Hi there! This thread is for anyone, anywhere that wants to chat about summer courses they are taking. This is our THIRD iteration of semester chat!
What's your schedule like this summer? Any TEAS or HESI preppers?
I'm taking three courses over 5 weeks. Texas Government (online), Chem II (lecture only, on campus) and Music Appreciation (online). School starts for me on June 6, ends July 7.
I'm also taking the TEAS on May 30th, so I'm prepping for that. And all my nursing school applications are due on August 1, so I'm working on that, too.
Haha! We're using the cat all semester-long so we had to start skinning right off the bat. First 5 weeks is for muscle identification, then lab exam -- and the last 5 weeks is for organ and blood vessel identification, then 2nd lab exam. I'm looking forward to but also dreading learning the location and names of the muscles and their functions
You didn't do muscles in A&P I? Anyways, you're so lucky you get to do dissections! I just finished up my first week of A&P II and we're doing no dissections at all... tbh compared to A&P I last semester I can tell A&P II is extremely watered down, which makes me sad. Also because it means I'm going to have to do a lot of self-motivated study to prepare for the TEAS and nursing school next year.
Haha! We're using the cat all semester-long so we had to start skinning right off the bat. First 5 weeks is for muscle identification, then lab exam -- and the last 5 weeks is for organ and blood vessel identification, then 2nd lab exam. I'm looking forward to but also dreading learning the location and names of the muscles and their functions
I'm starting A&P in two weeks and I'll be right there with you. The muscles scare me the most and knowing how they relate to the nervous system. Just a daunting amount of work that lies ahead!
Soooo I'm getting fingerprinted tomorrow for my Level 1 Fingerprint Clearance card. And getting the last of my immunizations/records needed for the program. And I scheduled my advisor meeting for June 13 to pick up my application and my TEAS exam for August 25. I also just finished my first week of A&P II! Things are getting real over here, folks!!
Yes and no. For the first half of A&PI we were required to be able to identify tissues under microscopes, including cardiac, smooth, and skeletal muscle tissue. The second half of lab was memorizing all 206 bones and accompanying bone structures (which was the emphasis of A&PI at my college). In lecture, we only briefly went over smooth, cardiac, and skeletal muscle tissue by identifying their location (cardiac - heart; skeletal - atop bones; smooth - hollow internal organs/viscera), their characteristics (which we also went over in lab), etc. So this semester, the emphasis is now on the muscular system -- so we'll go more in-depth with everything and learn the majority of the muscles of the body (including the entirety of the nervous system, the digestive system, the lymphatic system, the respiratory system, and the circulatory system).
I'm starting A&P in two weeks and I'll be right there with you. The muscles scare me the most and knowing how they relate to the nervous system. Just a daunting amount of work that lies ahead!
"Daunting" is a pretty accurate description haha! But I think we got this
Specializes in Oncology (Prior: Ortho-Neuro, Metabolic Surgery).
I'm here to vent.
I'm done with almost all of the prereqs I can take before the nursing program, including a few that are considered part of the program but may be taken prior to acceptance. The only one I have left is General Chemistry I, which I am taking this summer, and I HATE it!
I'm 35 and coming into nursing after a BA and being a stay at home mom. My instructor is maybe 5 years older than me. He has very little teaching experience. He really tries way too hard to be likeable - joking with students, constantly seeking students' approval, trying to be "cool". None of this is really a problem, but I find it rather annoying.
The material is not difficult. In fact, it is downright boring. I'm not going to slack off though because this is a 5 hour class and it would be stupid not to get an easy A. There are a few things in the labs that are ambiguous, especially since the instructor really only glossed over them. Of course half the class had the same question. I sit at the back, so it took him a while to get to me. When he did finally answer my questions, he only would answer two then he walked off saying that I had reached my quota. Umm... I'm not done just because you got frustrated.
Your instructor is doing you a HUGE disservice by glossing over anything. My gen Chem teacher held us accountable for more chapters in our text than the local university Chem teacher does for his class. Make sure you can do solution stochiometry, dilutions and understand how to do titrations properly. I'd honestly drop the class and take it with a good teacher.
I'm done with almost all of the prereqs I can take before the nursing program, including a few that are considered part of the program but may be taken prior to acceptance. The only one I have left is General Chemistry I, which I am taking this summer, and I HATE it!
I'm 35 and coming into nursing after a BA and being a stay at home mom. My instructor is maybe 5 years older than me. He has very little teaching experience. He really tries way too hard to be likeable - joking with students, constantly seeking students' approval, trying to be "cool". None of this is really a problem, but I find it rather annoying.
The material is not difficult. In fact, it is downright boring. I'm not going to slack off though because this is a 5 hour class and it would be stupid not to get an easy A. There are a few things in the labs that are ambiguous, especially since the instructor really only glossed over them. Of course half the class had the same question. I sit at the back, so it took him a while to get to me. When he did finally answer my questions, he only would answer two then he walked off saying that I had reached my quota. Umm... I'm not done just because you got frustrated.
I was in the Spring chat, just wanted to update that I got accepted into the one program I applied for :) I'm super excited, but I'm also just a little bit pregnant so I am concerned about getting a physical clearance from my PCP as I'm seeing midwives and not an OB. Fingers crossed everything goes smoothly.
I was in the Spring chat, just wanted to update that I got accepted into the one program I applied for :) I'm super excited, but I'm also just a little bit pregnant so I am concerned about getting a physical clearance from my PCP as I'm seeing midwives and not an OB. Fingers crossed everything goes smoothly.
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You didn't do muscles in A&P I? Anyways, you're so lucky you get to do dissections! I just finished up my first week of A&P II and we're doing no dissections at all... tbh compared to A&P I last semester I can tell A&P II is extremely watered down, which makes me sad.
Also because it means I'm going to have to do a lot of self-motivated study to prepare for the TEAS and nursing school next year.