What's the difference between A&P for Practical Nurse and A&P for Registered Nurse

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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?

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Specializes in LTC, Psych, Hospice.

The AP class for RN's is probably at the college level. Just a guess.

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the difference could be because of the teacher's qualifications

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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.

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AP for RNS is alot more inclusive and requires a better, more detailed understanding of A&P.... it is signifigantly harder than the basic A&P for lpn that is often taught at technical colleges, and will not transfer to an 4 year university.

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At my school LPN's must take Basic A&P which is one semester and RN's must take A&P I, A&P II and Micro. From what I understand Basic A&P is not as in depth, much easier and has no labs.

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Specializes in Critical care, tele, Medical-Surgical.

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

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

At my community college we all had to take the same class which was good for when I applied to the RN bridge program.

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Depending on where you are, if you take the LPN course it probably won't count if you decide to go back to become an RN. The course for RNs-to-be probably would count for application to LPN school.

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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!

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Specializes in Corrections.

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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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

Moved to the LPN Nursing Student forum.

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