New LPN student for fall 06 and wanted any advice for what would be some good advice for note taking pda laptop studying preparing for classes clinicals working etc Any advice that I can get would be helpful

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Not so sure about taking laptops to class, some find them disruptive. Take a voice recorder instead. Hopefully your instructor will let you record the class ^_^. You can upload a drugbook onto a PDA and carry that around instead of an actual book. Software costs around 75 bux and I honestly think that its well worth it.

There is a whole other thread going about note taking right now--check it out, it has some EXCELLENT info.

GL!

here are a couple of websites where you can get some really good information on college studying. please take the time to read over the information at these first two sites. i don't know much about pdas or using laptops in the classroom. i have plenty of other links for procedures and lots of other nursing information, but there is so much that you need to be specific about what you would like to know or i'd have to download all my files of information! i recommend that you hang out on these two student nursing forums at allnurses:

• https://allnurses.com/forums/f205/ - nursing student assistance forums
  
• https://allnurses.com/forums/f50/ - the general nursing student discussion forum

and post questions on them when you have them. as eric suggested to you in one of your other threads, make the title of your thread eye-catching as that is what draws people in to read your post in the first place. actually, if you have time, you should be able to find information about a lot of what you are asking if you just go backwards through the posts on either of the above two forums. right now, a lot of students are asking what is going to be happening in their first days of school as a new nursing student and there should be plenty of threads about that to read.

http://www.accd.edu/sac/history/keller/accditg/ssindex.htm - strategies for success, an online primer and tutorial on how to study for students from the alamo community college. this is a pretty extensive resource with links on the right side of the page to click into the following subjects: learning styles, note taking, memory techniques, time management, overcoming procrastination, sq3r (a method for getting the most out of reading your textbooks), study tips, critical thinking, preparing for tests, and oral presentations. also, take a look at the faq's (frequently asked questions).

http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/checklis.html - this is a study skill checklist for you to go through and inventory your study habits from virginia polytechnic institute and state university. at the bottom of the form is the link to "study skills self-help information" which is all kinds of information to help you with areas you were weak on in the checklist. if you want to bypass the checklist and just go into the information section, go to this link http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/stdyhlp.html

http://go.dbcc.edu/hhps/nursing/study_skills.html - study skills for the nursing student from daytona beach community college nursing department with some good advice.

http://go.dbcc.edu/hhps/nursing/test_taking_skills.html - test taking skills also from daytona beach community college nursing department. a couple of sample questions and how to chose the correct answer for these application type questions

http://www.glendale.edu/new/services/counseling/tests.htm - strategies for test taking from glendale community college. note, especially, the section on solving problems which is what most nursing exam questions are often asking of you. other information at this site (click on the links at the left side of the page) are time management, note taking, study skills, writing skills, relaxation techniques, building self-esteem and relating to instructors.

Thanks so much for the advice and info given I will take all of your advice and try so combine some of it and make it work for me

Please don't stop the advice keep it coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hi! I just graduated from an LPN program in July, and a couple of things that helped me were to

-read the material the night before

-flashcards, flashcards, flashcards

-a tape recorder

I WISH i would of bought a care plan book for clinicals, the care plans i wrote we all right, but i just wish i would of had a care plan book to boost my confidence. They sell them at major book stores, and i would def. check into it.

Also, to me the hardest part of nursing school wasnt the material, it was all the BS they gave you and the mind games they tried to play with you. And believe them when they say that half of your class will not be graduating in the end!