Studying for Pathophys

[kristyjo]

Hi everyone! I am a BSN student at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio and I LOVE it! I have great profs, great friends, an awesome study group, and a very supportive family. Here is my dilemma--we study at home, we study in group (8+ hours a week), and really try to LEARN the info...I retype all the notes in a chart so they are organized and include any definitions that any of us in group have had to look up and to include clarifications on our VERY hurriedly scribbled notes (she teaches rapid fire so we all compare notes and see what each other got). But having trouble with retention so that when we sit down to take the exams, we can apply the knowledge! Does anyone know of a good way to study or better yet practice tests that we can take to test our knowledge so we are better prepared?

Thanks for anyhelp!

[Bicster]

Just do a search of these forums, its been asked and answered a lot.

[Daytonite, BSN, RN]

look at the same subject areas on anatomy weblinks. sometimes seeing how someone else has explained a concept will turn on a light for you. the a&p links including some professors notes are posted here on the pathophysiology/ a & p/ microbiology/ fluid & electrolyte resources sticky thread in the nursing student assistance forum:

• https://allnurses.com/forums/2422268-post45.html - pathophysiology mixed in on some websites
  
• and some specific pathophysiology: https://allnurses.com/forums/2627248-post48.html

emedicine articles (http://www.emedicine.com/) and family practice notebook (http://www.fpnotebook.com/index.htm) will often give you the pathophysiology of specific diseases. however, you have to input a disease in their search boxes so they come up. family practice notebook only gives you information in an outline form. both are websites for doctors. another website that will give you some pathophysiology and signs and symptoms (which are manifestations of the underlying pathophysiology going on, right?) id the online merck manual (http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/sections.jsp). again, you have to use the search box to get to the disease page you want.

to help you organize each disease, use my critical thinking flow sheet for nursing students.doc. there is also a link to it at the bottom of all my posts. good luck with later in nursing classes you can use those sheets to continue adding the medical and nursing treatments. i know where wru is as i lived in the area for some time.

[kristyjo]

Thanks a ton! I had already printed that flow sheet b/c I found your reply on someone elses. Our program is kinda different from what I am understanding....once we are accepted into clinicals, we still have five classes (one of which is patho) before we get to go into the hospital. That flow sheet will connect a lot of dots! thx

[Sarah Bellum]

Get a digital voice recorder and tape lectures. I do this with my patho prof and it helps so much to be able to rewind and go over and clarify exactly what she said.

A basic model can be had for under $50, an excellent investment IMO.