For the first time in my life...after having studied this several times in the past...I actually thoroughly understand the roles and functioning of the coenzymes of the oxidative pathway. Hallelujah. All I can say is that FAD and NAD (which stand for flavin adenine dinucleotide and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, derived from riboflavin and niacin, respectively) had better be on today's exam!
Oxidation-reduction reactions, roles of coenzymes, ATP synthesis, metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, the activation of sugar, the %?&* Krebs Cycle, oxidative phosphorylation and the electron transport chain -- bring them on!!! Oh yeah, and I cannot forget the physiology and biochemistry of the entire digestive system too. Bring that on too!!!
I'm not entirely sure just how this will make me a (better) nurse, but that it not the point today. The exam is today, and that needs to be passed, and that`s how it will make me a nurse. A thorough knowledge of the digestive system I can understand needing to know, and can see how that will help in my work as a nurse, but learning details down to the biochemical level, that's just not that important for a nurse to be able to explain and teach to patients.
I will be so happy when this exam, and this particular course, are over.
Fingers crossed for a good exam this afternoon!
Back to my last minute review...
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Friday, February 10, 2012
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Well, that was "interesting"
I'm back home now, after my having written my first mid-term exam of this second semester of nursing school. Bone anatomy/skeletal system (head to toe, including joints), the integumentary system and its accessory organs.
whew.
I am not at all sure how it went, and that is a very odd feeling indeed. I feel totally stunned, but somewhat better now that I've had a chance to look up a few answers in my notes. Better, but still not good.
What is done, is done. Nothing more can be done now, except wait for the results and hope for the best.
Oh yes, and I can also buckle down and get studying for the next 3 exams!
There seems to be a feeling among many of my classmates, about having a hard time getting back into the "school groove" this term. I was talking about this phenomenon with my husband last night, and he casually mentioned, like it was an obvious fact, that the second semester in a bachelors program is generally the most difficult to get through.
When asked why, he explained that the novelty of starting something new had worn off, when first semester was completed. Yes. Second semester courses, of first year, are generally extensions of courses that were started in first semester. Yes. And they are not necessarily the most interesting courses that will be taken over the course of the entire Bachelor's program. Very true. After this semester, there will be clinicals each and every semester.
So I think he is absolutely right. The novelty has worn off from starting a new educational path, yet I'm still stuck in the classroom memorizing various knobs and fissures found in bones, when I am so, so ready to roll up my sleeves and start working hands-on with patients.
We just have to get through the next 6-7 more weeks of classes, and it will all be over.
Onwards and upwards, as I like to say!
whew.
I am not at all sure how it went, and that is a very odd feeling indeed. I feel totally stunned, but somewhat better now that I've had a chance to look up a few answers in my notes. Better, but still not good.
What is done, is done. Nothing more can be done now, except wait for the results and hope for the best.
Oh yes, and I can also buckle down and get studying for the next 3 exams!
There seems to be a feeling among many of my classmates, about having a hard time getting back into the "school groove" this term. I was talking about this phenomenon with my husband last night, and he casually mentioned, like it was an obvious fact, that the second semester in a bachelors program is generally the most difficult to get through.
When asked why, he explained that the novelty of starting something new had worn off, when first semester was completed. Yes. Second semester courses, of first year, are generally extensions of courses that were started in first semester. Yes. And they are not necessarily the most interesting courses that will be taken over the course of the entire Bachelor's program. Very true. After this semester, there will be clinicals each and every semester.
So I think he is absolutely right. The novelty has worn off from starting a new educational path, yet I'm still stuck in the classroom memorizing various knobs and fissures found in bones, when I am so, so ready to roll up my sleeves and start working hands-on with patients.
We just have to get through the next 6-7 more weeks of classes, and it will all be over.
Onwards and upwards, as I like to say!
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