DesertRoseAZ

I work as a PCT in a teaching hospital for $10.44/hr plus 15% shift differential for working night shift (7p-7:30a) so $12/hr. I'm only a level one, but becoming a level 2 soon and in addition to doing basic patient care, vitals, fingersticks, and ostomy care, I will be getting trained to do EKGs and phlebotomy.

Thank you guys. I'm feeling better and excited because I registered for classes. I learned a valuable lesson: use your resources! I checked out my professors on ratemyprofessor.com and word of mouth and think I picked some good ones. Teachers make all the difference i have learned! I made sure that my A&P1 was a good one especially. Her ratings all say she's phenomenal: hard but the best teacher they've ever had. And more than one person said that so she should be good. She's also the course coordinator for the biology department so she should know how to get through the class pretty well.

Please somebody tell me..... that I'm not a failure. that it happens. I am going to retake A&P 1 again ext semester. I'm not doing well due to reasons mostly due to the poor teacher I have, some due to me not having a great memory. I've also been really struggling with physical issues. My husband is freaking out on me and telling me all the reasons it's a bad idea to re-take. I know there's consequences. I can do better though, and I don't understand a lot of the course. Maybe it will look bad to some school admission offices that I had to retake A&P1, but isn't it common? It's not the end of the world right? The fail rate is 50% for this course in many colleges I've read.....that means 50% had to have a do over, and I'm sure many excellent nurses had to take it over before nursing school, right? I feel like an idiot. At least I'm getting As in my other classes (Chem and Nutrition)

It wasn't a problem with the math. I got the test back and the things I got wrong seemed to be things he didn't go over in class or in his notes, and also not in the quizzes so I didn't know them.

Oh, ok. I have Kidd at Desert Vista. Bleh. You're right, at least it's only one class, I prefer Bio as well.

Nope, no test anxiety here. I don't get it. Who's your instructor? PM if you don't want to say, maybe we have the same one?

Yes, I am going to Pima. This class is at the DV campus. :) I do have a tutor of sorts already. (my husband is a PhD Analytical Chemist ) Maybe I need to work with him more? My teacher isn't very good I am just stumped as to how I'm not doing well on the material in exam form when in quiz form I rock it.

I need some pointers as to where I can do better on my Chemistry exams. I just don't understand where I'm going wrong. 3 exams I have taken now and I can't do better than an 80. Just this last exam last week I got a 76 but only because I got 10 points extra credit for voting in the prez election, which means I really got a 66. The most frustrating part about this is I got high A+s on both quizzes on the chapters covered on the exam! How the heck did I get two As on the quizzes but bomb the exam?? This keeps happening, and it's weird because he allows us one page of notes as a "cheat sheet" for the exams and I still don't do well. I pulled all my cheat sheet info from the quizzes I got As on, power points, and the book. I didn't even get a cheat sheet for the quizzes and I did very well. Help??

This thread is monstrous, so forgive me if this has been asked..... what are some good tips for remembering the muscles? This includes their orgin, insertion, and actions. I have flash cards, just wondering if anybody else has a great tip.

Sounds like you need to create different study habits because apparently your current ones aren't getting you up to speed on the material. Research different study habits and try them out, also try to find out what kind of learner you are by doing a google search for tests that can tell you that. How are you studying now? Try getting as much face time with the models as you can. Buy flash cards, I have ones by Netter that are great. Get not just one but multiple atlases, one never has everything. Get a study partner Continuously go over the material. If you constantly go over the material your brain will figure out that this is info you want stored into your long term memory. When you first learn it it goes in your short term, and will stay there until you continuously review.

Moles are not that bad. I remember learning it 2 weeks ago and being in tears. Luckily my husband is a chemist and got me to understand it. When you get to it, just remember to write out ALL units so you can cancel them correctly. As long as you do that you'll always get the right unit. A cute saying my husband taught me with when I was stuck on what unit to go to next was.... Grams want to go to MoleTown. Moles love to get into ratios. Then it's time to go back to GramTown.

Yes, thanks!

I'm quite confused, maybe somebody knows: On the sphenoid bone there's the sella turcica and the hypophyseal fossa. Which one is which? In the answer sheet for the mock practical our instructor wrote: "hypophyseal fossa/sell turcica" Was she just being nice because it could be either one she was indicating to, are they the same thing, or what? What I got online is maybe the sella turcica is the entire "saddle" like depression and the hypohyseal fossa is the center middle of the sella turcica? Or what?

I didn't do as well as I expected on my first exam Guess I need to tweak my study habits.

Bla, I dropped the A&P and am going to take it in the fall instead. 5 weeks is just too damn fast.

I start this class for my 5 week summer course tomorrow! :) only thing is I'm really angry that my textbook is very late. I ordered it on the 23rd online (way cheaper) and it was shipped the 24th with a shipping time frame of 2-3 business days. The damn thing still isn't here!I hope I don't need it tomorrow!

Hmm, it was very very condensed. It's usually taught in 16 weeks during normal semesters, but mine was condensed into 5 weeks, so it was a shock. We'd learn about 2 chapters a day, and quiz at least 2x a week, test one time a week on multiple chapters. Class was 4.5 hours 4x a week. Honestly I don't think you have to take what I did because it was Bio156IN (Biology for Allied Health Professionals) and it's the prerequisite for Anatomy and physiology I, which you took. It was the basics of Biology that you would need to understand Anatomy and Physio: Characteristics of Life and Evolution Basics of Chem Cellular Respiration Human Development Cell Structures Tissues etc... So while it wasn't hard material wise, what WAS hard about it was the pace and it was a LOT very quickly. I'd say I studied about 3 hours a day on weekdays, maybe 4-5 on weekends. We didn't really have homework, so my study time was spent reviewing the material.

I Got An A!!!

Sorry Carlos, I personally don't have any opinion as I haven't taken Micro yet. Hope someone else can help you. Maybe start a new thread?

I start AP I next Monday. 5 week class!

Guess I'll be heading over to the A&P I thread. Although I love to help, so i'll still check this thread :)

Well, I took it. I think I did well :)

My exam is tomorrow. (final)

Good job Carlos! You are certainly an inspiration to the rest of us!

Thanks, might give it a shot!