Too many study aids??

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Hello friends! I am a 40 year old return back to school and in my first semester of nursing. Got through fundamentals and now in Med Surg I. I suffer a Learning Disability (and have DSS accommodations for that). I am a very slow reader with poor comprehension. I really like using mnemonics. I feel recently I am over investing in a variety of different study aids to compensate for the intimidating text. Any thoughts? Any suggestions? Thank you!

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Look at the Memory Book of Nursing.

It has great pictures for memorizing things, disease signs and symptoms, fluids & electrolytes, meds, etc.

There are different volumes.

Get an NCLEX review book like Saunders, there are good reviews at the beginnong of each chapter that makes for less reading.

Also, there is a little spiral book RN-Notes or something (spiral is on the top). Most things ate covered quickly in a little page or 2.

Of course, now I just told you about MORE study aids to buy :)

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Specializes in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology.

I second the Memory Book of Nursing! It's amazing and so many of the mnemonic illustrations are available on Pinterest. I use Pinterest for the infographics, too. There is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much out there that isn't just dry textbook reading.

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Specializes in Critical Care, Education.

Just a consideration - Nursing is going to be an eternal challenge for you considering the sheer volumes of information that must be read and understood to maintain your practice. How is this going to work?

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Specializes in L&D, infusion, urology.
Just a consideration - Nursing is going to be an eternal challenge for you considering the sheer volumes of information that must be read and understood to maintain your practice. How is this going to work?

I agree- adding more reading on top of the required reading when you read slowly is counterintuitive, IMO. I know I can barely keep up with the reading as is, and I'd have an impossible time adding anything else into the mix, regardless of how helpful it may be!

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You have nothing to lose by trying. Have you looked at learningally.org? If you have a learning disability that is documented I think they would help you out. https://audiobooks.learningally.org/search.aspx?q=nursing&page=1&perpage=10&sortoption=Best%20Match&tab=abooks This might help you out with keeping up with your textbook reading.

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