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Help me get a jump start in school!

How to get ahead in nursing school? Hi there, I have finally finished all my prerequisites and have been accepted into the nursing program! I have about a 2 month break from school until and want to know if there is any part of nursing school that would be good to get a jump on before it all starts. Is there an area you wish someone would have said "hey might want to start getting familiar with this, it'll take a lot of stress away during school"? Thanks in advance! Clay

Specializes in Cardio-Pulmonary; Med-Surg; Private Duty.

Get yourself books like this one Amazon.com: Fundamentals Success: A Q&A Review Applying Critical Thinking to Test Taking (Davis's Q&a Success) (9780803627796): Dr Patricia Nugent, Barbara Vitale: Books

and/or this one Test Success: Test-Taking Techniques for Beginning Nursing Students: Dr Patricia Nugent, Barbara Vitale: 9780803628182: Amazon.com: Books .

You need to figure out how to live in "the NCLEX world" which is nothing like the world you've lived in for your entire life. Learning HOW to take nursing tests is going to help you a lot more than trying to pre-study the curriculum.

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Thanks for those book recommendations brillohead!

From what I have read here on allnurses, doing what brillohead suggests seems to be the best strategy for preparing for nursing school!

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