What if you forget A&P?

Daytonite, BSN, RN · Jun 8, 2008

you won't forget it. and, if you do, you will, i hope, have your a&p textbook to refer to and will have remembered enough to know where in the book to look for the information. or, at least be smart enough to know how to look it up in the alphabetized index at the back of the book. aren't you glad you took english? no one can remember everything, not even me and i know a lot. that's why we have books and libraries. most nursing textbooks include a short review of any pertinent anatomy and physiology along with the disease you are studying. do not obsess about this. there is also a list of weblinks to a&p sites on post #45 of this sticky thread: https://allnurses.com/forums/f205/pathophysiology-p-fluid-electrolyte-resources-145201.html - pathophysiology/ a & p/ microbiology/ fluid & electrolyte resources. the fact is that you are going to spend more time in nursing classes learning about the pathophysiology of diseases--how the normal physiology went haywire to result in the symptoms of the disease. a&p was just to get you started so you would recognize what was normal. study of disease focuses on what is abnormal.

Bicster · Jun 8, 2008

Hi There! Posting here because of you guys being in the actual nursing program now.....My question is that I just finished with all my A&P classes but am still wait-listed so I'm sure I won't get into the actual nursing program until next year now. What if I forget my A&P? How will that affect me in the nursing program? And are there certain aspects of A&P I could brush up on right before entering the program to help me? I bet I'm not the only one who has had this happen. Thanks everyone! :loveya:

If this is important to you, keep up with your studies. Just b/cyou are not in school does not mean you cant study or learn.

tiggerdagibit · Jun 9, 2008

I also had about a year between A&P and nursing classes. You'll be surprised how much of it comes back to you when you start! My advice would be to look over your text and notes frequently while you're waiting. You may also want to get a book like Cliff's Notes A&P or A&P Made Incredibly Easy to review. I still look at them when I can't remember specifics or we're covering a body system that I had a hard time with in A&P. But, it's amazing how it makes much more sense once you start learning the disease processes!

Multicollinearity, BSN, RN · Jun 9, 2008

It all comes back. Don't worry about it, unless you didn't do well in A&P to begin with. As long as you have a good, basic foundation, you'll be fine.

I took my A&P in 2006, and it's been just fine in nursing school.

wellhereiam · Jun 9, 2008

Yep, I had 1.5 years in between A&P and nursing. I just started reviewing the contents again about 1 month prior to nursing school starting. In patho, your prof might give a brief A&P overview again though. In theory classes, you usually go through the systems again. Most students I know had a 1.5 year gap (it's kinda how the scheduling goes) between anatphys and nursing, and they didnt' review prior to school starting, and all of them made it through! Yay!