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Is it a good school, though? I've been considering applying also, but I don't know anything about the quality of education.

Irishowl -- if you can see the page in your mind, then, yeah, you're most likely visual. Try to learn to use it to your advantage. DON'T use a highlighter when you originally read the chapter if you're visual. That draws the eye too much and you'll end up remembering useless crap like "the," "an" and other articles and "filler" words. Use a colored pen, probably blue or green, first (red kind of acts like a highlighter). When you go back and re-read, you can focus on those underlined parts. At that point, highlight the key words or phrases. If it's a definition and the key word is already in bold, just highlight the definition. That you've seen, i.e. read, everything you'll be tested on gives you an advantage as a visual learner. Trust that it's in your head, confidence is key in almost all situations. Also, many or maybe even most people have a secondary learning type. You might want to try to figure what that is if you have one. Sher10 mentioned mnemonic devices and a few different ways those have come in handy. Mnemonic devices are awesome learning strategies, especially for straight memorization, because they often incorporate more than just one type of cue -- visual/auditory being most common. Basically, a learning strategy that makes sense to you, will work best for you.

Oh, sorry! The hospital I volunteer at uses Emergency Department instead of Emergency Room.

Ditto on the self-made flash cards. Where studying is concerned, that old adage "Know thyself" is immensely helpful. Consider your learning style and cater your study habits to it. Also, apply what you (probably) learned in psychology: study well in advance and make sure your notes are one of the last things you see before you go to bed and one of the first when you get up in the morning. Though, that whole strategy is shot if you're a fitful sleeper who wakes up in the middle of the night. Remember, current theory is that dreams are the brain's way of processing what you learned/experienced during the day. Mnemonic devices are also useful as long as they aren't overly complex. I had an A&P1 test today over the skeletal system and a classmate mentioned after the test that she has a hard time remembering which bone of the forearm connects to which side of the wrist. I told her that your thumb and forefinger do NOT make a "U" so the radius is on the thumb side. Also, if you volunteer put that to use too. I volunteer in the ED and mentally quiz myself while I'm helping the CNAs and nurses with whatever I'm allowed to do, which, being pre-anything health is a bit more than you might think. Also, even just standing in a corner watching and listening to what the medical team is doing and talking about while in the middle of a procedure is a valuable learning experience. They use directional terms, abdominopelvic regions, and other jargon while they're working. You know a lot of that jargon. Briefly zone out on the rest of what they're talking about to do a quick self-quiz, skipping anything you aren't 100% certain about.

Wait. Wait. Wait. You can go straight into flight nursing as a reservist? That's insane. From the research I've done so far, it takes 3+ years of critical care experience to be eligible to be a flight nurse, which I obviously won't have as a new grad. How can anyone possibly just go into flight nursing because they joined a certain component of the AF? Can someone please clarify this because it doesn't make sense? That just seems way irresponsible. Thanks all.

I am a pre-nursing student who plans to commission, reserve component, after I finish nursing school. Is there any advantage to one service over another in terms of experience especially if my ultimate goal is flight nursing? I also plan to volunteer to deploy as soon as the opportunity arises, and I know it will, for the sake of trauma experience. Any advice from you civilian and military nurses out there?