Help! I need study tips

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I need tips on how to study for fund without it taking up all my time. I am in my second week of LPN school at a technical college. The first week we went through 5 chapters in fundamentals and had the test today. We had the first test on chapter 1 and 2 in drug calculations yesterday. We went over chapter 5 today in fundamentals and supposed to cover five more chapters tomorrow. What is the best way to prepare for a test? Getting four and five hours of sleep per night is killing me. The teacher read each chapter in class but doesn't clue us in about what is on the test. any advice would help and I appreciate your help. going through 6 chapters a week, clinical calculations, and skill lab is a bit much. Is your school doing the same amount of chapters as mine?

The first thing that you want to do is go through and go to the back of each chapter and look at the questions see if you can answer them and then go to the front of the chapter and go over it.I don't know if your school allows it, but if they do if you can record your lessons and listen to them while you're driving or doing laundry or other stuff that also helps. I use flashcards on Quizlet as well, nrsng, picmonic and I watch Sarah at registered nurse on YouTube and Kathy parks with level up RN on YouTube as well.

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Try to study keypoints or concepts most of the time fundamentals is going to contain a lot of vocabulary

Back in the day, the best thing I did for studying was to read a number of pages every night. That way, when it was time for testing I was familiar with the material and not trying to cram it all in a few days before a test.

And I enjoyed study groups, ea of us would prepare a summary of a section of study material and highlight key points.

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