Am I the only one ...

[shay&lynn, ASN, RN]

that doesn't have any free time?

I am constantly doing school work 24-7 with the exception of sleeping/working. I am lucky if I get a shower by 200 in the afternoon! I don't sleep in, I am up early, the last to go to bed, but still feel like I can't take a break. I am not sure if it is my study habits (trying to take everything in)?

Any advice? Or is anyone in the same boat?

Ok, back to more Patho.

[MrPopeye]

It has taken me awhile to get to this point, but I am just now starting to feel comfortable. The trick is to figure out the most efficient way to gather the material into your brain. There actually IS too much information. Ask the advice of students that have gone before you. Talk to someone that has gotten consistent grades. Ask them exactly what they do when they learn new material. Dont ask them what material they covered when they had the same material you are covering now. Find out how they got the information out of the material.

I know for us, it's all about the endless PowerPoints. It's best to study them hard because it's the information that they thought was relevant enough to put on the PP's, so we should KNOW it! If there are any concepts that we dont understand, THEN go to the book and review that concept. Works a ton better!