how do you successfully graduate

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Hi everyone, i am currently enrolled in the pn program at niagara college and i was wondering if i can have some addivice on how to successfully graduate from this program. I am only in my first semester and i am struggling with biology? I would really like some good feedback on how to successfully graduate from this program. I am a psw i really did not think it would be this difficult since i have the front line experience but it really is. Also, i am only working 2-3 times a week that it including weekends so i really do not think that it is my job getting in the way. I really need help! I also have a tutor. Someone please please please help give me the best advice to help me graduate. I really want to be a nurse and i am so scared of failing..

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Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative.

You would be best to post in the Canadian forum for specific advice.

Having a tutor is an excellent idea. Is it helping? Quite often you need to find the study method that works best for you. Different people learn in different ways. When I was in my RPN program I was part of a study group and well all helped each other study and discussed things we had trouble getting. I was a PSW for 8 years. Being a nurse ir really not the same. Yes it can be tough at times. Best of luck.

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Specializes in Public Health.

My number one piece of advice is to keep at it and don't give up, the more you work at it the more it will come to you.

I have found YouTube to be the greatest discovery in regards to my education. If I do not understand a concept, I watch a YouTube video on it (I really enjoy Khan Academy videos, they have tons). If I still don't understand, I watch another by a different person. Sometimes having a concept explained differently makes all the difference.

If you are struggling with basically everything, you could try reading another textbook. Like I said, having things explained differently makes a huge difference. Your library will usually have different options. This semester I am using a different pathophysiology textbook than the one my course recommends. I had looked up reviews online for the recommended textbook, and they were awful, so I decided to give a different one a try. So far so good.

Every couple of weeks I get together with my two closest school friends and we talk through a couple of weeks worth of content over 3-4 hours. It's pretty casual, we just go through the objectives of the units talking about what we know and remember, and helping each other with areas we struggled in. We bring our notes but try not to use them much, as this really makes us think.

I also own a white board and different coloured dry erase markers. It's an easy way to draw and label things over and over again.

It all depends what works for you, and you will figure that out over time. I didn't have any techniques for the first two years that I was in school (RPN program), but now I am almost done my first year of the bridging program and I am really developing ways of studying that are geared to me.

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sounds pretty good, thank you for ll your suggestions and help. good luck with the bridging!

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Specializes in Public Health.
sounds pretty good, thank you for ll your suggestions and help. good luck with the bridging!

Good luck to you too. Keep working hard!

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Read the book before you go to class and review right after you have the class. It is a very simple strategy, but by the time you finish the review, you will find that you actually have gone through the content three times. \

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