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there's quite a bit of patho & pharm. my assignments during my med surg rotation involved being able to describe the pathology of the conditions my patients had to my instructor as well as filling in med-sheets. review basic medication administration since since you will be giving meds: pills, injects, IV push. try to get more comfortable with basic assessments: neuro/cardio/resp/GI - you will be doing those and charting about them. some important things you will learn about or may be asked about by your instructor or other nurses: why are surgical pts at risk for DVT and what can nurses do to help prevent that? what about pneumonia? internal bleeding?
Buy a review book, I heard Saunders is good, I used Mosbys which is full of nclex type questions. Do about 5 a day as it pertains to what you are learning in class. Read the book and all the notes. Do not simply try to remember the material. I did that for fluid & electrolytes and bombed the exam with a 77! For the final I took time out to fully understand the material and I even watched youtube videos. Passed with an 84! Passed medsurg with a B and I am happy with that! Patho is your foundation, pharm will help, but usually it is taken concurrently. Good luck!!!!!
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Also - How much of the material in Pathophysiology & Pharmacology are helpful for learning Med Surg?