My semester ended on the 16th and I got an 87.4 (my gpa says 3.00 which can't be right but whatever). This was my first semester and it was Fundamentals of Nursing with health assessment and pharm combined in it. In January I'll be starting Peds and hear it's very hard and a nightmare.
My professors make powerpoints for each lecture so I print them out 3 slides per page so I can take notes from what she says. If for some reason they don't provide a powerpoint, I just write down what they say in my notebook. A lot of students use ipads with the keyboard or they bring their laptop, but I personally remember things when I write them out.