laptops + nursing classes

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how many of you have found laptops beneficial during your nursing classes, especially lecture? i have a laptop already, but i am looking into buying an additional one except it'll be smaller and lightweight for school. i don't start my classes for the BSN program until january, so i'm not sure how much i'll be using it quite yet. i have a feeling that i'll be in dire need for a convenient one once it begins...thanks in advance

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Specializes in Emergency.

100% YES! Not only nursing classes, but especially my electives.

1. I can type FAR faster than I can write notes, so when I leave class I have more comprehensive & useful notes to study from.

2. With wireless internet on my laptop, and throughout my school, if the teacher mentions a concept that i've never heard of before or uses a word I don't understand I can look it up really quick. Profs aren't always willing to stop their lectures to answer questions.

3. You can surf AllNurses during the breaktime!

I love having my laptop for classes, and can't believe I waited so long before buying one for school. If I had known, I would never have bought a desktop when I started university. If you can afford it, definitely get a laptop for classes. And if you can get a lightweight laptop, you'll hardly notice the weight in your backpack.

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how many of you have found laptops beneficial during your nursing classes, especially lecture? i have a laptop already, but i am looking into buying an additional one except it'll be smaller and lightweight for school. i don't start my classes for the BSN program until january, so i'm not sure how much i'll be using it quite yet. i have a feeling that i'll be in dire need for a convenient one once it begins...thanks in advance

That is a great idea, I was thinking about getting the Sony laptop for medical surgical. I want to buy the memory pen stick with at least 1 GB, so I can store all my information.

I would say, go for it!!!

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Specializes in Med/Surg <1; Epic Certified <1.

I'm in an ASN program, and there's not one person in our class of 30+ who uses one in class.

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Specializes in CCRN, TNCC SRNA.

I am in a RN-BSN program. I take my notes on a laptop called the tablet. I find it VERY helpful

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I have used my Macbook for my Sociology class. But I will admit I only did it in that class because I saw one other girl who brought hers in. No other classes have I seen laptops. I wasn't sure if it was because they aren't allowed or what. So I only bring it to that class because I know they are definitely allowed. And like someone else said, the internet definitely helps if you don't know something! I type so much faster and I write REALLY slow (I have dyslexia.) and awkwardly and it takes me forever to write them, but so much faster to type! So I have done this in one class, but it is not a nursing class because I haven't taken them yet :) Besides as much as I'm on this computer it would make sense to have school material on it!

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Specializes in ICU, Med/Surg, Tele.

They frown on using laptops at my school because they're afraid we'll be doing something else besides taking notes.

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Specializes in ER, ICU, Infusion, peds, informatics.
i am in a rn-bsn program. i take my notes on a laptop called the tablet. i find it very helpful

what kind of tablet do you have? what do you like/dislike about it? what kind of memory/hard drive space does it have? i'm thinking about getting one of these when i start taking classes again.

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Specializes in Adolescent Psych, PICU.

We have a few people in my class who use laptops. I also have one and find it of no use at all during lectures but that is just me.

I always just print off the power point before class and I take notes on that.

It just depends on your school.

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The responses here are all very interesting to me. The school I am hoping to attend REQUIRES a laptop---more specifically one that is designed especially for the program....Now I'm wondering what it will end up being and why we need one!

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Specializes in Neuro.

I learn better by writing than by typing, so a laptop wouldn't work for me at all. I knew a kid in my undergrad program who took notes on his PDA (he had a full-sized keyboard for it) but I'd probably not benefit much from that either.

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I'm the only one in my class who uses a laptop. A lot of newer laptops come with Microsoft OneNote. It's a program specifically for taking notes. I love it because I can drag pictures and text into it from the web, or powerpoint lectures, etc. (It would be a lot more useful if our crappy campus had Wi-fi.) Search functions make it easier to find things in the notes later. I've been able to create some great study guides that have helped my classmates with it.

I also type much faster than I write, so that's a bonus too.

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