need a new way to study!!!

[acorvette]

it's been awhile since i've posted, as you know there isn't a whole lot of time to do anything other than study. i've made it through the first 8 months and will be GRADUATING on JUNE 11TH!!!! that is if i can keep my head in the game for a couple more months. we have begun level 3, we just finished mental health and now all we have left is pretty much med/surge and already i'm feeling bogged down with tooooo much info and not enough time. i had been working our topical outlines and doing the definitions to the chapters and of course reading, but with the first 2 tests of med/surge this hasn't helped a whole lot. i feel like i'm wasting time doing that instead of what i really need to do to study. this stuff is so much more in depth and all the disease processess are so similiar how do i keep them seperate? we had to sign a paper saying we will keep an 85 average or else, so i need some advice or study hints....anything will be appreciated.

as of right now we are back in the class 5 days a week, we start level 3 clinicals in april so it is really hard to cover that much info. it seems like it all runs together. i can't wait for clinicals to start again, i really love the hands on more than the book stuff. hopefully we will be getting our preceptor info soon. i'm pretty anxious about that too, because i've heard that on top of preceptor you also have a 3,000 + questions test that you have done in a very short amount of time too.

i've been pretty good at keeping the stress level down throughout the first few months, but i think these last 3 are gonna give me a massive MI!

anyways that's my rant for now, if anyone has any study hints that would be awesome, thanks.

GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE, HANG IN THERE IT WILL BE WORTH IT!!!