MICRO

L A U R A

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Kathy,
I have heard from other students that Micro is very tough, but that
nothing is as tough as A & P 1!! I survived that, so hopefully I will do
okay in Micro.
What other non nursing courses do you need to complete?
Laura

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Christina

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Oct 2, 1997, 3:00:00 AM10/2/97

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Donna M Lehman wrote:
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> Laura,
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> If you thought A&P I was hard, wait till you have A&P II and Micro at the
> SAME time.Now THAT'S hard. Unless you have Med/surg I & II at the same
> time like my class did this past winter. We thought we had died and gone
> to hellll. It's also why we lot 10+ students. somehow I made it. I found
> A&P II and Micro to be hideously detailed, like acute med/surg. Go for the
> best instructor who can really TEACH - not the one who is the easiest.
> It'll make some of the stuff in your nursing courses, like fetal
> circulaton and the renin-angiotensis mechanism more understandable.
>
> Donna in FL

I did this too...it was murder!!!! I don't recommend it...but then
again, now that I'm taking nursing classes, I realize that it wasn't all
that bad after all...I just didn't know any better at the time!

~~christina

Susan Pearson

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Oct 2, 1997, 3:00:00 AM10/2/97

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Laura and all,

One thing I have learned in college/nursing school. DON'T TAKE OTHERS
EXPERIENCES AND MAKE THEM YOURS. When others say that something was hard
for them, it doesn't mean it will be hard for you. Please don't set
yourself up for failure by believing that micro or A+P are hard when you
haven't even taken them yet.

I found both to reguire allot of studying but nothing that I couldn't
learn. My first science was chemistry. I didn't even know what it was and
I had always heard that it was hard. But before I took it I said to
myself " How do I know it is hard for me ? " You know what, it wasn't.
And neither were any of the other sciences..I took 6 all A's.

It is more a matter of learning how you learn and how to study.

Go for it girls.....you don't know how it is until you try it !!!!

Susan, Plymouth, Ma.

Violet

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Oct 3, 1997, 3:00:00 AM10/3/97

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I definitely had to agree with you Susan. I got an A in chemistry too. And
I am now in A & P 1. I am not finding any trouble with it at all. I like
it. And as for Micro I know it will be a breeze for me because I will take
a lot of interest in it.
Violet
mother and wife
University of Mobile

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> From: Susan Pearson <sus...@IDT.NET>
> To: SNUR...@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
> Subject: Re: MICRO
> Date: Friday, October 03, 1997 1:24

Terri Preast

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Oct 3, 1997, 3:00:00 AM10/3/97

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Micro was tough, but it was also a lot of fun. I loved growing things in a
medium and then doing all the different tests to find out what we'd grown. I
though of micro as a puzzle that you needed specific tools to solve. I went
to lecture to get the tools and went to the lab to do the puzzles! If I
weren't so involved with nursing, I could easily see myself as a biologist.

I find that you can put a positive spin on nearly anything, and believe me,
attitude makes a big difference! Good luck - and enjoy micro!

Terri

Gregory Ramos

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Oct 3, 1997, 3:00:00 AM10/3/97

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On Thu, 2 Oct 1997, Susan Pearson wrote:

> Laura and all,
>
> One thing I have learned in college/nursing school. DON'T TAKE OTHERS
> EXPERIENCES AND MAKE THEM YOURS. When others say that something was hard
> for them, it doesn't mean it will be hard for you. Please don't set
> yourself up for failure by believing that micro or A+P are hard when you
> haven't even taken them yet.

This is a good point. While I took A&P by itself in summerschool, I took
biochemistry and Micrbiology at the same time. Both of these classes
were study-intensive, just as A&P had been. However, the A&P supported
both classes well, and for the first month of classes, the content was
very similar and complimented each other. Basic cellular science is
almost the same for microbes and human cells. Because of this, I got off
to a good start in both classes, and that carried me through the semester.

For these "data-based classes" (My term, referring to the massive amount
of memory needed to pass tests), I found that study group was the way to
go. I had a study group of people who were all taking the same classes.
We all passed.

-Gregg