Nursing school help???

You are looking at this wrong, in my opinion. You get to study for fundamentals, and pathophys, and you get to fill your brain with new things... learn new concepts and be able to relate them to the human experience... Yay... Stressing out when you have merely started is not something you want. Change the way you think about things, and this may be more exciting, and stress may turn into opportunities. You are privledged to be able to start this program as many others could only dream about being you. Sometimes, it's how and what we feed our mind with, that makes or breaks us.

There's nothing special nor unique about nursing courses nor the two that you've specifically mentioned.

As with all courses:

+ Study regularly and routinely... that is, every day..

+ Break up your study sessions into blocks of about 45 minutes and then give youself a few minutes away from it.

+ Use those last 20 minutes or so while you're in bed, falling asleep, to review topics that you've studied

+ Capture the down-time of waiting in line, waiting for class to start, walking to your car, etc to review flashcards

+ Repetition, repetition, repetion

+ Always look for "why" something is or is not important and how it relates to other topics

+ Know your vocabulary... if you can't speak about something concisely, you don't really get it

And courtesy of medical education: See one, do one, teach one (even if you're playing each role)

Thank you for your response, I appreciate the feedback