NUR1010 Exam #1 Prep: Goals, Learning, and Test-Taking Strategies

Practice flashcards for Nursing (NUR1010) Exam #1 Prep, covering goals, learning strategies, note-taking, and exam preparation.

Goal

A desired result that a person plans to achieve, accomplish, or attain.

Importance of Goals

Goals can identify priorities, help maintain focus, maximize time and potential, and identify tasks and responsibilities.

Types of Goals

Short-term Goals, Long-term Goals, Personal Goals, and Professional Goals.

Short Term Goal

A goal achievable in a quick amount of time, typically within a couple of days, and reviewed less often.

Long Term Goal

A goal achievable over a longer amount of time, potentially months, years, or a lifetime, and reviewed regularly.

Personal Goal

A life-oriented, subjective goal one wants to achieve for themselves, which may not be measurable.

Professional Goal

A career-oriented, objective, and measurable goal one wants to achieve within their career.

S.M.A.R.T. (Goals)

An acronym for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Time-Based, used as an action plan for setting goals.

Specific (S in S.M.A.R.T.)

A goal must be detailed.

Measurable (M in S.M.A.R.T.)

A goal must have a way to track progress, such as time or distance.

Attainable (A in S.M.A.R.T.)

A goal must be realistic and within your physical or mental limits.

Relevant (R in S.M.A.R.T.)

A goal must align with your general plan.

Time-Based (T in S.M.A.R.T.)

A goal must have a deadline.

Setting Goals

Creating an action plan, often using the S.M.A.R.T. framework, to turn dreams into reality.

Importance of S.M.A.R.T. Goals

Important because they help transform your dreams into a reality.

Goal Setting Identifies

Achievements, wants, and needs.

Guidelines for Writing Goals

Work within your limits and take every detail into consideration.

Re-evaluating Goals

Requires flexibility with your time and being lenient (not too hard) with yourself.

Attainable Goal Characteristics

Needs to be realistic and have resources.

Seven Steps to Goal Setting

Figuring out what your goal is, writing it down, coming up with a clear and realistic action plan, sharing your goals, putting the plan into motion, evaluating/revising options, and rewarding yourself for progress.

Active Learning

A process requiring a positive state of mind, open-mindedness, engagement, and a purpose.

Factors Determining Learning

Personality Type, Learning Style, Personal Intelligence, Past Experience, and Attitude/State of Mind.

Proper Note-Taking Ways

Lecture Notes, Reading/Textbook Notes, and Video/Recording Notes.

Barriers to Listening

Talking, Pre-Judging, and Becoming Emotional about a topic.

Staying On Track in Class

Coming to class on time, being prepared by reading ahead, having notes and textbooks, and actively participating.

Brain-Based Learning

New research suggests that learning is fundamentally based on the brain's functions.

Brain's Role in Learning

Different parts of the brain respond to assist in processing and learning material.

Remembering Information

Requires context behind it and association with previous or older knowledge.

Learning Strategies

The methods people use to learn, based on their learning style (visual, auditory, or kinesthetic/hands-on).

Cooperative Learning

A learning strategy where students work together in groups (e.g., study groups) to help each other learn.

Mnemonic Devices

A learning strategy that uses rhymes, jingles, catchphrases, or acronyms to help remember information (e.g., PEMDAS).

SQ3R Method

A learning strategy comprising Survey, Question, Read, Recite, and Review.

Using the SQ3R Method

Used when reading large chunks of text, like articles or textbooks, to learn material in depth.

L.S.T.A.R. Method

A learning strategy acronym for Listening, Setting it Down, Translating, Analyzing, and Remembering.

Listening (L in L.S.T.A.R.)

Being focused and actively paying attention to the material.

Setting it Down (S in L.S.T.A.R.)

Writing down notes as the lecture is ongoing and adapting to class settings.

Translating (T in L.S.T.A.R.)

Taking the time to rewrite your notes in your own words to make sense of them.

Analyzing (A in L.S.T.A.R.)

Revising your notes and trying to find their significance, importance, or meaning.

Remembering (R in L.S.T.A.R.)

Memorizing what you heard and wrote down.

Other Note-Taking Techniques

The Outline Method, The Cornell Method, The Mapping System, Recording the Lecture, and Computer Notes.

The Outline Method

A note-taking method organizing notes using headings, subheadings, numbers, Roman numerals, and letters based on their importance.

The Cornell Method

A note-taking method where your paper is divided into two different columns for notes and keywords, plus a bottom section for summary.

Cornell Notes: Left Column

Contains keywords, questions, important terminology, and main ideas/concepts.

Cornell Notes: Right Column

Contains notes, definitions, and explanations that correspond to the terms written in the left column.

Cornell Notes: Bottom Section

Includes a summary of all the information discussed on the page.

The Mapping System

A note-taking method that serves as a visual representation, using lines, boxes, and circles.

Recording the Lecture

A note-taking method mainly used by auditory learners to review and transcribe what's being said.

Computer Notes

A note-taking method consisting of typing notes on a word document, which can be highlighted, bolded, italicized, or underlined for later reference.

The Five W's

Who, What, When, Where, Why (and sometimes How), used as a framework for understanding information.

Factors in Studying

Who is studying (groups/individual), What material, When (time of day), Where (environment), Why (purpose), and How long/tools used.

Minimum Study Hours (per class)

3 hours MINIMUM per week.

Developing a Study Plan

Writing things down in an agenda, planner, or calendar daily, taking all factors (school, work, personal, love life) into consideration for a designated study time frame.

Bloom's Taxonomy

A framework for creating educational goals, including Remembering, Understanding, Applying, Analyzing, Evaluating, and Creating (RUAAEC), which increases in difficulty from bottom to top.

Test Response Types

Quick-time Response, Lag-time Response, and No Response.

Quick-Time Response

When you read a question and know the answer right away.

Lag-Time Response

When you read a question and are hesitant about your answer; requires rereading and moving on.

No Response (Test-taking)

When you read a question and have no clue about the answer; relax, make an educated guess, and proceed to the next question.

Plagiarism

A form of cheating, taking someone else's work and claiming it as your own; not advised for Nursing course.

Characteristics of a Successful Student

Setting Goals, Time Management, Effective Study Habits, Critical Thinking, and Commitment.

Causes of Test-Taking Stress

Pressure to do well, fear of test difficulty and preconceptions, and wondering if enough material was covered.

Effects of Test-Taking Stress

Muscles tensing/hardening, panic, rising heart rate and blood pressure, anxiety, shaking, headaches, feeling cold.

Anguishing (Test-taking)

Suffering mentally or physically, leading to blanking out, difficulty breathing and concentrating, and overthinking during a test.

Overcoming Anguishing

Don't let fear paralyze you, have a positive attitude and state of mind, have confidence, move around, picture success, and try meditating.

Exam Preparation Strategies

Create study guides, use flashcards, rewrite notes, recite notes aloud, explain notes to peers, use mnemonics/acronyms, have a study group, compare notes with textbooks/articles, listen to lecture recordings, and go over practice questions.

Nursing Exam Format

Requires critical thinking skills, features wordy questions based on hypothetical scenarios, requires applying concepts to real life rather than memorization, and demands understanding class concepts to answer questions.

Nursing Exam Question Types

Focus on 'What is Wrong?' (diagnose), 'What can be done?' (seek solutions), 'What's the initial action?' (apply background knowledge), and 'What's the order of importance?' (prioritize).

Interpreting Nursing Exam Questions

Read every word, focus on data, note the subject, determine content tested, visualize the scenario, look for abnormalities and strategic words, determine positive or negative issues, and avoid overthinking.

Answering Nursing Exam Questions

Read each option carefully, use process of elimination, look for similar/comparable options, determine if there's an 'umbrella option', use critical thinking steps, eliminate ridiculous/unfamiliar options, and identify 'closed-ended' words.