The first thing that you will need to study before nursing school isn’t your textbooks, it is dose calc. Medication calculations are super important, and within the first few weeks of your courses you will have a dose calc exam that will test you on how well you can calculate medication doses.
Now the key thing to know for dose calc is to always use dimensional analysis to solve the math problems.
I have a simple 6-step process that walks you through how to ace dose calc, literally step-by-step. Do all the practice questions you can get your hands on, and just practice, practice, practice. You’ll get more and more confident, and you WILL pass.
The second thing that you should only review if you feel super confident in dose calc us the Nursing Process. You can start learning about what the nursing process is and how to use it. But this is only after you’ve practiced dose calc.
Remember, before nursing school starts focus on dose calc, and once you have that down, review the nursing process.
You are doing an amazing job, friend! You will be a fantastic nurse that God created only you to be. Keep up all the hard work.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro
0:51 Don’t read your textbooks before nursing school
1:53 Dose Calc
4:37 Nursing Process
