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I'm working towards an associate degree in nursing starting this fall and I was wondering if nursing students have to do anything with cadavers?? I was reading an article the other day about a medical student talking about his cadaver and it just got me wondering if nursing students had to go that in depth with A&P too??

Thanks!!

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Most NS's require the A&P to have been completed prior to applying. When I took my A&P class we got to work with cadavers which I feel was more educating compared to models but cadavers are not for everyone.

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Specializes in ICU, Telemetry, neuro,research.

whether or not you work/study with/on a cadaver probably has more to do wtih where you go to school and the funds available to that institution. but then, i went to both a cc and a big bsn program and in neither place did we get to do that. i dare say that some nursing students would fall away if all were required to do that much of an indepth course. but, if it bothers you then, do your research when you apply to your school. cadavers are expensive and left mostly to the pre med students if i had to hazard a guess.:rolleyes:

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We do not work with them at my school.

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Specializes in Med/Surg.

It's more common to work on a cat. In my physiology class, we used frogs most of the time.

I have not heard of many nursing students learning by use of a cadaver, but I'm sure certain schools do utilize them.

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In my A&P class we mainly used cats and sheep parts. But we took a two day trip to BYU and learned from real cadavers. It was really educational. Seeing a real person is nothing like a model. I'm really glad we got to work with them. At first I was really nervous about it and I thought I would be too grossed out but it wasn't like that at all. It was interesting. The grossed thing about it was not the cadavers, it was the fluid they spray on them to keep them from smelly too bad. But even that wasn't too bad.

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thats more pre med than NS.. Im surprised someone got to work with one. I think they even banned working on cats. We got to watch a video in A&P of what the organs look like. Bummer.

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We dissected cats, pigs, and select cow parts. However, one of the neighboring schools DO use cadavers for anatomy. I wish WE did...

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It really depends on the school. In most schools pre-nursing students, or those students taking A&P have to work with cadavers. They are quite educational and really give an awesome opportunity to see inside the human body. You will most likely us them when you are learning about the the body's muscles. They really are a great tool, if you do get the chance to work with them, consider yourself lucky!

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thats more pre med than NS.. Im surprised someone got to work with one. I think they even banned working on cats. We got to watch a video in A&P of what the organs look like. Bummer.

Maybe you're thinking of actual dissection. When my class went to BYU, we didn't do any actually dissecting. The cadavers were already dissected so all we did was observe and we were allowed to hold and touch. But we didn't use any tools. The pre-med students did all the technical stuff.

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At my cc there were 2 different anatomy classes offered. I took the one in which we dissected sheep parts and the final lab exam was with fetal pigs. The other one they offered used cadavers, for those who wanted to attend a university ns because the local universities do not accept the type of anatomy class I took.

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Im so jealous, and I feel cheated LOL

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