Do you get Study Guides before midterms and finals ? my teacher doesnt believe in that 😫

We won't get study guides for the NCLEX so he's preparing you well! ☺️

It depends. Some of my professors have given them and some haven't. When I took A&P 1 and 2, we got a general list of topics we needed to brush up on before the exam, but it wasn't a detailed study guide or anything. I haven't started the nursing program yet, so I'm not sure what professors will do there.

We won't get study guides for the NCLEX so he's preparing you well! ☺️

I've rarely received study guide for any course in either my prior degree or for nursing school. It isn't that difficult to create your own - go back over the syllabus, find your major topics for the term, and what the instructor typically emphasizes (memorization of terms vs application) and write up your own list of topics. It's great when an instructor provides a study guide or other guidance for exams, but learn to think of it as a bonus rather than an obligation on the part of the instructor.

. true but can i worry about the Nclex when i get there, right now i need to pass anatomy hahahaha . ������❤☺

Yes, mostly all of my teachers in my non nursing classes have given study guides. Thats really messed up that you have not been given any. Theres a TON of information in anatomy and its literally IMPOSSIBLE to learn it all in just 1 semester. I would just review the notes that he gives in class or the powerpoints if he provides any.

We won't get study guides for the NCLEX so he's preparing you well! ☺️

Well technically any NCLEX prep book such as Kaplan is 1 HUGE study guide.

Like one poster said, go over your syllabus, hit the major points, and go over you class notes. I got study guides for each class I've taken and in my LVN program however; they're only used for guides. You have to know the material as well. Study guides are meant to only "guide" you in terms of studying. That's what my instructor told us the last term during our HESI exams. The study guides are meant to "guide" us and not give us the direct answer.

thank you ! , yes i think we all got kind of spoiled at the begining and we are freaking out lmfaoooo. thank you for the advised i've been doing good without it but i would help lol

Also, I just want to say I have gotten study guides in my nursing classes too. My fundamentals study guide was really detailed, however as I moved up in the program, the study guides started to get less detailed. Now we just get study guides with broad topics on them that tell us what to focus on. But still, its something.

Yes, mostly all of my teachers in my non nursing classes have given study guides. Thats really messed up that you have not been given any. Theres a TON of information in anatomy and its literally IMPOSSIBLE to learn it all in just 1 semester. I would just review the notes that he gives in class or the powerpoints if he provides any.

it is a lot of info , i'm on a bridge program and we only have 3 months to learn everything , i'm not struggling much but it is hard to learn every single detail , this teacher test on patients situations so learning how every single thing works is the key to passing his classes i'm not complaining don't get me wrong but the highest passing score in his class is 89 one student lol

The study guides are meant to "guide" us and not give us the direct answer.

and that's all i need a guide ... there's several student that are dropping the class because they are also taking micro with the same instructor and they are failing both classes , is too much with no help :/

Hi guys so here we are in AP 2 with this teacher that does not give us a study guide before exams . we have to KNOW EVERYTHING !! and if you don't know we need to figure it out because he said we are nurses and if we don't know we shouldn't pass his class . Do you guys get study guides before exams or not ? does that even exist in nursing school ?

Your instructor is not trying to be mean or difficult, he is trying to help you be better prepared for nursing school. I had the same instructor for all 3 A&P series and she did give us a study guide, but it was essentially a list of all the topics we had covered. All of our exams were essay questions only, so we had to know everything. I'm grateful my instructor chose to test us this way because I feel like my understanding of A&P is much deeper and has stuck with me longer because of it.

As others have mentioned, if you're not sure what to study try and hit the main points. It always helped me to draw out processes (and I'm no artist!), print blank diagrams to fill in, and watch YouTube videos. I was never much of a group studier, but sometimes you can learn a lot or see the holes in your own learning by explaining processes to your classmates.

I'm almost done with my 2nd year of a 3 year BSN program and have NEVER received a study guide. Some instructors will verbally make it pretty clear what's on the exam, but many times there is an endless amount of reading and information assigned with no clear direction on what to focus on exactly.