Is it better to retake Assessment or Anatomy and Physiology? Help me choose!

BookwormRN · Jul 20, 2007

You mean that you did not have to re-take either class to procede to the next semester?? At my school we were required to pass those classes at a minimum of 80% in order to continue on in the program.

A&P and Assessment are both very important in day to day nursing.

Good luck!

miss arron · Jul 20, 2007

that 57% in anatomy is kinda scary - i vote for retaking that one.

EmmaG, RN · Jul 20, 2007

Hi,
need some help deciding here....thanks for your input!
Im going into my third year of nursing school this fall. I took a full year anatomy and physiology course and a full year physical assessent course in year 1. I ended up with a final grade of 57% in anatomy and a 73% in assessment. Now i want to retake one of them to boost my CGPA, even though either one wouldnt really raise it by that much. I can sign up for a class but am not guaranteed a spot in the winter semester so i might only be able to take half of the class (which i still wouldnt mind)
Even though i did bad in anatomy everyone is telling me to retake assessment because we use it more on a daily basis in nursing practice and it would be better to retake it. What do you think?
Thanks!

Of course you use assessment in nursing practice... but you can't do a good, accurate physical assessment if you don't know normal anatomy and physiology

Daytonite, BSN, RN · Jul 20, 2007

I wouldn't waste my money to retake a class just to raise my GPA. To raise my GPA I'd take a class where I knew the material, something fun or something you always wanted to take and I figure on getting an "A". That will boost your GPA.

A good deal of learning is done on your own anyway. The instructor is only a facilitator. You have to open the book, do the reading and make the connections of understanding, not the instructor. The instructor is only there to help you in this process and there is no guarantee that any instructor is able to do this 100% of the time for you. This is the great insight that you will finally get after years and years of college. If you look at the people who go on to get Master's and doctorates you will see that they are not normally sitting in classrooms reading textbooks and taking tests where they are spitting out answers being asked by their professors. What they are usually doing is self-study and writing, writing, writing their own ideas on the subject they are studying and backing up what they are writing with lists of bibliographies. That is what you are learning to do in college--be an independent thinker.

So, as far as any deficiencies you think you might have in anatomy and physiology. . .pull out the old textbook, or buy a new one if you got rid of the old one, and use it to refresh yourself as the specific areas of the body come up in your nursing classes. That's how scholars are expected to conduct themselves. That's what the index at the back of books is for.

AprilRNhere · Jul 20, 2007

I'm confused as to how you got into a nursing school with that grade in anatomy? I took it twice...because my score was a 78 the first time. I had to have the 80% to get into the nursing program.

If you really just want to boost your GPA...take a humanities class.

student456 · Jul 20, 2007

At my school a passing grade is a 63% (C+) for all nursing classes and a 50% (D) pass for anatomy and physiology. im in canada so i dont know how the usa nursing schools pass rates are. its a 4 year full time program that you can start straight out of high school. you take anatomy, physiology, assessment, etc in your first year. ive passed all my classes fairly good so far and im now going into my third year out of 4 years. usually my grades are around a B or B +. Right now i have a 3.1 GPA which is equivalent to around a 75 so im not worried about that. this is my schools grading scale (its a 4.3 GPA scale). im just unsure i know that you need both A&P and assessment on a daily basis while in nursing but i cant choose what one to retake (wish i could do both) even though i passed i would like to relearn it again to enhance my knowledge

A+ 4.33

A 4.0

A- 3.67

B+ 3.33

B 3.0

B- 2.67

C+ 2.33

C 2.0

C- 1.67

D+ 1.33

D 1.0

D- 0.67

MadisonsMomRN, BSN, RN · Jul 20, 2007

The school I went to is very competitive and A&P was a VERY important class. You basically need an A to get in.

I would take A&P because that is really important in nursing.

AprilRNhere · Jul 21, 2007

At the risk of sounding offensive..and maybe just plain being offensive..that shocks me. I wouldn't want someone in charge of my care that was only required to make a 50% on knowlege of the human body. It wasn't fun having high requirements, but when I am in the hospital it's good to know that the nurses made it past those types of standards.

GilaRRT · Jul 21, 2007

I think it will be difficult to compare Canadian educational standards to edcation standards within the US. We would need to know the learning objectives, course material, curriculum, course plan, and compare these standards to the US counterpart. I would warn anyone against basing their opinion on a percentage that may not relate well to our educational system.

With that, I would retake A&P. If we simply say 50% is the minimal standard for comprehension, 57% would indicate that you have barely exceeded the minimal standard.

On a side note: many of the Canadian Nurses I have known received outstanding education and I dare say that their educational standards may be a little higher than some of their US counterpart programs.