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Ill be taking my Bio classes soon, How are they, are they really as hard as people make them out to be?

What about chemistry?

Any help would be great

I LOVED Bio!!!!  That for me was a piece o'cake.  (Alright not Cake)

I didn't have to take Chem in Nursing school, because I had already taken it in College Prep in High School.  Teacher was lousy, I learned squat, didn't care. 

I always regretted not having retaken it Nursing School.  I had just enough to get through the boards.

It's what you make it I think.  I was hugely afraid of Micro, but found it fascinating and did well.

Probably would be the same for chem.

I hated the begining of micro but then when it moved on to the different bacteria cause this and the abx does this I was hooked, I loved A&P too but just because I really like to know how all this stuff we call a body works and why. Fasinating stuff really. Oh and I absolutley hated chemistry. Took it in high school. So glad I don't need that right now.

im already done with human anatomy and physiology..thank God that  i passed it!

but now im struggling with my chem...(i don't like this subject. it's so boring) emmm do you think i can be a good nurse someday even if i don't take chem seriously as one of my major subjects?

im afraid i won't pass this subject but im positive..

mICRO WAS EASIER FOR ME THAN A AND P. I HATED CHEMISTRY. MADE IT THOUGH WITHOUT MUCH PROBLEMS. LETS FACE IT, I TOLD MY DAUGHTER THIS LAST NIGHT WHO IS A NURSING STUDENT,' YOU HAVE TO STUDY" PEROID. NURSING SCHOOL WAS MY LIFE, I LIVED, ATE AND BREATHED IT PRETTY MUCH.

I HAVE BEEN A RN NOW FOR 20 YEARS, HARD TO BELIEVE....BEST OF LUCK 

Nursejenny1310 says ...

Did i spell fasinating right? Don't think so. I have developed this weird thing where ever since A&P and Micro I cant spell normal words right because all I ever study is those weird crazy names and terms. LOL

Probably all the looking through the microscope, and counting all those tiny buggers.  Not to mention drawing with one eye on the paper and squinting through the scope with the other.  LOL             Do you guys still have to do that? 

ok-let me tell you like it is - the cold hearted truth.  Is A&P hard?  Well that term is relative - depends on the individual.  yes - A&P is fascinating and very interesting.  It is the fuction and structure of the body for God's sake.  Great stuff, but very dense stuff.  It is tough.  You will have to study your behind off.- like almost every day.  Go to the open labs, use the tutorials and CD's, and you will make it.  Although I am squeezing an "A" average out of A&P which is incredible, it has been no walk in the park.  Just stay positive no matter how many people you hear say it is hard, just know too many others have passed - why not you?

Hi everyone, this my fist time. I am in the process of attending nursing school, i just need to take A&P Micro and Chemistry.I really dont like chemistry the last time i took it was in high school,and that was many.... years ago.Is there any books or anything I can use to prepare myself, class starts in Jan (A&P and Micro i think i ok in that.) Thanks for your response.

Hi everyone this is my 3rd attempt @ A&P,I learned the hard way . Be careful when choosing your Proffessor,some of them want you to learn everything about A&P even the parts you will never use as a nurse. But if you can fine one who teaches you exactly what you need to know in nursing you'll be fine. I'm a 47 yr old female trying to better myself ,it's not easy at all my biggest problem is learning how to study.Can someone give me some advice? I've purchased different books outside of the regular text books like straight A"s A&P;I got nothing more out of it as I did in my text book.

Bio, chem, micro....all these classes were easy for me but everyone is different. I think that if you think these classes are difficult you will be shocked when you actually enter the nursing program. I'm in Nursing 3 right now and God willing I will graduate in May 2009.

If you want to talk about difficult......it's nursing 3. This semester was the hardest for me since entering nursing school. Good luck to everyone in whatever class you may be taking. Nursing isn't easy.......if it was, the whole world would be NURSES!

You wanna hear boring proffessor? Got a proffessor that teaches microbiology and he sounds EXACTLY like the guy from the clears eyes commercial. HOW BORING!

I had the same professor for A&P I and II. He was great, and we loved the class. Got an A in both. Micro was a different story. On top of the class being extremely hard, for me anyways, the professor would purposely yell at a different student each week, usually for something lame. I had heard she did this to "weed out the weak ones." We did lose a few students. By the end of the semester, she wasnt a saint by all means, but you could tell she was much nicer. Maybe we just got used to her. LOL. As far as hard, Micro was right up there with Algebra as being my top 2 hardest classes. Use note cards and good luck!  :)