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Study Skills and Test Taking Strategies

Study Skills and Test Taking Strategies. Kathy Alden, RN, MSN, IBCLC Academic Counselor. Preparing for Class. Look over chapter Read outline and course objectives Do readings, make notes Look up new terminology Write down ?’s to ask in class. Getting the Most from Lectures.

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Study Skills and Test Taking Strategies

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  1. Study Skills and Test Taking Strategies Kathy Alden, RN, MSN, IBCLC Academic Counselor

  2. Preparing for Class • Look over chapter • Read outline and course objectives • Do readings, make notes • Look up new terminology • Write down ?’s to ask in class

  3. Getting the Most from Lectures • Sit near front • Change seats occasionally • Focus on content, not on instructor • Be alert for repetition of concepts

  4. Getting the Most from Lectures PAY ATTENTION TO VERBAL TIPS: reading from text enumerations terminology OBSERVE SUBTLE CUES louder voice repeating idea pausing for you to write hand gestures END OF LECTURE: STAY FOCUSED

  5. Tips on Taking Notes • Clean paper, one side only • Wide margins • Powerpoint slides • Date, title, and number pages • Use abbreviations • Write legibly • Highlight important points (COLOR) • Retype on word processor • Compare with others • LISTEN!!! LISTEN!!! LISTEN!!!

  6. Study Groups • Forming the group • Conducting the group • Assign tasks • Test each other • Practice teaching • Compare notes • Brainstorm questions • Set an agenda • Pair off to do book reports • Prepare study questions to teach others in group

  7. Organize the info General to specific Meaningful Associations Memory Techniques

  8. Memory Techniques • Use your body • Learn actively • Be relaxed, but mentally alert • Picture it • Recite, Repeat, Write

  9. Memory Techniques • Use your brain • Reduce interference • Use daylight • Overlearn • Distribute learning

  10. Memory Techniques • Recall it • Remember in association • Notice remembering • Use it or lose it

  11. Before a test… • Manage review time • Daily, weekly, major reviews • Create review tools • Checklists, mind maps, flash cards • Plan a strategy • Study guides, dry test run, instructor expectations • Join a study group

  12. Before a test…. • Avoid marathon study sessions • Don’t review right before a test • Get a good night’s sleep two nights before a test • Don’t work the day before • EAT BREAKFAST!!!

  13. During the test… • Arrive early • Avoid discussing habits with other students • Jot down memory aids • Scan entire test • Use memory techniques when stuck • Pace yourself

  14. Multiple Choice Questions • Answer easy ones first • Answer each question before looking at answers • Mark a question if you are having trouble and come back to it • Only if you have misread the question should you change your answer

  15. Guidelines for Test-taking Success in Nursing School • Know the parts of the question • Background, stem, options • Read carefully before looking at the options • Key words: except, primary, initial, best, most

  16. Guidelines for Test-taking Success in Nursing School • ID theme of item and use info given • Answer difficult questions by eliminating obviously incorrect responses first

  17. Guidelines for Test-taking Success in Nursing School • Always select the most therapeutic and respectful response • Eliminate bizarre, inappropriate, and punitive responses • Know basic nursing principles

  18. Guidelines for Test-taking Success in Nursing School • Manage time • Do not change answers without good reason • Choose options within realm of nursing judgment vs physician judgment

  19. Priority Setting • What action takes priority? • What should the nurse do first? • What should the nurse do initially? • What is essential for the nurse to do? • Look for key words…. • All, nothing, every, always, only, rarely, never.

  20. Sample • All of the following behaviors are typical of a three year old except: • Putting on make up and playing grown up • Reciting address and phone number • Throwing a ball about 5 feet • Identifying animals from a picture book

  21. Sample • A husband was admitted to the ER in DTs. This admission is his third visit in two weeks. While waiting to see her husband, the wife said to the nurse: “What in the world can I do to help my husband get over this drinking problem?”. The best initial response for the nurse is: • “Don’t feel guilty. I know this must be difficult for you”. • “Let’s go into the lounge so we can talk more about your concern”. • “You need to convince him to seek professional help”. • “How long has your husband been drinking?”

  22. Sample • A 58 year old is recovering from a prostatectomy. His urinary output in the past 2 days has been satisfactory. However, the nurse now notices that it is becoming increasingly bloody. The nurse’s first action is to: • Irrigate the foley • Notify the physician • Take vital signs • Empty the drainage bag

  23. WHEN THE TEST IS OVER… • REWARD YOURSELF!!!!

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