Learn it or Lose it?

[UCFAshley]

Please tell me I am not the only one who has a severe problem with "learn it or lose it!" I am trying to review some A&P stuff for the TEAS I am finding myself having to refresh on a lot more stuff than anticipated. Does anyone else do a data dump after they complete a course? I know it can't bode well when I start nursing. It's not like I scraped by any of these classes either (I earned all A's). Its kind of discouraging that my memory sucks so bad.

[Here.I.Stand, BSN, RN]

If I had to take my A&P or patho or pharm exams tomorrow, I might fail them. One of my colleagues' RN-to-BSN program included pharm, and hearing her talk sounded like there was a lot of re-learning happening.

In school you have a generalist education: you learn about everything. In practice, you will be working in some specialty, be it med-surg or LTC or ICU or peds. You will study, use, and retain the information that applies to that specialty.