Hi everyone out there. I have a question for all you students (and former or future). I teach nursing and am finding that the students have a hard time with adjusting to taking notes and tests. Especially if they have been out of school for a long time.
What helped you? Did your school have any time devoted to test taking or study skills? When you were in class what did you learn best from--lecture, handouts, outlines, hands-on? Did you have any teachers who really kept your interest?? how come??
I believe that you need to understand the concepts not just memorize facts. Any help you can give me is appreciated.
Thanks for your forgiveness, nurse2b! :) It means a lot to me.
Mandy, you make many interesting and valid points that I shall not forget when mentoring young students. I was in nursing school during the mid to late 80's, and I remember that all our pharm quizzes were computerized quizzes. Every week, sometimes twice a week, we had to trudge off to the library at the college to sit for our computerized quizzes. Once you hit the "enter" button, there was no retracting one's answer. I also had computers in college, but not in high school since they weren't prevalent at that point in hx. :) Thanks for sharing with us on this! Best of everything to you in your nursing studies, too. :)
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Thanks for your forgiveness, nurse2b! :) It means a lot to me.
Mandy, you make many interesting and valid points that I shall not forget when mentoring young students. I was in nursing school during the mid to late 80's, and I remember that all our pharm quizzes were computerized quizzes. Every week, sometimes twice a week, we had to trudge off to the library at the college to sit for our computerized quizzes. Once you hit the "enter" button, there was no retracting one's answer. I also had computers in college, but not in high school since they weren't prevalent at that point in hx. :) Thanks for sharing with us on this! Best of everything to you in your nursing studies, too. :)