How do you handle dry reading material?

Vsummer1 · Aug 25, 2002

Read it in shifts. If I sit and read it all at once, I either fall asleep or my wanders to anything other than what I am reading.

We have so many reading assignments on the syllabus that I read a boring section, then move to something a bit more challenging or interesting.

Aussienurse2 · Aug 25, 2002

Your book sounds sooo much like ALL of mine!!! I try to re-write them during the time I allocate to study that subect. Not the whole book, just go through it and then write down what you remember, then go ba ck to see if you skipped anything important. This is a really effective learning tool as it seems to get deeper into those stubborn brain cells unaccostemd to work....or is that only my brain cells????

SusanRN2004, RN · Aug 25, 2002

Are the first three chapters of your fundamentals book History, law and ethics?? Mine are. I can't wait for the "Nursing" stuff, but having a hard time being interested in the history, law and ethics...Do you have a study guide with it...I thought I would go over the questions in that (It has answers in back)

TCW · Aug 26, 2002

Thanks for the tips. I am going to try and read the book in shifts and see if that works.

Susan,

Yes, the first 3 chapters are History, Law and Ethics, but we also had to read the sections on community-based settings and that was just as dry.

I'm of the belief that just because a subject is serious does not mean it cannot be entertaining. Even a few anecdotes thrown in would be a little better.

Tonya

Mkue · Aug 30, 2002

i was just thinking the same thing as i'm reading the first several chapters of nursing fundamentals. previous students have said that this course was easy for them. i have a nun teaching the class so i know it won't be easy.. anyone else heard that is it pretty easy? :eek:

RNIAM, BSN, RN · Aug 30, 2002

Here is what usually works for me. Grab the worst book you have for boring material. Place it on the coffee table. Then place your favorite drink and snack on top of it, turn on t.v. then get drunk. It seems way more interesting after the 6th drink...lol

really just take it in bits and pieces, try to get the jist of what it is saying and then move on to something more interesting, go back every now and again a read a little more. Hope I helped

kittyw · Aug 30, 2002

I like the drinking & studying tip!! That would help....

I have a bad habit of stopping and getting a bite to eat after every 15 min or so. But I have heard you remember the most as you start to study & as you stop but the stuff in between tends to get lost... so frequent breaks are good ... just not good on the waistline if you don't have good snacks.

shygirl · Aug 30, 2002

I used to fall asleep reading those nursing books!

Love-A-Nurse · Aug 30, 2002

"Here is what usually works for me. Grab the worst book you have for boring material. Place it on the coffee table. Then place your favorite drink and snack on top of it, turn on t.v. then get drunk. It seems way more interesting after the 6th drink...lol "

Rhona, this is too funny!

:chuckle

Love-A-Nurse · Aug 30, 2002

the first three chapters you have mentioned are the same ones in my book also.

Mkue · Aug 30, 2002

i have a feeling there will be a lot of questions about the first 3 dry material chapters. instructors like to do that, just to make sure students read it ! :eek:

:)