Nursing Students General Students
Published Nov 10, 2007
bisson
136 Posts
i need help, i need help BADLY!
2nd year of nursing school is whooping my behind. I never studied so much and i never did so bad in school as i am doing right now.
my problem is the test questions, thy do not just test the content, it's mainly critical thinking, and since they do not teach critical thinking, you're left to struggle on your own.
what are some strategies you can offer that help you do well on nursing exams?
what i do now ( and in the past) is just read the content and make index cards on the information, clearly this is not the way to go because it's barely keeping my head above water. it worked in 1st year, 2nd year is a totally different playing field.
laurainri
140 Posts
study from your lecture notes. if you are not sure of something go back and look it up in the book. keep making flash cards. they work !!. some people say that yes you are only studying facts but by next year it will all come together for you
Daytonite, BSN, RN
1 Article; 14,604 Posts
what? you've missed all the lectures on critical thinking? how did that happen? critical thinking involves putting all the knowledge you've had together and processing it. you really do know this. you just haven't put it all together yet. let me help you.
the basic strategy for answering critical thinking (application type) questions is as follows, you must:
you should review the information and links in this thread as well:
MB37
1,714 Posts
Yeah, we had a lecture on critical thinking, and it's a chapter in our Fundamentals book. Get an NCLEX book or a few and read the chapters on strategies - that helped me understand how to answer the questions.
KEL2BanRN
117 Posts
There's a sticky on the other forum called "STUDY strategies"... I think it's on the Nursing Student Assistance Forum. HTH.