The best way to know if you have learned the content or understand a theory being taught, is to try to teach it or explain it to someone else. This person can be a fellow student/boyfriend/spouse/friend/sibling/child, or you can say it out loud to an empty room. If you cannot articulate a chemistry formula, describe how a medicine works in the body's system, or a theory of nursing practice, then you don't have a grasp of what you are studying. Even if it is something simple; for instance the steps required by standard practice to place a PICC line. If you can demonstrate it to another person and can articulate the proper steps in order, then you have learned the material.
ellaalle 2 Posts Nov 23, 2016 This person can be a fellow student/boyfriend/spouse/friend/sibling/child, or you can say it out loud to an empty room.I usually tell everything I've read to my cat. It really helps me to learn and to express my thoughts. And my cat seems to enjoy my company.
