WANTED: Study Tips

[PSyChRnBSn]

Hello! I am a sophomore nursing student and I really found myself struggling to pass throughout my entire first year. I was a straight A student in high school so going from that to barely scraping by was difficult. Anyway, this upcoming semester I will be taking Pathophysiology and Microbiology and I was just wondering if anyone had any good study tips? I really want to do well this year, not just pass. Any help will be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

[pmabraham, BSN, RN]

Good day, lakfuturenurse

I've found https://allnurses.com/pre-nursing-student/how-get-any-846733.html to be helpful for every class.

]Here are some links that may be useful in terms of improving overall study skills, taking notes, reading text books, etc.

]SQ4R Study Method

Note Taking Systems - Academic Skills Center: Study Skills Library - Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

Cornell Notetaking System Explained--Textbook Study Strategy--Academic Support

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Time management

Reading University Level Materials--Textbook Study Strategy--Academic Support

How to Read Effectively in the Sciences--Textbook Study Strategy--Academic Support

How to Read and Study Medical Texts--Textbook Study Strategy--Academic Support

More About Effective Textbook Study--Textbook Study Strategy--Academic Support

An Effective Textbook Study Strategy--Textbook Study Strategy--Academic Support

How to Mark a Section of a Textbook Chapter--Textbook Study Strategy--Academic Support

Thank you.

[Kaaa]

Here is what I did. I rewrote the PowerPoints from class in black, then read the text book and added notes from there in green, the info we got in class I did in blue. After each exam I would mark the test questions and watch the patterns. Certain tests were from the textbook others from the notes given in class. The only thing to do is ask if the majority of questions are from the notes or text and you can figure out the important stuff. Hope this helps!

[lilia123]

try and get the class syllabus ahead of time, or go to your nearest college or community college library and start reading those two subjects you just mentioned. Good luck, and if you are also working while going to school, rember that school is your priority. nursing school is pretty intense, so try to be prepared and don't fall behind in your readings.