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at my school there is an anatomy & physiology i and ii class for rns and an anatomy & physiology class for lpns. what do you think may be the difference?
a&p for rn is typically a two semester series (1 year) and a&p for lvn is a more basic overview and only 1 semester. they are both college level (at least at the college i took a&p-may be different elsewhere) and it has nothing to do with the qualifications of the teacher.
I did both many years apart. Different schools are probably different too.
The LPN class was 12 months total. Much harder because the A&P involved lots of memorizing rather than understanding.
Fot RN prerequisites it truly was necessary to know chemistry and biology to learn physiology.
Anatomy was more like the LPN except with a lab (the cat) and more parts to memorize.
I loved physiology because I finally understood WHY I had been doing much of what I had been doing.
Or maybe it didn't seem as hard after being an LPN
As for my school (RN) in order to apply one had to have the pre-requisites of A&P I, II & III along with microbiology. I also took my pathphysiology, psych and biomedical ethics classes beforehand as well so that I didn't have to take in while in the program. I think it's making my life in nursing school a bit less stressful!
My school requires A&P I and II for both LPN and RN students. At one time they offered a NUR 101(Body Structure & Function) course for LPN that you could take instead of the A&P classed, but they did away with it. The NUR 101 wouldn't have counted for an LPN interested in bridging to RN either.
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At my school there is an Anatomy & Physiology I and II class for RNs and an Anatomy & Physiology class for LPNs. What do you think may be the difference?