Help with med surg class

[Music in My Heart]

Well, the material's there in the book so mostly I'd suggest reading it and pondering it so that you own it.

Read the end-of-chapter reviews.

Read the section headings and see if you can describe what's in there.

Make up mind-maps/concept-maps for yourself.

Flashcards, flashcards, flashcards...

Know your terms (regardless of its source, there is some merit to the statement, "The only reason a person... becomes confused... is because he or she has gone past a word that was not understood," at least in coherently and logically presented material)

If you can't clearly articulate an answer to a question that you pose to yourself then you don't really know the answer.

Some random thoughts that apply to learning in general.

[yellowjeepgirl]

I purchased the Illustrated Study Guide for the NCLEX-RN exam and it broke down our med surge concepts.

Good luck.

[VAgirl247]

There was an app for ipad by istud I think that's the name. It's neat, it groups the flash cards in groups and you can even divide it into sections such as test 1 or test 2. I have pretty much all the med-surg supplemental books by Hogan, Hurst, Davis, and the med-surg incredibly made easy.

I have pretty much all the med-surg supplemental books by Hogan, Hurst, Davis, and the med-surg incredibly made easy.

Everyone finds what works for them but to some I would caution against the danger of having too many supplemental books...

Specifically, it is helpful to know one reference book inside and out, having read the same presentation over and over until it sticks, sometimes even to a point where you can sometimes visualize the page layout.

Jumping from book to book can create inefficiencies - and sometimes confusion.

As a long-time student and tutor, I generally encourage people to pick one resource and stick with it rather than jumping from book to book (which we do sometimes as a form of escapism from disquiet engendered by studying something very challenging... rather than wrestling with what's in front of us, we launch on a search for something better... which often ends up wasting time and revealing something that is just... different... but not any better).