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Ok. Please tell me someone else is screaming with me! I bought my textbooks my instructors gave us reading assigments, class starts Monday..........and I fell asleep reading the first chapter and have not quite finished te 2nd. This semester I vowed to utilize what I learned last semester about time management and stuff....but I just cant seem to get into this reading! I do want tor ead this stuff so I will be on top of my work, our first test is on the 24th......17 days away....so I need to study this stuff. Some people arent reading anything....crammers club......they are gonna wait til class officially starts on Monday, I did that last semester and was playing catchup! Not fun. I am trying to do better this time ........to make ths worse, I have put on a few pounds.ok like 10 and I cant afford a new wardrobe after spenting 400+ on books.....but I did buy some clothes that were on sale so I will look sorta cute! Not that its soooooooooo important but when i look good I feel better and more confident plus for the past two months I have really been eating crap....fast food and coffee with cream galore to stay awake and of course vending machine stuff.....so its no wonder I have put on a few pounds! I need to exercise too.....to get rid of stress and a few extra inches...not to mention stay healthy. Anyone out there relate? I'm glad I made it to this semester but I feel scared and nervous all over again.....I really want to do well but I feel so..........overwhelmed already. I really need to read this weekend.........I know that it will help me later.........I just need a little boost of motivation.:rotfl:

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Trauma, Ortho, Neuro, Cardiac.

I'm feeling you. I just finished my first week of my RN to BSN program and was totally overwhelmed. Now the 2nd week starts out with FIVE chapters to read. I read half the first chapter and fell right asleep.

Good luck to you!

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I am right there with you!

I just completed week one of school and I am probably about 8 chapters behind. Hopefully I can get caught up tomorrow then read next weeks 10 or so chapters on Sunday.

I am overwhelmed with the amount of work in one of my classes. Two of my classes are normal workloads, but this other one would be a challenge on it's own. I am making it one day at a time though.

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Its good to know we are fighting the same battle! But after 3.5 weeks of freedom, I'm finding it hard to get back into all this work and I REALLY dont want to get behind........I did that last semester and I had to skip over some stuff and move on , I had no time to catch up.....but my first exam on this stuff is in 17 days so its to my advantage to read but I just.......dont wanna! Waa! But I will someow make myself....I will feel worse if I dont read and fall behind and feel like a ditz in clinicals.....so I am going to try to stay focused. Good luck to everyone!

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I never totally read the material in advance just skimmed it and looked over the boxes charts etc, then as they lectured and I took notes I went back over what they covered after the lecture... I just graduated on December 17th with B's so it worked for me this way. I also did this in A &P both semesters I had it.

Hope this helps

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Wow, Rhonda! Congrats..........it seems like the stuff you didnt study or read is always on the test for us..........my instructors usually put alot of things on exams that you think are "not so so important". They want us to read and pay attention to small stuff..........plus sometimes some questions come straight from the book....verbatim or are similar to chapter review questions......I got A's and B's last semester but I had C's and B's early on......but when I started readin , my grades went up.....its cool that you found a good way to make good grades that worked for you and congrats!!

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I don't mean never read it I mean that once they have went over it, the material they covered is easier and you are not so stuck on understanding that and it leaves you room in your head to comprend the stuff they didn't go over ! Did that make sense??? My teachers always seemed to pull stuff out of the book to but and sometimes the questions straight out of the book were killer!!! Didn't mean to sound as if I never read at all but seems to be not so overwhelming if you have heard at least some of it first

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Specializes in PCU, Critical Care, Observation.

I just graduated in December also & never read much in the textbooks. The lecture notes helped (depends on how well the instructor is during lecture). I also invested in nursing books - like the incredibly easy series or the nclex books as well as the cd's for the computer with lots of practice questions.

I found that the classroom text book is fluffed up with way too many details that you really don't need to focus on. These other books tend to narrow the information down, giving you only the facts - which is basically what you need to know. Plus with having practice questions, it helped to test my knowledge. I know they are pricey, but it is well worth the investment. Do not wait until you graduate to start using the nclex review books - they will help you every step of the way in your nursing classes. If you don't want to buy them new, then get them used on Ebay or somewhere online at reduced costs. It will help improve your grades if you use them.

Jen

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Specializes in critical care; community health; psych.

It's not how much you study but how effectively. You can read five chapters at a clip but if you retain nothing, it's an exercise in futility. I'll share my secret with you that keeps me from being overwhelmed with too much information. I use the Lippincott-Williams NCLEX review books that are relevant to whatever specialty I'm studying. They're written in an outline format and condense the relevant material into something managable. Additionally, each section is ended with NCLEX-style questions with correct answers and rationales. I used the Maternal Child and Med/Surg books for second semester with great results, and am now using the Peds book for third. The only time I use the required texts if for reference or the occasional material that's not covered in the review books.

There are other books out there that do basically the same thing. Once you get past first semester/foundations, I really think this is the way to go.

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I'm feeling you. I just finished my first week of my RN to BSN program and was totally overwhelmed. Now the 2nd week starts out with FIVE chapters to read. I read half the first chapter and fell right asleep.

Good luck to you!

Whats an RN to BSN program? Here we need our BSN to get our RN so I'm just curious.

:D

Z

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Whats an RN to BSN program? Here we need our BSN to get our RN so I'm just curious.

:D

Z

As I'm sure you know from being around this site, in the US there are different routes to RN: diploma, ADN, BSN. The ADN and diploma, of course, being 2-3 year degree tracks, with the BS being a typical bacclaureate degree taking 4-5y time.

There are bridge programs now for working nurses with ADNs (not sure about diplomas) to "upgrade" to a BSN - thus a RN to BSN program.

Sorry if this wasn't a very good explanation. Feeling sleep deprived today. :)

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As I'm sure you know from being around this site, in the US there are different routes to RN: diploma, ADN, BSN. The ADN and diploma, of course, being 2-3 year degree tracks, with the BS being a typical bacclaureate degree taking 4-5y time.

There are bridge programs now for working nurses with ADNs (not sure about diplomas) to "upgrade" to a BSN - thus a RN to BSN program.

Sorry if this wasn't a very good explanation. Feeling sleep deprived today. :)

Honestly? I never really noticed the difference!!!! :rotfl: Thanks for the clarification. I obviously need to read more carefully.

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