I have been studying all week. I studied for five hours straight yesterday and from 8- 1 today. I feel like I have run out of steam. I had to stop because I felt like it was all going in one ear and out the other. I have been trying to stay ahead and then get "on schedule" around tests. I mostly have the reading for next week done, minus one chapter (six in all) and the following few days I read this weeks chapters because I got "behind" from studying what was going to be on the test I had Monday.
Some times I feel like I have studied forever and have nothing done.
Today I feel guilty from stopping my studying (taking notes on what I read) and will probably go back to it later, but the guilt when I am not doing school work kills me. I want to relax. How do you do it?
An adult brain is at optimum retention for 50 minutes at a time, retention rates start to decline rapidly after that. Even if it's just getting up and getting something to drink. Surfing the internet for 5 or 10 minutes...anything to get that mental "break"..your retention will definately increase when doing those marathon study sessions.
Yes!!! Now, that's evidence based practice! Have seen the same information in several places. Your mind really can't just keep going at top performance for five hours straight. Won't, can't happen. 50 minutes...tops.
Grin, my house is never so clean as when there's a test coming or a paper that needs written.
Halinja, BSN, RN
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Yes!!! Now, that's evidence based practice! Have seen the same information in several places. Your mind really can't just keep going at top performance for five hours straight. Won't, can't happen. 50 minutes...tops.
Grin, my house is never so clean as when there's a test coming or a paper that needs written.