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i know this has been a while, but i wanted to update it- now that i remembered the password. lol. so i have taken the advice and did buy a recorder. and let me tell you, it is the best investment i have ever made!!! Thanks you guys :bowingpur :stdnrsrck:

HI, i'm kinda disappointed. I've got into York this semester (yay!!) and taking my prenursing requiremets very slowly because I dont wanna mess anything up...but no matter what I do, I cant seem to focus. At first I thought, I just need to give it some time or this will go away on its own...but now, even though the book is out in front of me...I dont understand why I'm not reading it!? It's not like the material is boring in any way and I leave sooo much time to do my work and still, NOTHING. I dont have a learning dissability or anything like that, but I'm just soo confused and frustrated with this. I have tests around the corner and I dont understand my behavior towards this studying. I know I'm just venting, but does anyone have any advice on what I should do about this? Help.

i can't really tell you which sneakers to buy...you just need to experiment with that (but the more expensive is usually more comfortable...i have nike as well)...hope by now you found a pair? mine's last me way over 3 months. but I thought to make this thread a bit educational as many of us here are still in school... arches of the foot (supporting structures) are of two kinds: Passive support (of ligaments ------including plantar aponeurosis, long and short plantar ligaments, and the spring ligament) and Dynamic support (muscles of leg and foot --------tibialis anterior (anterior leg innervated by deep fibular n.), tbialis posterior (posterior leg innervated by tibial n.), fibularis longus (lateral leg innervated by superficial fibular n.), flexor hallucis longus (posterior leg innervated by tibial n.), and intrinsic plantar muscles by planter nerves.)... lol just noticed how everything posterior is innervated by the tibial nerve... anyhow, back to your problem. and what you can easily do to help. --Stand facing a wall, about one foot away, with the hurting feet about six inches farther back. Put your hands on the wall and gently lean forward, stretching the lower calf. --Stand facing a wall, about two feet away, with the injured feet about six inches farther back. Keep both feet slightly turned outward. Put your hands on the wall and gently lean forward, bending the front knees and keeping the back heel on the floor. --Insert an over-the-counter arch support and heel support cushion into the shoe as someone already mentioned. --Try to avoid walking barefoot, since it may put added stress on the plantar ligament. the goal is to stretch your ligaments. Hope this helps a tiny bit.

dont know if any of you are into flashcards, but I recently started with the Netter's Anatomy Flash Cards (2nd Edition)....it got everything you need to know on muscles and bones and nerves, and their origins and attachments. You have the muscle pic on one side and the info about that on the other side. It really helps.... my sister got it as an aid in med school...but these have everything I needed to know!! plus more (it has arteries and veins and such...) so I highly recommend getting them. By knowing the name of the muscle and the general idea where it is in your body, you already have 50% studying done. In addition to that, the way I went about muscles is by mainly knowing their distal attachements as that would clue me in to their function. hope this helps someone.

you'r right, make a friend! This is key. That person will be there to remind you when you have a test, a quiz, material to catch up and so on...it's the best support. I had the A&P with lab all in one. I bought the text and lab but hardly used it unless for pictures. I'm a slow reader as well. Before my first exam, I was in the same tunnel like you, trying to read everything in the text. That took me a long time too. I could get through the chapter, but it I wouldn't understand what I just read. But that's ok, I learned to make time for the readings. After the first exam and seeing that although my Pr. had a lot of reading material and such, his handout slides were very good and detailed enough just like the book. I used them like my text. You have to do everything the first time around to kinda see how your instructors are. I realized that I could do well just by attending the class, paying attention, and then going over the slides. I personally am a big fan of using highlighters and different colored pens. I use it everywhere! highlighting makes it stick in my head. try it. also, repeating the stuff over and over. most importantly, use your own body to make sense of things. Hope this helps. Good luck! You can totally do it!:wink2:

congrats to you! that's a big accomplishment and you won't notice how just one day you'll get that *miracle sleep* :up:

wow, that place has changed so much since my last visit. You DeSeRvE iT :typing

Thanks, I'll be going through it. got me stressed out already, and I haven't even started lol. I decided to do nursing :) after getting my psyche degree. Congrats