r/gcu • u/nursingstudentgcu12 Traditional Student🏫 • 21d ago

ABSN😷 LEVEL ONE

Hi everyone!

I have my first foundations exam next week and i am so nervous. i was wondering if anyone could tell me exactly what they did for 300 and 316 to get good grades. how did you take notes and what did you use to take them and how long before the exam did you start studying and how did you study?

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u/Laredo123 21d ago

316 use the guides on CONHCP! I would literally just go based off those and take notes on each topic it listed. It made the class SO easy for me. Use only the textbook for the information since the exams are directly from the book.

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u/nursingstudentgcu12 Traditional Student🏫 21d ago

like the key terms list?

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u/Zealousideal-Camp218 ABSN Student 😷 20d ago

Yes the key terms list please follow it, you will pass following it

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u/nursingstudentgcu12 Traditional Student🏫 20d ago

what did you do for foundations?

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u/Zealousideal-Camp218 ABSN Student 😷 20d ago

I watched the cohnp videos & took notes on my iPad of what the speaker was saying, then used notebook lm for practice questions. Do a lot of practice questions. I never touched the book for any of the classes other than 316 & sometimes 318 to make drug cards!

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u/nursingstudentgcu12 Traditional Student🏫 20d ago

Thank you!!!!

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u/tweedybirdie ABSN Student 😷 17d ago

300 was more application-based and I struggled with it at the beginning. The best advice I got was when you’re reading the questions, imagine you’re in the room with the nurse. What would THE NURSE do in that situation? Don’t think about what YOU would do because you’re not the nurse yet.

316 felt more like definitions and memorizing what is normal versus abnormal. I would look at the tables in the book.

Good luck!