Study guides= too much info??

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Specializes in PACU.

I'm studying primarily from the text and content guide, but I'm finding when I refer back to the study guides I'm overwhelmed by the amnt of info that isn't on the content guide. I'm wondering if it's due to the restructuring of the exams that maybe the content guide is a lot different then it was when these guides were made. Even the studyguide101 practice exam was very different. I thought the lifespan's were kept pretty much the same, but apparently not!! I'm putting these notes away, they are making me crazy!

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You are encountering one of the problems with using notes. No way to tell if it is too much or too little. Just right would be if they fed you the exam questions word for word! You have to obtain a good understanding of the material so that you are capable of figuring out the answer to a question worded a variety of ways. That is the key. How you master the material is up to you. Best to start with a basic text, preferably the ones that EC recommends.

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Specializes in wound care, sub-acute, community nursing.

I got the recomended text and used SG 101---SG 101 for Transitions is way too much redundant information. I love TCN guides, but will only buy them on ebay!!

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I have used Chancellors and TCN. The TCN books were given to me (thanks Holly) I always feel like it is way more info than I will be tested on. But how can it be too much info. You're studying to learn, not just to pass the test. Right?

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Specializes in Psych, LTC, Acute Care.

Thats the way I felt about the notes that you buy on Ebay. I am under the new curriculum and felt that did not convert the notes for the new test. They say they did but as I read through them, it was hard to follow with the new content guide. Buy the books and read the recommended chapters.

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