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Zombie Notes Study Charts®

The Fast and Painless Way to Devour Your Studies!

Some medical subjects contain so much information that the hardest part of studying is simply seeing what matters. Zombie Notes Study Charts were created to make that job easier. Each chart takes a focused healthcare subject and organizes important terminology, concepts, relationships, and review points into a concise format designed for quick study and repeated reference.

They are not textbooks. They are not substitutes for formal instruction or current clinical references. They are something deliberately different: a fast, focused way to get your bearings, reinforce what you are learning, and return to the important points when you need a refresher.

Zombie Notes have been part of Michele and Joseph Kunz’s healthcare-education work for decades, and now cover certification preparation, cardiac and ECG subjects, pediatric topics, and medical terminology.

About Zombie Notes

A good quick-reference study tool should do more than make a subject shorter. It should make the subject easier to see. Long chapters and lecture notes contain necessary detail, but during review it can be difficult to separate the central ideas from everything surrounding them.

Zombie Notes approach the problem from the other direction. They organize one defined subject into a compact study chart so you can quickly review the concepts and terminology that hold the subject together. That makes them useful:

• before a class, when you want an orientation to the material;
• during a study session, when you need a concise review;
• after formal instruction, when you want to reinforce what you learned;
• before certification or recertification, as a supplemental review tool; and
• later, when you simply need to refresh your memory on a familiar subject.

The goal is not to replace deeper learning. It is to make deeper learning easier to organize.

How Zombie Notes Work

Focus on One Subject at a Time

Each Zombie Notes chart is built around a defined healthcare topic rather than trying to cover an entire discipline at once. That keeps the review manageable.

Organize the Important Relationships

Learning becomes easier when individual facts stop feeling isolated. A well-organized chart helps you see how terminology, concepts, classifications, steps, and related ideas fit together.

Make Review Faster

Sometimes you need the full textbook chapter. Sometimes you need to return to the structure of the subject quickly. Zombie Notes are designed for the second situation.

Help You Find What Still Needs Work

A quick-reference chart can also expose a useful problem: I recognize this term—but I cannot explain it. That tells you where to return to your textbook, course materials, instructor, or current clinical reference for deeper study. That is one of the most useful things a study aid can do.

Available Zombie Notes Study Charts

Choose the subject you want to review. Each chart has its own page with a fuller description and details.

Certification Exam Preparation

Cardiac & ECG Study Charts

Pediatric & Specialty Study Charts

Terminology Study Charts

Who Zombie Notes Are For

Nursing Students

Use Zombie Notes as a companion to coursework when you want to see the structure of a difficult subject without rereading an entire chapter.

Nurses and Healthcare Professionals

Use individual charts when you want a focused refresher on a subject you have previously studied.

ACLS, BLS, and PALS Learners

Use the certification-related charts as supplemental review alongside required course materials, instruction, and hands-on skills training.

Healthcare Students

Use topic-specific charts to reinforce terminology and concepts encountered throughout healthcare education.

First Responders and Other Emergency-Care Learners

Select charts relevant to the emergency-care subjects you are studying.

Educators and Instructors

Use the charts as supplemental review materials when their subject matter corresponds with the material being taught.

Continuously Updated with the Latest Guidelines and Research

Healthcare education does not stand still. Guidelines change. Terminology evolves. Recommendations are revised. New evidence appears. Zombie Notes are reviewed and updated as the authoritative material relevant to each subject changes. The ACLS, BLS, and PALS charts are current with the 2025 AHA Guidelines and Resuscitation Science.

Zombie Notes Within Your Certification Study Plan

For ACLS, BLS, and PALS, Zombie Notes form one part of a larger three-resource study system from Michele Kunz and The Mindful Nurse Press.

Learn and Practice

Use the Made Clear Workbook to work through high-yield concepts and identify areas that need attention.

Test Your Understanding

Use the Certification Exam Q&A with Explanations to answer original practice questions and study the reasoning behind the correct and incorrect choices.

Review Quickly

Use the matching Zombie Notes Certification Exam Prep chart when you want the subject organized into a concise reference for faster review.

Workbook + Q&A + Zombie Notes. Different tools for different kinds of study. See the ACLS, BLS & PALS certification prep books →

What Zombie Notes Are—and What They Are Not

Zombie Notes are supplemental educational study aids. They are designed to support review, organization, terminology familiarity, and preparation. They are not intended to replace:

• required ACLS, BLS, PALS, CPR, or other certification-course materials;
• instruction from qualified or authorized instructors;
• hands-on skills training or assessment;
• textbooks and formal coursework;
• current medication or clinical references;
• manufacturer information;
• institutional policies;
• local protocols or medical direction; or
• professional clinical judgment.

No Zombie Notes chart provides professional certification merely by being purchased, read, or completed. When treatment, medication, device, or resuscitation information may affect patient care, healthcare professionals should verify it against current authoritative sources and applicable local requirements. For complete medical, educational, and legal information, see Policies & Legal Information.

About the Authors

Michele G. Kunz, MSN, ANP, RN

Michele G. Kunz is a nurse practitioner, nursing educator, author, and healthcare instructor with more than four decades of nursing and healthcare-education experience. Her career has included critical care nursing, hospital nursing education, nursing leadership, informatics, research, and decades of ACLS, BLS, and PALS instruction. Through The Mindful Nurse Press, Michele develops practical educational resources for nurses, nursing students, healthcare professionals, and others pursuing healthcare education. Her teaching philosophy is straightforward: difficult subjects should remain accurate and clinically serious while becoming clearer and easier to understand.

Joseph C. Kunz, Jr.

Joseph C. Kunz, Jr. is an author, publisher, educator, and longtime developer of study materials for students and professionals. He has worked with Michele for decades in healthcare education, publishing, course operations, BLS instruction, and the development of books, study guides, charts, and other educational resources. Together, Michele and Joseph created Zombie Notes to give learners a concise way to organize and revisit subjects that can otherwise feel overwhelming.

Find the Zombie Notes You Need

You do not always need more information. Sometimes you need the information you are already studying to become clearer, better organized, and easier to return to. That is what Zombie Notes are designed to do. Choose the subject you need, use the chart alongside your primary learning materials, and return to it when you want a fast refresher.

The Fast and Painless Way to Devour Your Studies.

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