How Did You Pass Pathophysiology??

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Can you please share what you did and how you did it, to pass this class.

I passed on prayer. I struggled the whole semester. I understood what the professor lectured on, but when I got to the test I had no clue what he was asking me for. I do not normally have problems with testing, but this one class threw me for a loop.

Just review as much as you can and hope for the best.

I have to take this course in the fall, I am having anxiety attacks already. I'm not sure about other colleges, but this is the worst class of the program. I am buying the idiots guide to patho, and patho flash cards to work on over the summer. Good luck everyone who is taking it!

A HUGE advice I can give you is know your physiology down packed for this class. If you don't then you will have to take extra hours of your day to read a&p to understand the pathophysiology. I tell you from experience. I struggled with this class cause of it. I did really well in the class but a lot turned inot a blur. Good luck

review a&p mostly the physiology part

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I haven't taken Patho yet (start it in a few weeks though -- eek!). However, I agree with previous posters that you really need to figure out what type of learning style works best for you. Some people are audible learners, meaning they can literally listen to a lecture and comprehend everything while the instructor teaches it, and do very well with minimal reading and "studying".

I am not an audible learner at all -- in fact, I find going to lecture almost pointless for me because I literally do NOT learn a single thing because I am unable to stay focused to what the professor is saying. I still attend lectures to ensure I don't miss something important that may not be in readings, but I am a very visual learner. I need to see processes drawn out -- and I am very A-type, so I need to have my notes in a very concise and linear manner. I just study my notes like crazy, and draw out diagrams when needed. I also find that looking at the material every other night really helps as well.

i agree with this poster! i too had to figure out that i am SO NOT an audible learner!

what i found worked for me was every night i would re-write my notes from that day in my own words... it made me think about what i was writing and made it easier for me to study them as they were written the way i thought... i re-wrote tables, made my own diagrams - anything to make it MY WORK - MY IDEAS....

i passed with an A ... GL to you!! this is a very helpful thread!

I also found patho easy. My teacher did not know her stuff at all but that was of no consequence for me. I am very analytical especially when it comes to stuff like patho. I would make sure to read very slow, and after each paragraph I would reflect on what I just read, and how it relates to the body and nursing.

As the course would go on I would key in on things that I felt I would be tested on, and when I re-read the text I would relate this to the reflections I had made earlier to re-enforce what I had learned. I am not a notes person at all, that is I do not study by reading notes. I take notes to cement information in place, and somtimes while I am studying I will make notes to break the monotony of reading. For me notes are to be written but not read. Of course there are exceptions to this, like when the teacher dwells on something for longer than I feel is normal; to me this means that the info is probably going to be on the test. In such circumstances I will refer back to my notes to give direction to my focus.

I also remeber stories much better than individual facts. Make a story up about patho that relates to something you enjoy. If you know people with the patho that you are studying, try to relate it to them and how it affects thier life.

When you are dealing with individuals that have the patho that you may be studying, relate it to the whole person, and why it affects that person in that way. Many people are different in the way that the disease manifests, but kidney failure is kidney failure no matter how the individual is outwardly affected.

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