Will I have to remember this as a nurse?

Good to know!

Anatomy gives you a good foundation and, in my opinion, is one of the more important foundation classes you'll take. If you plan to work in psych maybe you won't need to remember everything about how the heart works... until one day you have a psych patient who is s/p heart transplant or waiting for one. I worked neuro for the first 5 years of my career then have gone general pediatrics with different focuses since- first oncology with a mix of everything, then primarily oncology/CF at my last job and now complex care which is a little bit of everything. There's all kinds of stuff about geriatrics, psych or maternity that I'm sure I once knew and is somewhere at the back of my brain because it hasn't been relevant to my 11 year nursing career.

Most if not all of what I draw on for my work today is training and experience from my ambulance days, ER and ICU training and experience and my advanced practice training and experience. BSN was a black hole that I can't really say I draw on at all. It was my portal of entry to the profession wherein I demonstrated perseverance, ability to make a commitment and adaptability. So no, I remember very little... except maybe chemistry.

Like one of the previous posters said you will know the anatomy of the speciality you work in and what's relevant to your day to day work. I once had a cardiac nurse draw me a picture of a patient's heart and tell me exactly what was wrong with it and how the procedure would fix it.

Now I don't know the heart as well as that but I know it very well as it pertains to neonatal issues because that is my specialty. I also know my gut anatomy very well because I've cared for a lot of surgical babes. But if you asked me anything about the MSK system I would know next to nothing.

On a side note, the 4 defects associated with tetralogy of fallot were burned into my brain from my pediatric class and I felt so smart when I got asked on the spot about it at my first job, and listed them off no problem.

For instance I've never used this part of study in my particular nursing field but I put a lot of time memorizing it for the test...who remembers?

On old olympus towering tops a finn and german brewed some hops?

Cranial nerves.

For instance I've never used this part of study in my particular nursing field but I put a lot of time memorizing it for the test...who remembers?

On old olympus towering tops a finn and german brewed some hops?

Oh man, the one I use is borderline offensive.

You will likely never need the Krebs cycle!

Don't knock the Krebs cycle!

The Krebs cycle is still the everyday fundamental basis everytime you comment about 'glucose' as the building block of nutrition breakdown.

Need I say that I liked the Krebs cycle!

Hey Old Dude! Were you testing us re #10 vagus nerve? Like a trick question? Maybe brewing some hops is preferable to just viewing them?

Haha that's a good one!