I am a first generation college student, I start the BSN program Fall 2016 and have been told that nursing school is very different from other classes. I am currently taking a nursing pathophysiology class that was taken out of our college's BSN program because too many students were not passing it. I'm passing but am just starting to get used to all of the NCLEX style questions. I am nervous because of the amount of time that I have to study just to pass this class by itself.
Any advice on how to study for multiple challenging classes at once? I've heard that we will have to "skim the material in the program because there isn't enough time in the day to study everything." My hubby helps a lot with our toddler so there are very few study interruptions. However, I just need to know how to "skim" material and still retain info to pass--I'm currently reading entire chapters and studying 40 hrs/wk just to pass one class (we don't receive study guides).
My instructors use both books and lecture - anything and everything is fair game on tests. First I recommend to learn how to pick apart questions, learn positive and negative inquiries and how to knock out answers that aren't right and decide between the two that are left. It took me a semester but I learned what worked for me and have kept it up.
tnicnat
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My instructors use both books and lecture - anything and everything is fair game on tests. First I recommend to learn how to pick apart questions, learn positive and negative inquiries and how to knock out answers that aren't right and decide between the two that are left. It took me a semester but I learned what worked for me and have kept it up.