hey there friends in this video I'm
gonna tell you the top three things that
I did to get straight A's in nursing
school yes it's possible not only that I
got straight A's while still taking
every single Saturday off friend you can
do it I want you to do this too
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so my first tip is probably the biggest
thing that I help nursing students with
inside of our nursing SOS membership
community and this tip is to figure out
the most important things to study I
know right I remember my first few weeks
of nursing school those weren't the
worst I went home with a headache pretty
much every single day I was a total hot
mess I definitely did not know how to
study or what to focus on and I was
running myself in to the ground trying
to get good grades how was your first
term of nursing school was it as bad as
mine maybe worse do you even remember it
or did you just totally block it out in
your minds because of the trauma or were
you just so sleep-deprived that you
can't even remember what happened I
think I had a little bit of both of
those going on it was like probably
pretty traumatic that first term of
nursing school
and I was super sleep-deprived so I just
kind of hard to remember now if you're
in your first term of nursing school my
heart SuperDuper goes out to you but I
promise it does get better these tips
will help you a ton this is the biggest
problem nursing students have spending
so much time studying the wrong things
friend don't be that person you are just
going to waste time studying and still
not make the grades that you want I see
this happen all the time with nursing
students so the trick is to figure out
what to focus on and here's what I
recommend
focus on studying the things that your
professors talked about in class now I
know friends I know what you're thinking
you're thinking that your professor does
not
actually teach you anything or your
school uses ATI or Hesse so you never
know what your exam but will test you on
I have the solution for you as well so
stick with me let's first talk about how
to study if your professor either writes
your exam or at least has seen it so
they know what's on it now this is how
my program was the first half of our
school and then we used the Hesse toward
the end so for this situation will work
super well for me was to focus on
studying the topics that the professor's
outlined in class now let's think about
this friend they know what's on your
exam they're teaching you what they
believe is the most important things for
you to know which is most likely what
they're going to test you on mind-blown
I know so focus on studying and reading
the sections of the book that followed
what your professors talked about in
class this is the best use of your time
okay so let's now talk about you ATI and
huh see students and any other school
that uses a test Bank for your exams so
in these cases your professors may not
know what you'll be tested on they'll
have a general idea but not specifics
do not fear there are still four main
things that you need to focus on and
these are pathophysiology signs and
symptoms nursing assessment and nursing
interventions these are the four main
things that you will be tested on during
nursing schools specifically in your med
surg classes but also in others like
critical care maternity and fundamentals
so just think back to your exams for a
minute and notice that the questions
that you get most of them will be some
form of this they'll test you on what
signs and symptoms you should look for
would expect in a patient which ones are
abnormal what you should assess for how
you should prioritize and what
interventions that you might need to do
so when you get to a case scenario
question think about these four main
things patho signs and symptoms nursing
assessment and nursing interventions you
need to know how all of these four
components really fit together so you
can help your patient in and that exam
question know if you want a free cheat
sheet that outlines this
whole process for studying make sure
that you click the link in the
description to get that cheat sheet it
is amazing it's one of our most popular
cheat sheets that we have because it
literally watch you through step by step
how to study in nursing school print it
off keep it with you as you study to
help guide you in this process you are
going to love it it's gonna change your
life now the next tip I have for you is
similar to the previous one but
completely game-changing if you truly
want to cut your study time down in
nursing school listen very carefully the
most important thing that you need to
focus on is the pathophysiology in other
words learn the path Oh first and here's
why the pathophysiology of what's
happening with the disorder and with the
patient will lay the foundation for
everything else that you're gonna learn
the pacifism pathophysiology is what
causes the signs and symptoms and what
drives your assessment and your nursing
interventions so for example if you have
a patient with chronic kidney disease
the pathophysiology of that in a
nutshell is basically the kidneys are
not functioning as well as they should
they can't filter out blood they can't
make urine and they can't get rid of
waste products that are building up as
much so knowing this basic
pathophysiology I bet you can already
guess some of the signs and symptoms you
might see and some good nursing
assessments and nursing interventions to
do you would expect to see things like a
low urine output because if kidneys are
not filtering blood and making urine you
would expect to see edema because well
all that fluid has to go somewhere it's
just gonna stay in the body you would
also see waste products building up in
their blood like creatinine blood urea
nitrogen the kidneys usually filtering
these two things out all those signs and
symptoms directly connect back to the
pathophysiology for your nursing
assessment and interventions you will
definitely want to assess and track
their intake and output you might give
diuretics as prescribed to help get rid
of that excess fluid you'll watch their
fluid and electrolyte levels because the
kidneys can't balance them or regulate
them on their own so friend you can see
how these all connect back to the
pathophysiology of the disorder which is
why it is so important that you
learn the path Oh first and then you can
learn the other three components signs
and symptoms nursing assessment and
nursing interventions this tip is
completely life-changing so this is
actually why we break up all of our
membership videos this way Pavo signs
and symptoms nursing assessment and
nursing interventions it is the absolute
best way to learn in nursing school
because we walk you through all of the
critical thinking behind it so you can
learn it so much faster critical
thinking is everything a nursing school
and it does not need to be as
complicated as you think we teach you
exactly how to do it with everything
that you learn inside the nursing SOS
membership community and finally friend
the last tip that I've got for you that
helped me get straight A's in nursing
school is learning how to study for
finals effectively and that's really key
to be effective and productive in your
study you do not want to waste time
studying the wrong things so here's
exactly what I did when it came around
time for finals I took about two to
three weeks to prepare I collected all
of my notes and organized them by week
of the term that we learned it so I laid
them all out in packets week 1 week 2
week 3 and so on then I would take one
packet at a time and highlight only the
information that I didn't remember it is
a total waste of time to keep studying
things that you already know it makes
you feel super good for sure because you
already know it and it's easy for you
but you do not want to take away that
time from studying the things that you
need to know but you don't quite know
yet you don't want to waste your time so
highlight only the information that you
don't already know or remember now the
next step is to write out everything
you've highlighted on a fresh sheet of
paper or many new sheets of paper and
then you're only going to study that go
through read your book read your notes
and study the things that you don't know
yet those things that you highlighted
that way you're focusing your energy on
and not wasting time studying things
that you already know I have this whole
set by
that study process outlined for you in
that free cheat sheet that I mentioned
earlier
so definitely friend I'm not kidding
make sure that you download that I put
it in the link in the description for
you to snag it seriously friend you do
not want to miss out on that one I'm
telling you it will walk you through
exactly how to study in nursing school
so those are my top three tips for how I
got straight A's in nursing school make
sure to check out the playlist that we
have for you on how to pass nursing
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