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Hey, remember those fill in the blank activities? Well, that may seem like an old and outdated thought, but my students loved the activity when there were hard concepts to grasp. Pharmacology has always been the monster "under the bed" for nursing students. There's not monster, it is just an unknown. I found that this type of activity helped my students during clinical, when I would fire those all too familiar questions: What does it do? What are the side effects? After a class discussion in which a new and important drug was covered I would create a quick "at the med cart" activity. It was a fill in the blank or "cloze" activity. I would give a quick paragraph of information that If you understood and remembered these things, you would make me very happy on clinical day! They loved the activity, and I actually saw the stress start to decrease during the "med pass". Now we all know that stress can be the biggest obstacle to effective learning...So this a win-win. I was happy and the student had a good learning experience! So sign up and try some of the activities that I created. Remember you can import them into your school account and even change the wording if you like! Let me know if they work for you.