Does anyone have any better way to study meds, coz even when i't in school this is really my hated subject... i'ts really hard for me. They all sound the same, with same side effects.
It's going to be my second time taking the boars so I really need to pass this time!
And is there any tips on how to study better, Iam used in momorizing stuff (that is what i'm used to), and now there is a lot of topics to study and i find it very confusing now. I find myself looking back to the previous stuff that I already studied and it is taking a lot of time. I'm having an overload, and my brain seems to be deleting some of the things that I studied.
Suzanne's plan also offers the NCLEX-PN..it is just a different book....just go under the students tab, go under NCLEX Forum and the thread i beieve is called Suzanne's First Tip and she had updated info about her plan under the NCLEX forum as well
Can you please let me know what you printed or how I can get the same material........I am in the same boat as you trying to study these meds...............please let me know thank you
I printed the one that was posted earlier with the same topic, she posted there med suffix and what it's for :wink2:
a technique I used when I studied was to try to associate a medication with the category of how the nursing content is broken down in.
eg: endocrine
gasrointestinal
respiratory
cardio
renal
etc.
once you know the basic category, then focus on function. Why and what the medication does that puts it into the category. Usually the pharm companies try to name the meds with the same ending or beginning but that is not always the case. There are so much meds out there that you can't know them all but narrow it down to the popular ones, the frequently used ones. When I took my NCLEX, there were meds I had no idea what they did (and i studied a lot of meds)...I did my best not to panic. I read the questions and looked for clues within the answers and used an educated guess based on what I studied. The key I believe is to take your time, do not rush, it is not a racing contest...when you study, understanding the content...it is an obvious poinbut often forgotten in the rush of learning it all...I passed with the turtle (slow and steady wins the race) technique.
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Your Welcome....meds are hard to study because there is so much and so many comming out...just keep focus and good luck :pumpiron: