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- Scan the outline for main ideas and topics.
- Do not try to remember verbatim what is on each page.
- Paraphrase or explain this material to another person.
- Refer to basic textbooks for details and illustrations as necessary to recall specific information related to basic sciences.
- Integrate reading with experience.
- Think of examples that illustrate the key concepts and principles.
- Make meaningful associations.
- Look for implications for nursing actions as concepts are reviewed.
- Take notes on the review outline—use stars and arrows, underscore, highlight with highlighter pens, and write comments in margins, such as "most important" and "memorize," to reinforce the relative importance of points of information.