any good techniques for learning A&P paper 2!!

RE: any good techniques for learning A&P paper 2!!

SharonSP — Sat, 31 Oct 2015 19:59:52 GMT

Firstly, remember that this paper is not just A&P (VN3) but 53% of this paper is VN4 and that's what most people get caught out by. Most tend to focus on A&P as this is what they are most worried about. When looking at the A&P aspects, remember anatomy will be knowing the parts, labelling etc, but physiology is all about how it works so ensure you have a good basic understanding. Test yourself in these aspects e.g you could prob identify what cells within the pancreas produce insulin, but do you know what this hormone does? Linkng this to VN4, what diet would be required to control the speed of blood sugar absorption and how does this work? Remember VN4 covers nutrition, animal identification such as breeds, coat colours, coat clips etc, normal parameters of TPR across species (Don't forget your exotics too) but also how you would adjust nursing in relation to various conditions. What would be your focus? Breeding, parturition and neonatal care ....The immediate care of a foal is a common one for questions as they are quite a demanding species! E.g stump care, when they should have passed first stools, when should have tetanus in etc.

I hope this hasn't freaked you out too much....get your syllabus / C&G qualification handbook and look at the detail in VN3 & VN4. Highlight the areas you need to revisit and work through them. Flash cards will help, but good understanding is also key. Good luck

RE: any good techniques for learning A&P paper 2!!

studentnurse93 — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 13:13:38 GMT

sorry forgot to say it's c&q! have checked syllabus though :)

RE: any good techniques for learning A&P paper 2!!

Denise Cooke — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 00:13:29 GMT

Remember to read city and guilds guidelines as horse clips are include. And learn most species but must important forward the guidelines and do flash cards.

RE: any good techniques for learning A&P paper 2!!

Heather Bacon — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 17:12:42 GMT

Memorise memorise and memorise some more!

Make yourself some A & P flashcards, Make some revision sheets and draw/label some diagrams, make a point of talking through some A&P (even if it's in your head) with your patients, get your clinical coach to fire some questions at you etc. Good luck