Memorization isn't enough in pharmacology (CRITICAL THINKING is the name of the game!!)

10 Jan 2025 · 1 min

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In this segment, the speaker argues that nursing students should not waste time trying to memorize every possible exam question. Instead, they should prioritize critical thinking by understanding the mechanisms of action of medications. Knowing how a drug works enables students to logically deduce its side effects, appropriate nursing assessments, and necessary considerations, leading to better exam performance and clinical competence.

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If you try to focus on that 10% and getting every single exam question right, you are wasting time and you are not going to do as well on your exam because you have to then jump. You can't just memorize information in nursing school. You have to make the leap to critical thinking. And so, my friends, that is why knowing the mechanism of action is so important. Like I said, because once you know how the medication acts in the body, you are able to critically think through those side effects. You're able to critically think through the nursing assessments and the nursing considerations for it.