This is the month everyone take their finals. How are you handling it. Has anyone taken their finals already. What are your study techniques.

WOO HOO HOO!!! Just finished my last one...Math - YEEECCCHHH!!!! I feel a Mother Goose nursery rhyme coming on...

Multiplication is vexation,
Division is as bad;
The Rule of Three doth puzzle me,
And Practice drives me mad.

Hope i scrape a C...wish me luck

I Know the feeling I had my Med Surg exam today. Only pharm left and off to enjoy Christmas with the family. Not sure my children will remember who I am. LOL

squirmals said:

Finals tomorrow! I've been studying all weekend. I've read every chapter, did a study guide and all of my notes. I've been doing aroma therapy for studying and drinking mind enhancing tea and bunches of praying. Then it's off to the LAST semester! I was going to relax tonight, but I think I have to put my nose back into the books.

Finals for me are this week. I have a midterm on Thursday in math, dealing with Dosages and the metric system. Then on Saturday I have the final on everything!! Prealgebra, decimals, conversions, negatives and positives, ratios and porportions and it goes on and on. I hate math!!! Ill take any other subject except for math. As far as studying techniques, I have my boyfriend tutor me since I am not that great in math. I stay up until midnight every day including weekends since I have class on Saturdays and Sundays just going over and practicing. Practice makes perfect! I learned that in elementary.

I just got finished with my final. YEA! I thought that I would have a month long break, but my instructors gave us "stuff" to do over the holidays. Bummer. I am 25% done with nursing school!

Done with my finals, wow I can breath again. We did the final today and our final grades are already posted, the instructors are ready for break. Sixteen weeks left and then officially a RN, I've waited for 26 years to get this done. This feels so fantastic!! Good luck everyone!

I have my final Tomorrow, in Speech 101. I have another one in Sociology on Thursday. I have a different type of technique that I use, I use index cards to study off of, I find them very easy to use, and to carry around. I am looking forward to Christmas Break. Good Luck to everyone that is graduating from their Nursing program also. Happy Holidays to everyone and their families, keep on studying to those that are taking their finals.

I just finished with my very last final on Monday!! I'm home free, now I just have to pass NCLEX! I don't really have any tips for studying, as I rarely had time to review anything, although I'm a verbal learner....I read out loud to myself... sound weird but I learn better if I read and hear what I'm learning, if I ever have time I type notes, then I've heard it, saw it, and written it....the more times you repeat the info the better you learn it.

I took my HESI exam today. Very nerve racking and a lot of praying. But I survived the test. Materials were given for the next semester to read over the holidays. At least I don't have to worry about another exam right now. I'm just glad to be going to the next level. The only advise that I can give is to READ, READ, READ, and then READ some more.

hello, i'm from the other side of the globe and we have really different semestral schedule with what you are following. I'm having my 2nd semester for level 2 BSN now and I'll be taking my midterm exams next week. A lot of studies to do but I have my notes that really aids. Tip for studyin'? Oh, it's an easy thing. Have a notebook with you at school, outline every topic being discussed but be sure to understand what you are writing. Ask questions if necessary and when you get home, all you need to do is read your notes and for further explanation, refer to your book. Math? Hmmmmmmm, when I took two different Maths last and the other semester, I just write all the important notes in index cards especially the formulas and believe me, it's a very effective style! I don't even take my instructor's examples. I just understand them and I review the formulas at home for the following day.

I had my DR and OR observations and Simulations last month and I find it great. OR is a little bit difficult but I really enjoyed it. I wanna be an OR nurse soon!

Good luck for all of us! Merry Christmas to all guys!

Finishing up finals now. One test left next week. We just had the end of the semester party in our health assessment class :) good eats. As for study techniques be sure to go over notes. I tend to rewrite or type my notes and follow/complete any reviews the professor provides. When forming a study group try to keep 'em small...3 is good 4 is party so be careful and try to set up a group who has open communication and be sure to stop any stray topics or far off tangents...before you know it you've lost an hour talking about what happened last weekend at your cousin's party. After creating an outline or study guide and studying through it once or twice go over the study guide starting from the last page and work your way back. Doing this allows you to assimilate information in a different order...its true! Then as you continue studying hit up different sections of the chapters and notes once again in different orders to make sure u really know the material. Well thats all I got for now. Good luck to all the students on here!!!

Happy New Year!

I'm almost done with my psychology class. I am doing the finishing touches on my APA journal assignment "looking good". We have our winter session finals next week. Wish me luck everybody!!