Microbiology - Fall 2008

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Hi ya'll! Anybody taking Micro this coming fall semester and want to form a study group? I did this for A&P I and II and it helped tremendously! I'm taking it along with Chem 1151 (Survey of Chem). Thanks!

Well we got homework on the first day (last monday) which is due tomorrow. Chapter 2 is over chemistry and to save time we are completly skipping over that chapter - but to make sure we know chemistry, she gave us 45 questions to answer about it. :down: I've got almost all of it done, but am stuck on a few questions. Its convalent and ionic bonding that I just cannot get (like why they can dissolve in water). :banghead:

But the rest of the actual micro stuff is pretty interesting to me so far.

Hi Stacygirl, I know what you mean. Our teacher wanted to test our knowledge of chem and we had to take an online 30 question quiz due second class session (we started last week).

My teacher uses Power Point slides ~ I love it cause it allows me to listen better. But I still record my lectures... just in case! We picked our disease causing organism that we're going to do our paper (actually 4 papers) and presentation on. Lab is my favorite! Saw the letter e, elodea, yeast, e. coli and staph. It's cool to see organisms moving under the microscope. How awesome is that?

Good luck to everyone!

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My first Micro Lab Exam is today!! :eek: Wish me luck....... :up:

Wow, that's quick!!! Ours is next Thurs. Good luck ~ you'll do awesome!

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Specializes in Emergency.

Whewww... first lab exam out of the way! I'm always so glad to get the first one out of the way! Good luck to everyone else on their first! :yelclap:

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Whewww... first lab exam out of the way! I'm always so glad to get the first one out of the way! Good luck to everyone else on their first! :yelclap:

Congrats! I'm sure you did fantastic! My first one isn't for 2 weeks but it's a "skill test"...basically I have to sit in front of the professor and make cultures and stains and streak plates without goofing up...no pressure!:eek:

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today was my first day of micro class so we really wasn't much. I am very nervous. I was looking online to see if there is any studyguide or any websites so i can familiarize with the stuff. And now i have a headache...There's so much material.! I took a&p I&II over the summer and i didn't really have a hard time with it. I just hope and pray that I can make it through this class with an A or a B+ to keep my gpa up. :redbeathe

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Specializes in ICU.

It does feel like there is jsut SOOOOOO much info!! We've had 3 classes and are already thru chapter 4!! Just stay on top of your reading, its helped me so far. I record the lectures too and listen to them on the drive to work then home. Good luck!

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Specializes in Emergency.
today was my first day of micro class so we really wasn't much. I am very nervous. I was looking online to see if there is any studyguide or any websites so i can familiarize with the stuff. And now i have a headache...There's so much material.! I took a&p I&II over the summer and i didn't really have a hard time with it. I just hope and pray that I can make it through this class with an A or a B+ to keep my gpa up. :redbeathe

Hey!

We are all in this together. We can get through this and come out with great grades. Feel CONFIDENCE!! I have a stress ball that has that written on it. Come here study, vent, scream, .....we WILL make it!!

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:loveya: Thanks guys! i will try and be positive about this course and definitely start recording it too! Goodluck to all of us!!

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I agree with the other poster. Recorder, recorder, recorder. Can't say enough about it. I can focus more on what the professor is saying than trying to write down everything and maybe miss something becuase his lectures are so fast. In addition since I'm an "audio" person as opposed to a "reading" person, I can always go back and listen to something I missed or don't understand. Also flash cards! I make them based on the lectures and keep them in my purse, so if I'm anywhere that I have 10 minutes, instead of doing nothing I pull them out and review them. Usually by the end of a class I have hundreds of flash cards (2 whole punching and using rings makes them easier to carry around).

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I had my first class last night and absolutely loved it! It's been 6 years since I've taken AP so I'm a little nervous about that - but the material was so interesting. Last night just confirmed for me that I am on the right path again, and I can't wait to start nursing school.

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Specializes in MICU - CCRN, IR, Vascular Surgery.

Lab quiz on Monday, still no lab book available... Getting scared!

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Hey everyone! I took microbiology this past summer and absolutely loved it! One of my favorite courses EVER!

Anyway, I just typed up this list of microbiology websites I found helpful because I wanted to send it to a friend. And then I thought, why not post it on allnurses, too? So enjoy -- I hope you find something useful here. :)

http://skywalker.cochise.edu/ilinc/bio205henrickson/ (Powerpoint presentations with audio. Very helpful. Followed my course outline quite a bit, although not completely. I listened to them and watched on my computer using Windows Media player. I have heard they are also on iTunes, but I don't have an iTunes account.)

http://student.ccbcmd.edu/courses/bio141/index.html (Online course lectures. Great lab manual, too, with explanations.)

http://www.microbiologytext.com/index.php?module=Book&func=toc&book_id=4 (An online microbiology text; only the first 2 chapters are complete, but they cover a lot of the stuff you'll cover in the early weeks of micro.)

http://www.textbookofbacteriology.net/ (An online textbook of bacteriology. It's fabulous, and he updates it constantly! I went to it frequently for background information.)

http://www.microbiologybytes.com/ (An overall cool website. Podcasts, a blog with current microbiology controversies and discoveries, lab techniques, etc. And the guy has a sense of humor!)

http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/book/welcome.htm (From the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. Microbiology and immunology for for med students; you'll find lots of good information here, especially about diseases. Online lecture notes are great.)

http://virology-online.com/viruses/index.htm (You need to look up a virus? Check here first!)

http://mycology.cornell.edu/ (This is a webpage with links to online resources about fungi.)

http://www.doctorfungus.org/ (Yes, Doctor Fungus! It's run by a bunch of mycologists with serious credentials. Lots of info about various disease-causing fungi.)

http://www.aber.ac.uk/parasitology/Edu/EduIndex.html#Parasites%20and%20Parasitism (lots of information about parasites.)

http://gsbs.utmb.edu/microbook/ (An online medical microbiology textbook. It's about 10 years old, but there's a lot of good background info there.)

http://www.stanford.edu/group/virus/ (All about virology. Lots of links to people's work.)

http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/mmi/jmoodie/welcome1.html (Virology lectures for medical students from the University of Cape Town. Down at the bottom of the page is a tutorial about viral structure/architecture. Fabulous!)

http://microvet.arizona.edu/Courses/MIC419web/web419index.html (University of Arizona undergraduate immunology online lectures (text). I used this site a lot when we were studying the immune system.)

http://www.kcom.edu/faculty/chamberlain/website/studio.htm (A very cool website with audio pronunciation of tons of bacteria. Weren't you wondering how to pronounce "Rickettsia rickettsii"? Or how about "Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae"? LOL!)

http://www.rlc.dcccd.edu/mathsci/reynolds/micro/lab_manual/TOC.html (An online lab manual with step-by-step procedures. Some illustrations of what your slides are supposed to look like under the microscope, too.)

Enjoy!

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