My SMART goal for the semester involved studying pharmacology more by putting a hobby of mine with what I’m learning. I followed this goal for two whole weeks before I realized I didn’t have the time nor energy to fulfill it. I still wanted to fulfil my goal of practicing pharmacology, so I ended up purchasing a deck of flashcards that had visual and pneumonic aids on it to help with learning pharmacology. It was neatly organized by NCLEX topics, so I was able to go through the medications by category. The use of the flashcards took away the stress of creating them myself, but still allowed me to learn a lot. I wasn’t expecting to score as well as I did in the pharmacology adaptive exam as I did so I think the extra use of the flashcards paid off.
When reflecting on my experience with ATI and the use of remediation I did find them helpful. Stressful, but very helpful. I found that during my ATI remediations I got a lot of the same types of questions wrong (content). I also found that I’m awful at select all that apply questions because I begin to second guess myself. At the beginning of the semester, I was extremely stressed out at the thought of all the remediations we would be completing. This past month though, I’ve found that I’ve gain better habits in completing them. I’ve realized I need to break up the remediation into sections in order for me to gain anything from them. I found when I would crank out a remediation in one night, I wouldn’t remember as much as I would have if I broke it up. I’ve also learned through my remediations that I need to take my time. There were so many questions that I got wrong because I missed a word or specific wording of the question that drastically changed my answer. I found that I still made silly mistakes and were rushing throughout the remediations just because of the stress of everything else around me.
This semester I feel like I’ve learned a lot of test taking strategies and have narrowed down topics in which I need to focus on more than others in preparation in taking the NCLEX. Pharmacology and mental health are still the two topics that I need to do the most review on. Beyond the NCLEX, I’ve learned many useful skills that will help me in my future career. For example, I need to trust my gut and not second guess myself. When I second guess myself that’s when I usually do the wrong thing. My time here in the UNE nursing program, along with this course, has reinstated my lifelong problem of that procrastination only causes more stress. This will be helpful when I’m practicing as a nurse with things like charting and keeping on top of tasks. I’m excited to be going into a career in which the learning never ends.
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