Can someone, anyone help me to understand just what exactly my instructor is talking about. She says that when we are reading 15+ chapters a week for our lecture exams, to read, skim, go over tables and charts and make sure to "Grasp the Concepts"???? of what ever subject we are on, that is what is important. Say for example we are covering Cancer, or GI, or what ever, what the heck are the concepts that I am suppose to be grasping?? NO clue as to what this means and she can't explain what she is talking about either. Just said to read about it and get what I could from it...I really what to learn what I need to know about each subject, it is impossible to learn everything about it, but I what to know what I need to know in order to be able to take care of patients. Please help!!
She sounds like she wants you to grasp the main idea or gist of the information.
What she is telling you is that you are not going to remember EVERYTHING. Don't try to remember every single bit of information about every single thing. Try to learn the overview.
Prioritize the information.
Take driving as an example. When you learn to drive you learn the basics. You don't have to worry about what gear to switch to when you are driving on a mountain, at 65 mph and there is a 45 mph side wind, going down hill. All you have to know is that when driving down a mountain you drive in a lower gear.
Now apply that to a hundred different things and you got it.
Please help!!
aerorunner80, ADN, BSN, MSN, APRN
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Think Clif's Notes here. Get down to the nitty gritty, get to the point, forget the fluf.
Read the objectives at the begining of the chapter, skim the questions at the end, review what you're not sure on and then move on.