Success Strategies for Nursing Students
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Transcript of Success Strategies for Nursing Students
Success Strategies
for Nursing Students
Prepared by: N. Gail Yearick, RN, BSN11/12
WELCOME
This slide presentation touches upon several elements that will help you to be successful in nursing school. It is intended to offer some assistance for identifying some of the challenges in nursing school and some ideas for overcoming them. Best wishes to you on your journey into the nursing profession!
Nursing School – What to expect …
Lots of studying Variety of experiences
Classroom Laboratory Clinical
Care Planning Process Assessment Plan
Nursing Diagnoses Outcomes Interventions
Implementation Evaluation
Professional Nursing Associations
National Student Nurses Association
Time Management Schedule your time wisely! Review your time schedule routinely. Don’t wait until the last minute!
Stress Management Recognize stress and its sources. Have a plan for accomplishing tasks. Plan for relaxation.
Motivation Identify your goals. Have a plan to accomplish your goals. Stick with the plan. Don’t proscrastinate!
Confidence Identify reasons to feel good about
yourself. Work to strengthen your weaknesses. Recognize that you are a student and that
learning takes time.
Personal Health Management
Balance work and play!
Manage any health conditions that you have.
Eat, exercise and sleep properly.
Concentration Set aside a place and time to study. Know your goals and the plan for
accomplishing them. Divide work into short term goals that can
be accomplished quickly.
Reading Strategies Have a reading
system.
SQRW – Survey, Question, Read, Write
REDW – Read, Examine, Decide, Write
Note-taking Cornell Note-taking System
Divide note page into two columns. Write key word/concept in first column. List pertinent information in second column.
Study Skills Mnemonics Grouping Alphabetizing Rhymes, songs, poems Study cards Outlining RCRC (read, cover,
recite, check) Rehearsal Visual aids Chaining Color coding
Study Groups Functions
Exam prep Homework completion Note-taking Learning strategies Reading
How to get started … Identify 3-5
classmates to work with.
Decide when and where to meet.
Identify goals and set agenda.
Divide work evenly.
Test Anxiety Everyone has some level of test
anxiety. Strategies to combat this …
Study and over-learn material Positive attitude Eat, sleep, and relax Follow plan for test-taking Analyze graded test for strategies to
help with future testing
Test Preparation Start studying early – like the first
day of class! Research what to expect on the test. Practice test questions. Maintain your self-confidence!
Test-taking Have a strategy, such as DETER …
Directions (Read carefully). Examine the entire test to decide how
to complete. Time (Be aware of how much time there
is to complete each item). Easiest (Answer the easiest items first). Review the test when finished to assure
correct responses.
Test-taking Multiple Choice Tests
Note important words. Read all answers. Cross out wrong answers. Look for opposite answers. Look for language used by teacher or in
your texts. Change answer only if certain about the
change. Choose “all the above” or “none of the
above” only if certain.
Need Help??? Nursing Student
Association (NSA)
College Success Center
Professional Nursing Associations
Nursing Student Association