Med Surg. Help!

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I am in desperate need of help to pass Med. Surg I. I am looking for a 1:1 tutor to really help out and pass this class , can anyone suggest anything? I feel as if I am studying way too hard to get the grades I am receiving. :( Any assistance helps to pass this class.

Thank you!!

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

Welcome!

Have you asked your program? Many schools will have other students that can tutor. What are you having trouble with?

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Im having trouble with the Nclex style questions and fully understanding the comcepts. I know if I have someone explain it in simple terms, it will click.

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I suggest using ATI's RN Adult Medical Surgical Nursing Edition 9.0 review module book from the content mastery series. It gives you the bare-bones info for what you need to know in each med-surg topic along with a lot of NCLEX-style practice questions. I really liked it and managed to get an A in my med-surg course along with a level 3 on the med-surg ATI exam using it. I've seen a couple copies on Amazon for $10 or less.

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Thank you so much for the info. I do have the ATI books but feel as if I have so many resources. It is a little overwhelming which ones to focus on. I will look more heavily into ATI though. I appreciate all this info! Yay!

Thank you so much again

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If you live in Tucson AZ I will help. I love med surg!

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I live in So Cal... Thank your for reaching out.

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You may find some help with the basics of NCLEX questions on the NCSBN website. There are also some free sites with NCLEX style questions - I actually found some on the Khan academy site which surprised me. In any event, practice seems to be the best way to learn how to break down each question and find the "stem." As we take tests in nursing school, each question is asking us "something." As my professors always explained it, the questions may be asking us to do something, as in a nursing action, or to delegate something or to assess something, etc. This will be found in the stem of the question. Then they told us to scan through the answers and, if any of them didn't match with what the question is actually asking of us, it is not the correct answer. I hope this helps. Most important, they told us to take our time and read each question thoroughly.

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My clinical instructor was telling us of "stem" words. To be honest I have never heard of that until last week and then now you. I am going tomorrow to look over last weeks quiz and will look more closely. I think I am just studying wrong too. Thank you so much for the insight, I really appreciate it!

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The ATI module will help so much. I know it feels like you have so much stuff thrown at you but I primarily rely on the ATI modules and it helps a bunch! Since you have the modules, are you able to use the ATI website to practice? That also helps a lot, too.

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What state are you in, there are 1:1 tutor available in South Florida. Let me know if you still need a 1:1 tutor. Good luck in your studies.

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Specializes in Med Surg, PCU, Travel.
Im having trouble with the Nclex style questions and fully understanding the comcepts. I know if I have someone explain it in simple terms, it will click.

You remind me of my medsurg horrors I had last year in which I failed my first 2 tests and needed a wooping 85% on my last 2 tests just to get a C, but I made it and so can you. First, make sure you are reading all your given chapters. Pay attention to learning the signs and symptoms and required nursing interventions and nursing care priorities is the key to passing. If you think you understand the concepts and its just the phrasing of the questions then I suggest getting an NCLEX book and start doing as many questions as possible on each topic you have in class.

My favorite books specific to medsurg and helped me were the Review and Rationales - MedSurg book which has both content review online for various medsurg topics and NCLEX questions. Also the MedSurg Success book which has over 2000 NCLEX questions divided by content specific chapters. Both will get you into the groove in answering the type of questions you will face.

Using the ATI book is also not a bad idea.

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