ceraleigh

I'm itching to get this out of me and think this is the best place to do it. Why do people complain about A&P being hard. Please, read everything before you get upset. :-D I'm taking A&P right now (summer 2) and am struggling slightly to make my A, but no where do I feel this is hard. It's just a lot of material. It's a lot of memorizing and reading, and taking notes. But what I'm learning is not over my head or hard to understand. Is this the same feeling other people have? Granted this is A&P 1 not A&P 2. Perhaps there is a difference. Reason behind this is because 2/3 of my class has done nothing but complain from day one about how hard the class is and how they dont understand it. I know the tests are tricky (poor wording) but, again, I dont feel they are trying to be hard and if you properly study/prepare they are not so scary. However, they continue to gripe and whine and struggle with their 60's and 70's and then in the next breath talk about wanting to be a CRNA and getting their masters. I'm all for dreaming big but if you're having a rough time understanding/passing A&P maybe you're jumping the gun talking about getting your masters & specializing. So I turn to you, my trusty truthful companions. Is A&P difficult because of the material, or because of the amount of material? Those of you who have taken A&P, looking back, do you think you let the rumors of the class scare you? Was is as bad as you thought? Was it easier? Worse? -- If there has already been a discussion on this forgive me and direct me to it. My search option rarely seems to get me where I want to go.

Granted I'm taking A&P in a summer semester, but, I find that a LOT of the people who have not had bio before are floundering and dont understand. I had BIO Spring semester and now so many things are continued on. I already know the bones of the body, so all I have to learn is the individual characteristics of the bones. etc. People who have not had bio have to learn the bones plus their characteristics, etc. Maybe that's why I have an A and they don't, I came into the class with a better core knowledge than they did.

Awesome, Awesome, Awesome. :) Can't wait to peek through everything here. PS - Are you getting the same storms I'm getting? (DFW)

Right now we're using Jenkins "Anatomy And Physiology: From Science to Life" next semester the school is switching to Marieb's 7th edition Anatomy & Physiology. screw 'em.

I'm getting worried. Anyone have any helpful tips other than study & repeat. LOL.

If you're not a strong science student, I strongly suggest bio prior to A&P.

you want to be a nurse but have no idea what it takes to be one or how to get there? i'd start at the beginning and research what it means to be a nurse. know what type of compensation you'd be able to expect and what your general duties could be depending on what department you'd like to work for. next, research colleges that have nursing programs and figure out which ones you're interested in. do you want to go after your bsn or adn or lvn? do you know what those terms mean? would you want to go after your masters one day? once you have a list of schools you'd like to apply to with nursing programs, figure out what their pre-reqs are, make a list, find the compareable classed offered by your school and start ticking them off your list.

Skip straight to the bones, muscles, & organ systems. The parts of the cell & chem are easier to learn in lecture (I think) and the others take a lot more hands on time.

quote - Severity of the RN Shortage As a whole, the U.S. is experiencing a moderate shortage of registered nurses, with more severe shortages in certain areas. This RN shortage will continue to grow if current trends continue, including: a growing and aging U.S. population high demand for highest quality of care an RN workforce at or approaching retirement age difficulties attracting new nurses and retaining the existing workforce.http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/nursing/ Here's what caught my attention, "difficulties attracting new nurses and retaining the existing workforce." Um... difficulty attracting new nurses? How can this be when all the nursing programs have waiting lists and there is a huge buzz about a career in nursing.

Where are you weak? I would suggest stick with A&P, Chem, & Micro material right now. Pick up a coloring book and go through it. You'll get a general idea of where things are located. Ideally you'll want to help yourself get a good understanding of the basics so when you're in class you'll kinda know them already.

my first lab pract. is on Monday. Fill in the blank, yikes!

Before class, I've read the chapter w/o taking notes. Then, I listen in class. If the outline notes are available online, I have them printed off and I just listen and jot down things that I dont understand or were repeated or seem important. If notes weren't posted online, I write down what I hear. After class I read through the book, highlighting things I've heard in class/lab. I go back and write out notes from the book. I look at my notes from class, pull them together, and I WRITE them out. I learn better by writing the notes vs typing them. Then I make flash-cards from my notes & book. Again, I write them out. I use this forum for links to online quizes & review. I also have a book that has pictures of the models we use in class (my school sells it) and I go over those. I also log lots of hours at the tutorial lab and "teach" classmates. Right now we're learning tissues and I spent 4 hours working with half dozen other students teaching them different tissues. I learned more by pulling the slides, locating the tissues & focusing them & then setting up a mock piratical and helping them learn how to tell what the tissues were, than I would have just trying to learn on my own. I'm not afraid to not know everything by heart. I just need to know how to figure it out. As the test gets nearer, I take out flashcards that I know I know. I only leave the ones I hesitate on or are unsure of. I also re-read my notes & the chapter again. I tend to find myself falling asleep at night thinking about something I was studying earlier in the day. So far it seems to be working. My biggest tips I tell people are - 1 - Repetition. Do not expect to KNOW everything in one sitting. You usually have to go over something at least three times before you'll feel comfortable with knowing the information. 2 - Read the chapter. So many classmates just go off lecture notes and dont read the chapters & lab book 3 - Make use of the tutorial lab. Study groups work if you're in a good one. A good study group is people who are trying to study, not just chit chat. 4 - Focus on what you don't know. Once you know something, set it aside and keep working on what you dont. Along with this, is dont look at the whole material at once, break it down into manageable amounts to study/learn 5 - Figure out how you like to learn and use it. Record lectures and listen to them a second or third time. Write out your notes by hand. Talk aloud to your dog and explain the chapter to him. Even offer to buy a buddy dinner/drinks if he will come over and sit with you and talk the material out with you & quiz you.

You actually made me laugh. Really.

psst, second link doesnt work.

My opinion is that it's because of the cultural shift in manners and acceptable behavior. Parents work and often dont have enough energy ot time left over to properly raise their children, they mistake disrespect with independence, and dont feel the support of society to enforce rules and regulations. (remember when you used to get your but paddled at the neighbors house for sassing back and then also back at home?) People of all ages are so concerned with number one they obsess about themselves and how to make themselves happy and feel good. As a society as a whole, we are a "me" nation. This is what leads into these types of behaviors described here.