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okay, people! who is with me on this one? i am feeling a little nervous about all those slides! i'm looking forward to meeting everyone in this course!

i will gather up any useful sites i find in the last med micro club and elsewhere and put them in this post!

here's a start ..

some sites from fall 05 club:

Specializes in ICU.
AAAAaaaarrrrrgggghhhhh.....we have a test coming up on Tuesday mainly about viral and bacterial infections. Name, characteristics etc.....tons of them!!!!!! Now it's almost as bad as being in A&P....MEMORIZATION!

Just have to vent it's driving me crazy...staphylococcus this, streptococcus that, you get the picture :o

Enuff already!!!!!!!:madface: :o :eek: :bluecry1: :smackingf

I've got my third micro exam on tuesday also, so we're sort of in the same studying-boat for the weekend. good luck! I know I need it. It's impossible to study when your mother is blasting music.

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I've got my third micro exam on tuesday also, so we're sort of in the same studying-boat for the weekend. good luck! I know I need it. It's impossible to study when your mother is blasting music.

LOL......What kind of music is your mother BLASTING....she is probably close to my age Is it disco music??????? :lol2:

This study boat is about to tip over......:o

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Specializes in ICU.
LOL......What kind of music is your mother BLASTING....she is probably close to my age Is it disco music??????? :lol2:

This study boat is about to tip over......:o

haha, she'll be 50 in May! Thank god she isn't blasting disco or I would seriously jump out the window. No, instead, I get to listen to Faith Hill's Firefly cd OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER until my ears bleed while my drunk mother replays the same song over and becomes emotional and all menopausal! lol sorry, but this wouldn't bother me so much if it didn't happen ALL THE TIME. I told her I am throwing my copy of that cd away because I cannot stand it anymore from hearing it on repeat.

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haha, she'll be 50 in May! Thank god she isn't blasting disco or I would seriously jump out the window. No, instead, I get to listen to Faith Hill's Firefly cd OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER until my ears bleed while my drunk mother replays the same song over and becomes emotional and all menopausal! lol sorry, but this wouldn't bother me so much if it didn't happen ALL THE TIME. I told her I am throwing my copy of that cd away because I cannot stand it anymore from hearing it on repeat.

I sent you a PM ;)

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Specializes in ICU.
I sent you a PM ;)

Thanks, I replied!

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Specializes in Pediatric/Adolescent, Med-Surg.

Well, I start Micro on Tuesday. I'll be using Tortora's "Microbiology: An Introduction." I've flipped through it some and it actually looks interesting. :)

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Specializes in Labor and Delivery.
Well, I start Micro on Tuesday. I'll be using Tortora's "Microbiology: An Introduction." I've flipped through it some and it actually looks interesting. :)

Welcome to the group! Hasn't been very busy in here lately, I think everyone is working on thier unknowns. LOL

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Well, I start Micro on Tuesday. I'll be using Tortora's "Microbiology: An Introduction." I've flipped through it some and it actually looks interesting. :)

I have the same book, it depends on what your teacher emphasizes in the class, we don't cover EVERY chapter :-)

Good luck;)

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Specializes in ICU.

So how is studying going for everyone? Me? I just realized that I don't really know why I am busting my butt for this third micro exam tomorrow. I figured out that even if I got a 60% on this exam, my test averages would still be 96%! However, I feel pressure from myself to do well, I guess since I have the two highest test scores in class. I know those types of things really don't matter, but it does feel good when you know your score is the highest. I feel like even if I took the exam right now, I would do pretty good, but I will still probably study for another 4hrs and then go to sleep!

I am having a hard time figuring out Fungii because in the book it says one thing and then in my professors ppt--another! For instance, in the book, it says penicillin is from the division Ascomycetes, but in her ppt, she has it under Deuteromycetes?? It is CONFUSINGGG.

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So how is studying going for everyone? Me? I just realized that I don't really know why I am busting my butt for this third micro exam tomorrow. I figured out that even if I got a 60% on this exam, my test averages would still be 96%! However, I feel pressure from myself to do well, I guess since I have the two highest test scores in class. I know those types of things really don't matter, but it does feel good when you know your score is the highest. I feel like even if I took the exam right now, I would do pretty good, but I will still probably study for another 4hrs and then go to sleep!

I am having a hard time figuring out Fungii because in the book it says one thing and then in my professors ppt--another! For instance, in the book, it says penicillin is from the division Ascomycetes, but in her ppt, she has it under Deuteromycetes?? It is CONFUSINGGG.

Could you send your instructor a last minute e-mail to clarify your fungus dilemma????

Good luck on your test tomorrow....I am like you, even though I could do bad, I would still have an A....So far I had 3 100% on 2 lecture tests and one case study exam. We can drop the lowest grade.....it's a pride thing, I want to get what I can get. Studied my brains out and I am READY!!!! BRING IT ON !!!!!!! My test will be mainly about viral and bacterial diseases, stuff about oncogenes/viruses, RNA replication, retroviruses etc......and in addititon we will have our weekly lab quizz! LOVELY!!!!!!!!!:lol2:

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Specializes in ICU.
Could you send your instructor a last minute e-mail to clarify your fungus dilemma????

Good luck on your test tomorrow....I am like you, even though I could do bad, I would still have an A....So far I had 3 100% on 2 lecture tests and one case study exam. We can drop the lowest grade.....it's a pride thing, I want to get what I can get. Studied my brains out and I am READY!!!! BRING IT ON !!!!!!! My test will be mainly about viral and bacterial diseases, stuff about oncogenes/viruses, RNA replication, retroviruses etc......and in addititon we will have our weekly lab quizz! LOVELY!!!!!!!!!:lol2:

I thought about e-mailing her, but I have her for lab before lecture, so I will just ask while in lab if she ever has a free moment. Our test covers the chapters on Controlling microbial growth in the environment (methods for sterlization, crap like that), controlling microbial growth in the body (gotta know the antibiotics, etc), Eukaryotes (only protozoa and fungii), and Viruses, viroids, and prions! hoo

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I thought about e-mailing her, but I have her for lab before lecture, so I will just ask while in lab if she ever has a free moment. Our test covers the chapters on Controlling microbial growth in the environment (methods for sterlization, crap like that), controlling microbial growth in the body (gotta know the antibiotics, etc), Eukaryotes (only protozoa and fungii), and Viruses, viroids, and prions! hoo

Good idea, definitely ask. Whatever you are covering will come up for us last. Although we have discussed antiseptics, desinfectants, etc in lab and it was part of our 1st lab exam and of course the "infamous weekly lab quizz"

We briefly discussed antibiotics and how they only work for bacteria because of their unique cell wall chemistry etc.

Good luck, you will be alright! ;)

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