out that, sure enough, put in some time and effort and ended up with an A. I think that was what I needed to reinforce my study techniques. Which isn't to say that there aren't moments where I just get bored or weeks where I slack off a little. But I don't give up when that happens anymore, I get back on the horse. I'm pretty sure I'm just as smart now as I was then, but perhaps the motivation is stronger. Not sure.

Well, ladies, I suppose I should get back to preparing tax returns... oh, the joyous day when I can leave this job behind :uhoh3: Happy studying!

kayel · Sep 21, 2005

Yay, kayel! Glad to hear that you are feeling better about things. I think every semester brings a new challenge. But if you are motivated and willing to put the effort in... I think it all works out in the end.

Thanks, I think you're right.

Speaking of class, though, I thought it was a total waste of time today. We had to get into 9 groups and write a summary of one of the 9 developmental theories. I know it was good for us in the sense of having to work with a diverse group but... ARGH .. we then had to e-mail the summary to the prof who is compiling all the summaries and putting them on the student server. I seriously could have done them all on my own and likely got more out of it. At least I found out one thing: I am not alone in my assessment of the boring, scattered text. LOL

Sorry, bad attitude here right now .. I had actually read the chapter and made notes and we didn't discuss it at all, other than the one theory in our group.

Ah well, I'm off to my A&P reading now! Take care, all! I'm hoping for better things next class!

arciedee · Sep 21, 2005

I had my second class last night... hmm. I'm a bit torn about my feelings. I LOVE the subject matter, but the professor's way of teaching gets to me a bit. She has overheads of the chapter summaries and basically lectures off of those, but will skip things and I'm not sure if it's intentional or not. Then she mispronounces a bunch of words and explains things in a somewhat confusing and occasionally erroneous way. For example, last night she was going over genetics and said something about a blue eyed mother and a brown eyed father 9 times out of 10 having a brown eyed child unless there is a mutation. Hmm... well, if the father had two brown genes then yeah, but if he had one brown and one blue then the odds are much different. I mean, basic 10th grade biology here! Argh. And occasionally she's said things that are contradictions to what the book says. Now I know that books aren't gospel and there are always errors that sneak through, but if that's the case it would be nice for her to say "I know the book says such-and-such, but actually..." I don't know, maybe I'm taking this a bit too seriously. I'm just a bit disappointed because I find this stuff SO interesting and feel like I'm not getting as much out of it as I would like. I suppose at the very least I'm learning what NOT to do as a teacher (I think I'd like to teach nursing at some point).

Anyway, sorry to hear that your class has been disappointing, too, kayel. Hopefully it will get better, for both of us. I think I'll do my journal entry today at lunch and then put the development aside until next week to focus on A&P. Happy studying everyone!

kayel · Sep 22, 2005

Well today the teacher at least admitted that she also hates the text and that it's poorly organized and "must have had a poor editor" ... so ...

I don't know if that makes me feel better or worse.

Again, I got off schedule on the reading because I thought the last chapter covered both lectures. Dummy me!! She didn't post another outline earlier yesterday .. and I incorrectly assumed there wasn't one and failled to look back at the course outline. Sigh.

Will I ever get caught up? We are now talking about the infant at least .. wow, progress!! I am really torn as this seems like an interesting subject but I'm feeling lost and/or bewildered by the organization of the material.

I will certainly try to rise above it. LOL

arciedee · Sep 22, 2005

Well today the teacher at least admitted that she also hates the text and that it's poorly organized and "must have had a poor editor" ... so ...
I don't know if that makes me feel better or worse.
Again, I got off schedule on the reading because I thought the last chapter covered both lectures. Dummy me!! She didn't post another outline earlier yesterday .. and I incorrectly assumed there wasn't one and failled to look back at the course outline. Sigh.
Will I ever get caught up? We are now talking about the infant at least .. wow, progress!! I am really torn as this seems like an interesting subject but I'm feeling lost and/or bewildered by the organization of the material.
I will certainly try to rise above it. LOL

That sounds so frustrating, kayel! But I'm sure you WILL rise above it :)

I wish that we were on the infant, we're still in prenatal. Though I think our prof is going to try to cover two chapters next week which should get us well into birth and infancy (I hope!). We're supposed to have a test the week after that, too! Argh.

sddlnscp · Sep 22, 2005

We are covering 3 chapters at a time - it is organized well, but just jam-packed. We are currently working on growth and development during the first three years - birth to toddlerhood. I have a quiz on it tomorrow - yikes! Then we will be off to chapters 7,8, and 9 starting next week.