Question for all nurses

Many pda's are compatible with a portable keyboard (folds up nice and small, about the same size as my pocket pc). The portable keyboard makes it very much like a laptop without nearly the expense and is more portable than even a laptop. The other thing about the pocket pc is that it uses a windows platform - I was able to write papers in Word on my pocket pc, put it in the cradle connected to my desktop computer and print it out - no problem. My pocket pc was INVALUABLE in preparing for clinicals. The programs that I purchased for it cut my preparation time to about a quarter of what it was without it.

Did you take notes in class with your PDA?...?

I too used pen and paper. I had my own little abbreviations to speed things up and wrote small so I could write faster. There is something about writing stuff down that helps cement concepts in my mind. I was also lucky that my instructors mostly posted an outline of their lectures on my school's intranet, so I could print that out and fill in as they lectured.

good luck with your studies!!

lovesmarissa

SOOO...

ive decided on in some/most classes, just using pen and paper, since i have realized coming home to neatin up my notes/type them, i re-inforce a lot, since i am forced to read my notes and concentrate on them!

hehhehe...thanks!

SOOO...

ive decided on in some/most classes, just using pen and paper, since i have realized coming home to neatin up my notes/type them, i re-inforce a lot, since i am forced to read my notes and concentrate on them!

hehhehe...thanks!

That is what I have always done with college and I plan on doing it with nursing school this fall. I take the notes in class (mainly jot down main points) and when I get home I review the reading I had done for that class and fill in the blanks on my notes. next I type them out and they go into a three ring binder where I keep all my stuff for review and future reference. Then I start in on reading...etc for the next day.

Very time consuming but it really helps me because I need to do things again and again in order to be confident in my knowledge. I am not sure how well it will work for me in nursing, but at my last college, I was a A & B student because I could always remember so much info.

Chevelle that is what i will be deffinately doing!.... its better then trying to read all of my scribble like 10 days later and not know what the heck i wrote down!..

hehehehe:chuckle

Good luck to you and let us know how you are doing!