Study tips

I'd like to know this as well. I have no idea what to expect for first semester.

The best thing I found that worked for me was to read (as much of) the required reading the night before. I would look over the powerpoints before class (if they were posted), so I had a little bit of the knowledge before lecture. That way, during lecture, I would be hearing it again and the instructor may clarify anything that confused me. After class, I would re-read the PowerPoints & all the boxes/important looking stuff in the book.

My study group & I would meet at least once a week and go through the material and talk it out with each other. It helped having someone there to talk it out with, to help make mnemonics and funny sayings to help memorize certain things.

The weekend before an exam, I would re-read through my PowerPoints. Sometimes my study group and I would meet up and do practice questions from Saunders book, my NCLEX prep book, or the Success books. If we didn't meet, I would do the practice questions alone.

This was extremely time consuming to study this much, but I was able to pass with a high B each semester and was able to pass NCLEX first try! :)

Good luck to you in school!

The best thing I found that worked for me was to read (as much of) the required reading the night before. I would look over the powerpoints before class (if they were posted), so I had a little bit of the knowledge before lecture. That way, during lecture, I would be hearing it again and the instructor may clarify anything that confused me. After class, I would re-read the PowerPoints & all the boxes/important looking stuff in the book.

My study group & I would meet at least once a week and go through the material and talk it out with each other. It helped having someone there to talk it out with, to help make mnemonics and funny sayings to help memorize certain things.

The weekend before an exam, I would re-read through my PowerPoints. Sometimes my study group and I would meet up and do practice questions from Saunders book, my NCLEX prep book, or the Success books. If we didn't meet, I would do the practice questions alone.

This was extremely time consuming to study this much, but I was able to pass with a high B each semester and was able to pass NCLEX first try! :)

Good luck to you in school!

Thank you so much!!! I like that you re-read your power points and boxes/important things in the text. That a great way to solidify the lecture. I know it was time consuming but passing the NCLEX the first time is worth it!

good question I start the 12 excited .

Read the assigned chapters before class. I like to outline the chapters as I go if I can. Review the material weekly, as the other person said, it helps you learn as you go. Doing NCLEX questions to study, definitely helps and I find that to be most valuable to me after I've learned the basics of the material. The key to getting the most out of studying is planning and organization. Good luck!