Hey Joel! I’m glad this video is helpful 😀 I definitely tried to make the note cards as neat as possible because it makes it so much easier to study off of! Let me know if you have any video requests in the future.
Wow I really appreciate this video bc now I have like an “inside scoop” on what to expect when I take pharmacology. I’m definitely gonna be applying the things you mention and refer to this video when i start doing pharm. when I was in A&P and in micro I made tons of flashcards but these drug cards will help me so much! Thank you ❤️
Curly Headed Creations I’m glad you found them helpful! Pharm is definitely manageable, you just have to stay organized!! And wow okay so if you already used flashcards, then you will already be prepared with how to study in pharm 😊
Thank u sooo much for making this video, summer break has me anxious about pharm 2 and now after watching I'm excited to step my flashcards game up lol, seriously ur outline is the best I've seen, I love how u utilize both sides of the card👍
Thank you ☺️ I like to keep things organized lol and I get bored and distracted when I study, so I try to implement some doodles to keep me focused 😂😂 And I know pharm can be overwhelming, but just take it slow day by day and that may help make it feel more manageable! Oh also get the biggest index cards you can find. It helps with making the handwriting more legible and you can elaborate more on adverse effects if needed.
Hahaha thank you! I just don’t learn any other way, so I try to take my time when writing things out and make it look organized 😅 Believe it or not I’m so disorganized 😂
Thank you for the suggestion! I normally do hand written outlines, but I could totally do a video on how this could be done a laptop! Please let me know if there is anything else you would like to see 😊
I hope you like the video and try out my note taking method for pharmacology. 5x8 notecards used!! Let me know down below if this note taking method works for you! At this time I am not selling my note cards, but look out for updates in the future 🙂
ibi2011bg Hey! Unfortunately I am not selling my notecards at this time. I am slowly working on more I wasn’t tested on and once that’s complete, I was thinking about selling them. However, I did use the davis’s drug guide app on my phone that cost me $39.99 and it was the best purchase I made. They have an unbound version that goes through each drug and it was so helpful. I highly recommend utilizing the free trial and see if it helps before purchasing it. Otherwise I recommend quizlets. They are free and you can find so many practice questions on there to help you with nursing style questions in pharm! I hope this helps 😊
Hey Zainab! Thanks for watching, I’m so glad you were able to benefit from this video 🙂 Please let me know if you ever need anything else in the future!
I’m just wondering if you use any outside sources besides PowerPoints or textbooks that help you find what to put down for Nursing Implications and Patient Education because it’s giving me trouble on how to differentiate them. Great video though! 💯
Kaustubh Gaur Wow second year of med school, that is awesome 🙂 I hope my notecards are helpful to you and thank you so much for watching. Good luck in school this year!
Hey Roberta! I’m so glad you are enjoying my videos. I used the 5 by 8 and you can get them anywhere. I got mine at Walmart, but you can get them on Amazon or at Target 😊
Monica Hi Monica! Yes the index cards are super durable. I purchased the biggest ones I could find at Walmart, but I’m sure you could find them at any office store or even Amazon 🙂
I use the Davis’s Drug Guide by unbound medicine. There is also a nursing central application by Unbound that comes with the drug guide as well and many other resources in case your interested, I have a 10% off code for the nursing central central. Both require a 1 year subscription fee, but the app is still yours without updates if you choose not to renew.
Kristen I noticed when you were writing out your notecards you kept looking at your phone ? Where you looking at a drug app or ? Where do you get the info from to put on your cards . Thank you 😊
Hi! Most of the information on my drug cards came from my professors powerpoints. Any extra information I decided to add came from my davis drug app and ATI book. I hope this helps 😄
Kristen i'm back with more questions LOL.... I am having trouble deciding what to put on my med card. For example, there are 101 side effects- I feel like there's no way i'm putting them ALL on my card... I'm using Davis Drug Guide for my information. Besides red lettering and bold lettering, how did you decide what was most important to include in side effects, etc? & how did you determine what the most common ones were? Thanks =)
Hey! Yes so I mainly wrote down the bold and underlined side effects. I would also include any extra side effects that my professor included. My professor did a great job only giving us the main 5 or 6 side effects and then I included any extra common side effects you might see. You really just need to know the main side effects that make each drug unique. So don’t try to fit all the side effects on a card because some side effects are so general that it won’t help distinguish between drugs. I hope this help 😀
@@KristenWaldorf thank you! It does help. Like, don’t put “hypersensitivity” on each contraindication 🤣🤣🤣 I gotcha. Thank you! I wish my professors provided us with a powerpoint to pull info from for these drugs
Queen Of Hearts Yeah exactly! Only put anaphylaxis on the drug card when it’s either in bold or underlined in the drug book. Another example are antihypertensive medications. Most all will have hypotension/orthostatic hypotension/bradycardia as a side effect. But I had to find key words that helped me distinguish between beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, ACE inhibitors, ARBS... I know for me I only memorized the side effect for cough for ACE inhibitors and that was pretty much all I needed to know for that one. Just find some main differences and know the most important and common side effects and you should be good! Also do lots of practice questions. That really helped me too.
Brain&Beauty Glad you found the video helpful! Most of the information came from the textbook assigned from my course (Pharmacology: Connections to Nursing Practice 4th edition) and my mobile Davis’s Drug Guide application by Unbound Medicine.
Did your school say you could use any cards? My school gave us a template- but it’s terrible & I don’t want a bunch of med cards on flimsy paper! Especially since we’re required to bring them with us! I’m going to just hope that they allow me to use the cardstock because I want them to last!
Aww you are too sweet. Thank you for wanting to support the channel. These specific index cards are 5 by 8" from Walmart, which I am not an affiliate of. I am very picky about the durability of my notecards, so I am providing you the exact ones I purchased because they are thick and pens do not bleed on them. Also they are much cheaper than the other ones I have used before! www.walmart.com/ip/PEN-GEAR-Index-Card-White-5-x-8-Ruled-100-Count/880411708
Kristen I wish I would have seen this 10 mins ago! I just bought 8x10 cardstock flashcards they are gigantic and look amazing but a lot more expensive than the ones you used. 😅😅
Angel Locsin At this time, I am currently not selling my notes. Maybe in the future, but I am thinking of make cheat sheets and other helpful tools instead. I do believe the best way to learn the material in nursing school is creating your own study guide and there maybe material in my notecards and study guides that you might or might not have to know. I know every program is different, so I would feel bad if someone relies on my study guide and their exam has different material on it. Let me know if you have more questions. Good luck 😀
K Smith Hello 👋🏼 so I was required to know the prototype drug for each drug class, so mine are geared towards a specific drug, but you could totally create a note cards that are more broad to include the drug classes!
Kristen Marie Thank you! I was just wondering. I like the way how you did yours, so I’m just going to stick with this one. It seem more easier and funnier than the ones I’m doing.
I don’t think that would be the case. If you are interested in the nursing profession then you would apply to nursing school. I believe you are asking about the pharmacy route if I’m not mistaken. In that case I believe you would have to obtain a bachelor’s in biology or biomedical sciences and then apply to pharmacy school. I’m not 100% certain in the correct route, but I’m sure you can always reach out to any school in your area to talk to an academic advisor on the steps needed for the route you would like to take. I hope this helps!
Tiffany Makkanal Hey Tiffany! It does seem like I spent a ton of time on the cards, but I did the majority of my studying while making them and I learn best by writing out my notes. So in the end, I only had to go back and review the cards a few times before each exam. Actually saved me tons of time, but my study method won’t work for everyone.
