Practice makes perfect in academic as well as athletic skills.

Announcements:

Class material and assignments related to CLASS 2 will be tested in CLASS 4. Class will take place in the Computer Center (2nd floor Dickinson Hall)

TOPIC: ACADEMIC SKILLS for Baccalaureate Nursing Education

This course, Introduction to Nursing, begins your preparation for two roles - nursing student and nurse. Being a successful student of professional nursing calls for the development of complex and demanding academic skills. The abilities needed to graduate and pass the state boards are many of the same abilities needed to select appropriate, compassionate, and realistic nursing care. The sooner a student starts to practice the following skills, the stronger her/ his academic record will become. This is especially important since students

• must make 75 or higher in a nursing course to proceed to the next nursing course
• are dismissed from the program if they earn less than 75 in two nursing courses.

This first course in the nursing sequence will evaluate a student's commitment to and ability to

• Comprehend a heavy, ongoing reading load
• Combine and apply new knowledge under the stress of test taking
• Arrange her/ his time to prepare for two important tests/papers on the same date
• Write at a college level
• Apply logic to computational problems

Evaluation

Students who have weakness in any of these abilities should make an appointment at the Learning Center and/or Counseling Center for free, on-going support. Evaluate yourself now in the following areas - place an X in the fields that most closely matches your talents.

Sub-Topic: SCHEDULING TECHNIQUES

• Group work : Comparison of solutions to scheduling academic work

Sub-Topic: MULTIPLE CHOICE TESTS

• Overview of the challenges leading to the NCLEX-RN
• Techniques for tests - for before tests, for during tests, for after tests

Sub-Topic: READING STRATEGIES

• Question & answer session on Meltzer Ch 2 & 11

Sub-Topic: TECHNOLOGY

• Expectations related to computers

Sub-Topic: NOT JUST MATH, LOGIC TOO

• Pre-testing, Discussion, and Basic Formulae
• Discussion of the IV Calculation page and the assignment there.

TOPIC: In-class assignment

Fill out the Learning Style Identification Tool in class and then break into similar groups of four to list ways in which to capitalize on your particular method of thinking.

TOPIC: Assignments:

Assignments to prepare for CLASS 3