A is for Anatomy!

I'm pretty proud. I aced both of my Anatomy and Physiology courses. And online. I've heard that they tend to be tougher than classroom variety. I don't know about that, but reality is that the convenience of studying and taking quizzes and exams on MY schedule...that's why I'm sold on online courses. It would be terribly tough to be working full-time and trying to get to campus for lectures and labs and trying to find time to study on my own too.

Next up? Microbiology online (with lab on campus) and Developmental Psych online for Winter/Spring 2010 semester. Unfortunately these two courses won't count when I apply for PVCC Nursing program in February. But at least I'll be that much further along and might take another course in the summer if I can.

I don't know what I'll do if I don't get into PVCC's program for fall 2010. If I don't, it will b/c I didn't have grades for Microbiology and Dev Psych to help "weight" my application. I guess my A&P scores will just have to be the heavyweights for me. All my other sciences grades are A's and I do have good grades from college...so I imagine the only ones who can beat me out are the ones who have ALL their prereqs done by now. Oh well, I have a job at the church until I don't want it anymore--which is a great thing in this economy. But I simply can't work full-time and go to school full-time. It's not recommended anyways.

So Feb 15 is application deadline. I suppose I should plan to spend my remaining weeks of C'mas break (from school stuff) getting everything turned in...and then it's a waiting game until mid-April. I'm kinda ready for class to start up again. I keep wishing I could work ahead...and I suppose I could when I get my textbooks--I just don't have syllabus and assignments yet. So it's a guessing game. But I'm sure I could safely read first chapter of each and be well on my way.

Until next semester.

Last A&P Exam coming up!

Well I am in the final throws of my 2nd A&P course. I'm hoping to take the last exam this coming week. Reproductive System. oh joy. At least it's familiar.

I have to write a short "medical problem" forum before I take the exam. Basically choose a medical problem that relates to this semester's body systems and explain problem, symptoms and treatments using as much terminology as I can...but pretend I am explaining to a lesser knowledgeable student in my class. no big deal. I'm doing mine on Prolactinoma--a tumor of the pituitary gland causing problematic increase in the hormone prolactin.

After that forum and the exam, I just have to write about my Service Learning Project. Then I will be done done done with school stuff until mid-January when I will start microbiology and dev. psych. almost a whole month's break. nice.