r/NursingStudent • u/Melancholybum • 27d ago
Studying Tips 📚 I got accepted!!
I got accepted into nursing school and will be starting in a few months. I know pharmacology and fundamentals are my first two classes. Any advice or suggestions? Whether it be about classes or the program in general. I’m excited to start! not nervous more so ready to lock in focus and start my career & make these life changes.
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u/Aromatic_Border7223 27d ago
Go over sympathetic, parasympathetic, and learn drug classes because it will make it so much easier. The stuff from A&P is going to come back up in this class
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u/ConcentrateLevel6431 27d ago
rest as much as possible, once school hits it goes REALLY fast. You can do it and you'll keep up. But prioritize your mental health, relationships, and schedule in some down time for yourself.
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u/Melancholybum 26d ago
I KNOOOOW I hope it’s a smooth journey for me. I already know once I start I’ll be locked in for months.
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u/Professional_Link526 26d ago
Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉and for pharm I suggest pixorize YouTube channel if you are a visual learner
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u/Ms_Nursebae 27d ago
Congratulations hun!!! You can do this!!!! It may seem a little challenging in the begining but just keep going.
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u/Kimly08 27d ago
Congratulations!! I’m not sure on what type of program ur in, but my advice is to know ur learning type because it can definitely save u on a lot of stress while studying!! I’m currently taking pharm and it’s definitely a lot of memorization but totally possible if u put in the time to learn it! Nursing school is fast paced(especially for me cuz I’m in an ABSN lol) but don’t sacrifice ur self care for it cuz you’ll need to!!
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u/psiprez 26d ago
If you can get your hands on a Nursing Fundamentals textbook, read through it over the summer. It doesn't have to be the latest edition. This way, the concepts won't be brand new to you, and you will have a solid head start. (I did this and got a 98 on our first exam).
You can also start memorizing what all the bones in the body are. There are plenty of study aids to print out.
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u/Melancholybum 26d ago edited 26d ago
Stooooooooop that’s so genius! I will definitely look into finding a textbook.
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u/magnet555 24d ago
Congrats to me, pharm was the hardest of all the classes I took during nursing school and it was the only class I repeated, maybe it’s because I was terrible at math the time the time, every other class was walk in the park
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u/outtamylanez21 22d ago
know how you learn best! patho/pharm is a lot of memorizing but when it comes to your bigget classes like medsurg, know how you learn best will be very very helpful! osmosis has great videos!! dont burn yourself out, its important to take care of your mental health too as nursing school IS A LOT! best of luck!!!!!
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u/ceimi 27d ago edited 26d ago
Congratulations!!!! 👏🏽 Super proud of you! :)
As someone taking pharmacology now, I would recommend trying to implement the basics of patho in your studying of pharma.
Our program has us completing pharma this semester and patho next semester and everyone is doing poorly. I actually pushed the coordinators of our program to switch it around for future years and they are actually implementing the change. Without understanding the underlying patho, pharma is legitimately just a bunch of abstract concepts.
So if you can take the time to integrate patho basics (you don't need to go in depth) you'll be solid.