Retaining Info from pre-req's?

I'm in the same boat. I finished all my pre-reqs with As (except chemistry, boo) and just finished pathophysiology as well. I did well in all my classes but I think I need a serious refresher. Even for patho! My main problem is that I have a hard time retaining information until I'm able to apply it to a "real" situation. I'm hoping that I will get the opportunity in school to learn more patho and review A&P.

Don't worry, as long as you are making good grades, you are fine. When we go over the material in nursing class, we always review a bit. A&P is most important and relevant -- I got A's in it, sold my book, and the little review blurb in the book is all I need to refresh my memory. The other prereqs aren't as relevant, I feel as if you just need a generalization of them and you are good to go. Trust me you will be too busy learning actual nursing stuff than to bother with prereq material.

I was surprised how much of my prereqs stayed in my brain. Those concepts come right back during Med/Surg lectures. However, now that I'm tutoring Patho, I see how much I forgot. Doesn't matter because I learned what I needed, but it's a little disheartening.

You have to learn how to identify important information, keep it, and chuck the rest. PAY ATTENTION when you do the abdomen, cardio, lungs, and circulation.

You don't need a lot of it. My opinion is that they use them to weed out applicants.

Good to know.

I was wondering about that, too.

To be honest, I tend to keep all my textbooks for this reason. Easy 'quick reference'.