Future RN

The beginning of the semester is back… We get it!

When I was in nursing school, at the beginning of each semester I felt overwhelmed and didn’t think I could possibly do it all. 😰

I would leave my first few classes and contemplate withdrawing. Seriously consider it!

I didn’t think it was possible to learn everything, complete hours of simulation and hours of clinical. I remember sitting in the orientation classes with horrible anxiety! The problem was, I didn’t have the techniques to manage it all.

It took me years of teaching nursing students myself to figure out techniques to handle the stress of nursing school. These is what you need to survive this semester:

➡️ Use a calendar!
➡️ Put your assignments, exams and clinical dates on it. AND schedule your exact study time and days.
➡️ Once you have everything on your calendar and know there’s a place and time for everything, you can relax.
➡️ Don’t cram for exams. Study an hour or two each day, don’t wait until a few days before or you won’t retain the information.
➡️ Make your own study guides (check out the bonus tip below for help with this!)
➡️ Find a source for practice questions that you really like - we like Archer and UWorld!
➡️ Set up your studying space - you need to feel comfortable and inspired!
➡️ Get creative with your studying, use a white board and try teaching someone. You have to find a way to enjoy studying!

BONUS TIP 💡 Download our free study template guideline. We give this to our nursing students in class to help them outline the most important parts of the lecture and they love it! www.thefuturern.com

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