I'm Lazy

I am a living definition of lazy and procrastination... I am entering into my final semester of an accelerated program and am coming out with a 3.65 GPA. Seriously, all you need to do is study hard a day or 2 before a test, BS your papers, and treat clinical like a job. Its pretty simple and not that difficult. If you are good at the sciences and math, you will find nursing school to be fairly simple.

For the ADD type, try to do a lot of little sessions instead of a couple big ones. Also, write out your study notes... actually doing something might help you keep your brain engaged... it's harder to space out when you're actually moving some muscles... and you may find you retain more information from the kinesthetic activity... I do.

Multi-colored, half, index cards by Mead. Used them extensively throughout graduate school. Saved my life (and tail!) even when I took my certification tests. You can carry them anywhere (they're half size) and friends always love to ask you questions and watch you squirm. Believe me, best tool I ever used, and I started notes while in class. Other students asked me to borrow some, ha! Colored ones allow you to assign questions by system or class. Sounds elementary, but it worked for me, twice --> ANP-BC, NP-C.

Tozz,

I am going to give you a little information on myself before I lay some advice on you. I am a 24 y.o. male that will be starting, at the latest, my LPN program in Fall of 2010. I have A.D.D. and was diagnosed at the late age of 16. Since that day I have researched A.D./H.D. since that day. My pre-nursing course overall GPA is in the higher 3.85 range. Enough about me and on to you!

I must commend you for noticing some that you could improve and seeking help. Knowing the best way to study for you can be a daunting task. The best thing you can do for yourself is to know what is the best way to study that yields the best results. This is a skill you will carry with you for the rest of your life. Now onto the different things and resources that you can use.

I would highly recommend taking a learning style survey called the VARK. This multiple question survey is meant to tell you what styles of learning you are more prone to use and therefore will retain more of the information you study. Just go to http://www.vark-learn.com/english/pa...=questionnaire to take the survey, it is free!!

That is enough for one day. If you would like I have written a manual of sorts that goes into greater detail about how to set-up, maintain, and use healthy study habits.
Good luck with nursing school and all that follows

The Readiness is All,
Fortous

If you don't know how things are supposed to work, you'll have to rely on "good practice" which is fine until you encounter something anomalous. Not a big deal if you're an auto mechanic.