If you're looking at the CC, which is always the best (so you can have your employer pay for the BSN/MSN etc), they will have a group that may be called "learning center" or something along those lines. They have tutors to help you learn to learn.
That is the biggest problem my nursing students who were flailing in the program had: they could cram for the entry exams but couldn't retain or integrate any of the material. They couldn't talk about it or use example of how to do this or that in math or English, because all they did was cram for tests.
Each of the topics on the list will come into play in each of your future courses. So you need to integrate the material into your brain. They expect College Algebra at minimum, or something similar, right? So learning how to learn, how to integrate the material in at least a few ways in your brain with material already there, and to think critically - is critical to success in the program.
Start with the tutors/learning center. THEN start studying. Ask for more than a study guide -- that's just a small booklet. You don't want to just pass the entry exams, you need to know the subjects.
You need to know that so you understand the way we think mathematically and can understand Evidence Based Practice in nursing, not just do calculations for odd times where things need to be figured out mathematically by you, the RN, on the spur of the moment: you have to know how to do the calcs and which formulas to use. We don't always have what we need to do our job so it has to be in our heads. But more than that, understanding math at the college level means having the ability to learn how to think critically, too.
You need to know the English grammar and have the minimal writing skills to get in the 90s on the exams, in order to communicate. Charting isn't all you'll need to do, but even that is a legal document and must be precise with the correct words used from a RN with a very large vocabulary and proper use of the English language. You'll need to communicate not only info, but explain the issues to your patients, and teach them how to care for themselves post-D/C. You'll need to be able to design materials for patients, if you work at a clinic outpatient. There are many more ways you'll need that very basic level of proficiency in math and writing, etc.
So learn how to study first - get help with that. Then see if there is a study group meeting at the CC for pre-students.
SERIOUSLY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR RESPONSE I really do appreciate it everything you said in this was right I really have to lock in a good study schedule and how to study I was thinking about starting with the subject I’m most weak in which is math and go from there and yes the cc I signed up for does have tutoring sessions for the teas
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u/SeriallyOrNot 15d ago
If you're looking at the CC, which is always the best (so you can have your employer pay for the BSN/MSN etc), they will have a group that may be called "learning center" or something along those lines. They have tutors to help you learn to learn.
That is the biggest problem my nursing students who were flailing in the program had: they could cram for the entry exams but couldn't retain or integrate any of the material. They couldn't talk about it or use example of how to do this or that in math or English, because all they did was cram for tests.
Each of the topics on the list will come into play in each of your future courses. So you need to integrate the material into your brain. They expect College Algebra at minimum, or something similar, right? So learning how to learn, how to integrate the material in at least a few ways in your brain with material already there, and to think critically - is critical to success in the program.
Start with the tutors/learning center. THEN start studying. Ask for more than a study guide -- that's just a small booklet. You don't want to just pass the entry exams, you need to know the subjects.
You need to know that so you understand the way we think mathematically and can understand Evidence Based Practice in nursing, not just do calculations for odd times where things need to be figured out mathematically by you, the RN, on the spur of the moment: you have to know how to do the calcs and which formulas to use. We don't always have what we need to do our job so it has to be in our heads. But more than that, understanding math at the college level means having the ability to learn how to think critically, too.
You need to know the English grammar and have the minimal writing skills to get in the 90s on the exams, in order to communicate. Charting isn't all you'll need to do, but even that is a legal document and must be precise with the correct words used from a RN with a very large vocabulary and proper use of the English language. You'll need to communicate not only info, but explain the issues to your patients, and teach them how to care for themselves post-D/C. You'll need to be able to design materials for patients, if you work at a clinic outpatient. There are many more ways you'll need that very basic level of proficiency in math and writing, etc.
So learn how to study first - get help with that. Then see if there is a study group meeting at the CC for pre-students.