Hannah
What is the best way to study in Nursing school?
I know nursing school requires a different approach to learning than other classes. Since nursing is such a different program than others, what is the best tip for studying and maintaining what you learn?
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2 answers
Ursula Vazquez
Ursula’s Answer
Hi, Hannah,
When I was in nursing school, I used several different means of studying, but the one that worked best was with classmates. I would get together with one or two other students, and we would work together to study our material. Since in nursing school everyone is in the same cohort, we all take the same classes, so we all have the same material to study for every class. Therefore, we could get together and work on all of our courses together. Flashcards are best for lab values, which you can obviously do that alone or with a buddy. Also, there are lots of apps now available to download to smartphone or tablets that will quiz you and/or have little games to play to help you study and retain your material. Also, go to skills lab during their open hours. There are a LOT of skills you will be learning, and are full of multiple steps which you will be tested on every one of these.
~Ursula, LPN
Cinthya Ceretti, RN, MSN
Cinthya’s Answer
I used several techniques to study during nursing school: taking notes, recording lecture and listening to it again, reading the chapters and taking more notes paragraph by paragraph, flash cards, study group, going to skills lab and also asking the professor during office hours or after class.
Sometimes just running thru a process, step by step, talking it out loud..so you remember the process helps you commit it to memory.
It is important to understand so you will learn it. And if you can explain it then you have learned it.
Also always go back to basics... like the A&P / patho-phys or your assessment, the action or indication of a medication... if you understand the basics it makes the complex processes easier to understand.