Microbiology exam Excelsior college

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Hi,can anyone please help me out with study tips or areas to focus on for excelsior microbiology exam. I am really having a hard time.

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Hi,can anyone please help me out with study tips or areas to focus on for excelsior microbiology exam. I am really having a hard time.

Use the exam content guide from Excelsior - that is your syllabus. It includes recommended reading. The EC practice exams are also helpful. What is difficult for you, is it how to self-study or the content itself?

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Vango notes for microbiology. It's an audiobook, the same book the school recommends to study. I made a A on microbiology .

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Out of all the classes I was the most stressed about microbiology. I felt like the nursing classes and even anatomy and gerontology weren't too horrible because I have been an Lpn for 7 years. I still had to study for each but I was already familiar with a lot of the terms, etc. Micro was different. I felt like I was going to have to teach myself a class from the beginning and wouldn't be able to "wing it" based on nursing knowledge. I used study guide 101. The problem was their study guide had soooo much information so I actually ended up just glancing at it here and there. What helped me was the workbook that came with the micro book. Now I had an older edition book since I planned on taking the exam a few years earlier. But ended up pushing it back and it was the very last exam I took, even after the cpne. I didn't even use the textbook. I used that workbook and for each chapter it basically had summaries, followed by quizzes. Sometimes the chapter was a different number from the excelsior study guide, but for he most at part it was all the exact same, just an older book. I HIGHLY recommend finding that workbook. I don't know if they have it for the newest edition book, if not then find one for the older edition. The chapters are the same from edition to edition, just sometimes in a different order. But the information is all the same. Also take the 2 excelsior practice tests. A good portion of their questions are on the test! Also don't panic when you do absolutely horrible on excelsiors practice tests. I got a 48 on one and a 56 on the other. The actually exam itself was MUCH easier. The questions were simplified and basic. I got an A on the actual exam. I couldn't believe it. I was so stressed and felt like the class was so hard just because it was sooo much to learn and memorize. I promise it's not nearly sa bad a you think it will be! Let me know if you have any trouble finding that workbook. It saved me a ton of time since it condensed each chapter and just told me exactly what I needed to know. The practice questions in each chapter in that workbook were a huge help. Good luck and let me know how it goes!

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What is the name of the workbook you used for the microbiology exam?

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What is the name of the workbook you used for the microbiology exam?
I think she meant the workbook that goes with the textbook.
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