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:uhoh3:I am curious to know like HOW much of Anatomy & Physiology does a NURSE need to know

or does it all just come to you in NURSING school???????????????

Specializes in ER.
I figured you DEFINITELY know your A&P....especially since you discussed an complicated A&P concept on this post off the top of your head;)...I think I was trying to stress the importance to the original poster.

Thank you LOL! I didn't mean to come across snarky, I apologize if I did. After I re-read it I thought it may have comr across that way. I really do appreciate the advice :)

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
I have said that I not only needed A & P in nursing school, I would have loved to go back and take it again after being a nurse a few years. I think taking it again now would really make me say "AHHH, NOW I understand!"

After taking classes like Patho Physiology I felt the same way, that I wanted to take it again. I would sit there listening to lecture and our teacher would constantly say "If you remember in Bio whatever number it was, but it was A&P we reviewed this, or if you look back at your notes from A&P" I took A&P at a different school a few years before that class, and I remember thinking WTH I don't remember this or that. So during Patho I was trying to relearn the A&P because that was the only way the stuff in Patho made sense.

Not sure if any of THAT made sense LOL, but I don't care if you rarely use it outside of nursing, if you expect to get through Patho and Nursing classes you will need to know it.

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I can totally see that. I've started studying for my microbiology course that starts this Thursday (YAY SUMMER CLASSES! LOL) and it has SO much in it that I learned in A&P. It is equal parts Chemistry, A&P, and novel material. I used everything I learned in Chemistry in A&P and now I am going to use everything I learned in Chemistry again PLUS what I learned in A&P to get through this class. It definitely builds.

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Thank you LOL! I didn't mean to come across snarky, I apologize if I did. After I re-read it I thought it may have comr across that way. I really do appreciate the advice :)

HAHA thanks for the kind words; after I read your first post to me I reread my post and realized it was overly dramatic and I would have been annoyed if someone wrote it to me, especially if I got an A in the course!!!!!!!(I did not, by the way :) I was high on life that night since I just found out I passed the NCLEX, and I felt smart all of a sudden lol.

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I can totally see that. I've started studying for my microbiology course that starts this Thursday (YAY SUMMER CLASSES! LOL) and it has SO much in it that I learned in A&P. It is equal parts Chemistry, A&P, and novel material. I used everything I learned in Chemistry in A&P and now I am going to use everything I learned in Chemistry again PLUS what I learned in A&P to get through this class. It definitely builds.

As someone else who thinks you know what you're talking about...this post has just inspired me to definitely take all of the science pre-req's separately. I was going to take Chem AND Anatomy this fall, but I think now I should definitely take Chemistry first before diving into Anatomy or Physiology.

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Specializes in Critical Care, Clinical Documentation Specialist.

SoCaliGirl - Don't worry about taking any sciences together. I did AP 1 and Chem last semester together and got As in both. Summer semester I'm taking Micro and AP 2 and expect to do fine. If they are too dependent upon one another they will be a pre-reqs for your pre-req, lol. For example, in my Patho class you have to have AP 1&2 finished first. I didn't want to stretch out my nursing pre-reqs any longer than I had to.

Good Luck!!!

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This thread made me think of a question that I've been wondering about, lol. I just finished A&P2 this semester...I got a "B" in 1 and 2. Is that good? Am I going to stuggle with nursing because I "only" got a Bs? I've just seen someone posters be somewhat upset if they've got a "B" in A&P and I'm frickin thrilled, lol. So to those that got Bs, are you doing ok in nursing school?

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This thread made me think of a question that I've been wondering about, lol. I just finished A&P2 this semester...I got a "B" in 1 and 2. Is that good? Am I going to stuggle with nursing because I "only" got a Bs? I've just seen someone posters be somewhat upset if they've got a "B" in A&P and I'm frickin thrilled, lol. So to those that got Bs, are you doing ok in nursing school?

I am sure for all of us we want an " A " only because we want a high GPA

to get into the nursing school of are choice. Getting a B is fine now a C

is like omg try again...but an B is fine. I am taking Anatomy this summer

and next I will take Physiology or Chemistry , maybe both.lol:yeah:

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