Question about A&P

I think you should be fine especially because you have taken anatomy before. For my A & P class, our first exam was a review on chapters 1-3 and included some chemistry. So chemistry might be a good warm up class for anatomy. Good luck!

Yes, I think you are over-thinking it. In my experience 50% do not fail A&P, and if you do, you can forget nursing school. You should shoot for an 'A' as in all your prereqs as it is very competitive to get into many schools. I took A&P and had not had a science course in like 30 years. I studied a lot and did very well. Don't psych yourself out, psych yourself up!

Thanks ladies, I think I will do fine, but sometimes reading or listening to other peoples opinions can really make you second guess! I am totally ready for this!

I am a 41yr old student in a BSN program at the University of South Florida. When I took A&P, yes there was a 50% fail rate for A&P 1 but then the dead weight had been weeded out for A&P 2. The pass/fail rate depended on the professor and my professor was awesome. And awesome to me means that you learned a ton in his class. He was tough on us but we knew what he expected from us. I received a B in A&P 1 and an A in A&P 2 and that was without having taken a science class in over 20 years. Doing well in A&P was a great bonus when I was in Pathophysiology because A&P is about 1/3 of the class.

Having seen students that have not succeeded in getting good grades in their pre-req's, usually they do not do what it takes to get the grades. A&P is a hard class.... period. There is no way of getting around spending a tremendous amount of time studying. If you study hard, then you will be successful in all of your pre-req's. I was able to get accepted into my university with a 3.9 GPA.

If you are committed to doing well then you should be fine!

Thanks ladies, I feel better now! I am so excited for this and just want to do the best I can!!!

I am also in my early 40's and have not had a college class in over 15 years! I got A's in both A&P I and II. I had my kids drill me on the anatomy part and my prof was very good at using analogies for the physiology. I recalled most of this stuff from high school! It's always easier the second time around, even 25 years later! Now I'm taking microbiology and the same is true: I don't remember WHEN I had this stuff, but it's familiar and that makes all the difference to me!

I have a B.S. degree in criminology and want to get a 2 year degree in nursing, I am 55 now. Will my basic courses like math, english etc be credited you think? I also was a combat medic in the Navy in the 80's. What do I need to do to get into nursing school? Thanks

As far as your basic being credited it really depends on your schools preference.....mine did not allow mine, that were from 2000....due to the fact that they were more than 5 years old.....sounds like you need to contact your school to get started in the right direction. But your transcripts will be handy anyway, so go ahead and dig those out!

I think the pass/fail rate in A&P is less about how recent your last science class was and more about your motivation as a student and willingness to prioritize studying above all else. As another older student, I hadn't had any classes in over 25 years, but was able to get A's in A&P I and II. Don't overthink things and psych yourself out. Instead, find the study method that works best for you and put lots of effort behind it.

Thanks guys, I feel much better!

Thanks!!!

I feel so weird about this whole school thing, some days I seem to worry more than others and then other days, I'm like I can do this!!!! HAHA I think I must have been in a mode of panic when I posted this, and since this post I've actually printed the syllubus for our chem class and actually it doesn't seem super scary at all!

I do however agree that chem should be a pre req to A&P, lthough I am not quite in nursing school I do have a good collection of books and study references I am already going over.....one of which happens to be an A&P book and I am in the 3rd chapter now, which covers the cell biology and it is a bit tough, and I find myself references the first chapter regarding the atoms, and molecules ect......so based on this I think chem first would help......but I dont have that option after investigating further.....in my school they require math as a pre req.....ok fine I'm taking math in the spring....so I COULD take chem during the summer.....HOWEVER I will have a house full of kids home on summer vacation and that wont work....so my only choice is to put my big girl panies on and grab chem and A&P both by the horns and rock em both out in the fall.......I am sure I can do thins, just nerves!!!! But in an excited way if that makes sense, I just wanna do the best I can as I sure everyone here can understand!