Prepping for Nursing School: When to Start and How to Succeed

Episode 100 of the Navigating Nursing School With Your Nursing Tutor (Help and Support for Nursing Students) podcast, hosted by Nicole Whitworth, titled "Prepping for Nursing School: When to Start and How to Succeed" was published on July 9, 2024 and runs 30 minutes.

July 9, 2024 ·30m · Navigating Nursing School With Your Nursing Tutor (Help and Support for Nursing Students)

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Summary

It's NOT too early to prepare for Nursing School! In the 100th episode of our podcast, here's the 4 most important things soon-to-be nursing students should be thinking about: Time Management: Understanding and managing time realistically, learning to delegate tasks, and setting appropriate standards for various activities. Managing Nerves: Developing strategies to combat test anxiety and nervousness, which can affect performance in tests, clinical skills, and interactions with instructors. Learning Dosage Calculations: Understanding that nursing programs may not teach these calculations, and recommending the dimensional analysis method over the formula method for accuracy and ease. Effective Study Techniques: Highlighting the importance of studying to understand and think like a nurse rather than just memorizing information, and introducing the "Silver Bullet Study System" to aid in this process. Whether you've already started nursing classes, or you're still pre-nursing, you can learn more about getting the help you need at www.YourNursingTutor.com/membership

Episode Description

It's NOT too early to prepare for Nursing School! In the 100th episode of our podcast, here's the 4 most important things soon-to-be nursing students should be thinking about:

Time Management: Understanding and managing time realistically, learning to delegate tasks, and setting appropriate standards for various activities.
Managing Nerves: Developing strategies to combat test anxiety and nervousness, which can affect performance in tests, clinical skills, and interactions with instructors.
Learning Dosage Calculations: Understanding that nursing programs may not teach these calculations, and recommending the dimensional analysis method over the formula method for accuracy and ease.
Effective Study Techniques: Highlighting the importance of studying to understand and think like a nurse rather than just memorizing information, and introducing the "Silver Bullet Study System" to aid in this process.

Whether you've already started nursing classes, or you're still pre-nursing, you can learn more about getting the help you need at www.YourNursingTutor.com/membership