Relearn A&P?

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I was wondering if I should retake my Anatomy and physiology because I feel like I forgot most of the information. I took it in 2007 and got an B+. I am admitted to nursing school and start in January 2010. Am I excepted to remember everything from a&p when I enter? or do you go over a&p things again?

My college lets you keep whatever score that was highest if you retake a class so it won't harm my gpa. Should I retake it or just study it over by myself?

I'm wondering if I should retake a&p while I'm taking my last required pre-nursing class (which if I get lower than a 2.5 I will get kicked out of my school). I still have to get my CPR certification and study before taking the TEAS. I just feel like I'm going to be behind everyone when it comes to A&P when I enter!

I'm really stressing out over this so I appreciate any help! Thanks!

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Just get a review book. My neighbor is a medical student and I helped her review A&P for step 1 licensing. She didn't go back to retake the class and she did perfect. Get a review book by Dr. Constanzo for Physiology and they also have board review "Gross Anatomy." You'll do fine.

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I agree with above post, just review yourself. And there are plenty of websites that can help you review too!:heartbeat:nurse::heartbeat

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Specializes in Dialysis.

Some colleges offer a A&P review course. They call it a AP Boot Camp. It's a 1 credit,4 day course to help you when you start your actual program. See if your school offers it. Otherwise, get out the old notes and quizzes and visit your study lab.

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.

stop stressing, you do not need to retake a&p. most of us forget the specifics of subjects that we do not use. when you start to learn the various medical diseases in nursing classes you will get a brief review of the a&p and pathophysiology that are pertinent to each disease. the pathophysiology (where the a&p has gone wrong) gives us the signs and symptoms of each medical disease/condition. treatments are built around those signs and symptoms. normal a&p is really no longer important when treating disease because disease involves abnormal a&p, or pathophysiology. i recommend you use the critical thinking flow sheet for nursing students for studying diseases. while nursing school does want you to learn about diseases and how they are treated, nursing school is training you to make decisions and solve problems related to the patient's responses to those diseases. critical thinking is how we do that--consider a broad range of information in order to solve a patient's nursing problems.

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Thank you all for the replies! I feel less stressed out now, thank you! I'm just going to go over my old A&P book/notes. I appreciate all the responses!

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.

Keep your old A&P book/notes for reference. You will use them from time to time.

The class and grade is merely the formal proof that you did the due diligence and did the prerequisite. You don't need to re-do that. The learning, however, was entirely all up to you. You learn anytime, anyplace, at your pleasure.

Some day you'll get a patient and in his H&P (history and physical exam) the doctor will write something about him having an abscess in his XXX. You won't remember what the XXX is and neither will anyone else. No biggie. You'll just go to an A&P reference book and look it up and say, "Oh-h-h!" We had all kinds of reference books on every nursing unit I worked and an A&P book was often one of them. Wisdom that comes with age and life experience: no one expects you to remember everything you learn, but it is expected that you remember where to go find what you have forgotten what you once learned.

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