How long do you study each day?

VAgirl247 · Jan 17, 2014

Me either! I think I would've lost my mind a long time ago if I studied 8 hours a day, every day!

Yeah I could never do 8 hours a day. I've noticed I've got done with the reading by like somewhere between 7-9pm most nights. I'm making myself get in 8 hours of sleep each night. I am also making my self go to the gym once a day :). I've been practicing nclex questions and noticing my scores have gone up higher than what I would have done before hand. I think 4 hours a day is plenty for me. About 35-40 minutes for each subject then practicing nclex questions. I think I've seen on all my syllabuses that I have zero papers this semester (minus reflections). Thank goodness :).

PurpleLover · Jan 17, 2014

Wow. You guys study a lot. I don't study a fraction of what you guys do lol.

Lol

I always go overboard for everything, so extreme is normal to me.

I have tried breaking the habit.

ScientistSalarian · Jan 17, 2014

I spend maybe a half hour after lecture days reviewing my class notes, and then about an hour of review the day before exams. That's all my tiny attention span can take before I just zone out and stop retaining information entirely.

Amnesty · Jan 17, 2014

I'll generally go over what's going to be taught in class before I go to class. The professors are awesome and give us the specifics of what they want us to know on our syllabus schedule. Sometimes that's only 1 hour of reading. Sometimes it's more than that, but I break it up. I never spend much time on it in the evenings, and instead get up early (my class isn't til 10 am) and read it right before I go to class so it's fresh. I didn't even do that last semester, but the topics were so easy last semester (Fundamentals vs. Med Surg I) that I didn't have to.

I'll get into studying at night 7-10 days before a test. Like I said, I don't like to do any more than 2 hours at a time, and I need a lot of sleep (9-10 hours nightly), so I'll study maybe 2 hours and then go to sleep. The night before the test, it's cram-fest. I study all afternoon, all evening, and then try to go to bed and allow myself 6-8 hours of sleep. I've done as little as 3 hours of sleep before, though. Fortunately, getting only a few hours doesn't make me bomb the test like it does for some people. Lucky me!

Marsha238612 · Jan 17, 2014

I just finished my first week of nursing school and have found myself only studying for a maximum of 2 hours if anything. I take breaks in between so it might even be less than that. I feel guilty for not studying more hours though.

I really want to have my first test on fundamentals I so I can see where I stand, and if I have to increase my study time.

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Jenngirl34RN · Jan 18, 2014

It completely depends on the topic. Some are fairly easy and don't require much studying at all, and others require a couple of hours a day. I do try to limit my studying to no more than 2-3 hours per day, because I have found that overstudying actually hurts me more than it helps because I start over-analyzing everything.

VJ2014 · Jan 18, 2014

I usually study between 1-3 hours a day and a little more on the day before tests. I do take several pages of notes each class and that really helps me with learning the material :-)

ArtClassRN, ADN, RN · Jan 18, 2014

About 4 hours a day. No idea how long I can keep that up.

I probably studied a minimum of four hours a day. Graduated with a 4.0.

peachshan, BSN, RN · Jan 18, 2014

I just got my syllabus today day. I'm just trying to figure out how to fit in the reading with working part time for the first time during school in a stressful hospital unit.

I am in a evening and weekend program and I work full time(40 hrs a week) during the day. Plus, I am married with a 2 year old. Needless to say, I have to get the studying in when I can! I try to study during my lunch break which is 30 minutes. Then, I try to study 2 hours at night after I put my son to sleep. I try to make sure my family is taken care of first before I study because I wouldn't be able to concentrate if chaos is going on.

hermione77 · Jan 19, 2014

I work full time (weekday evenings after class), so I really only look at the material for maybe 15 minutes a day during the week just to refresh whatever is being covered the next day. The weekends I have to do marathon homework or study sessions, which I break up by setting a goal of something to accomplish for each class followed by a break (usually consists of walking the dog, going to the gym, doing some chores around the house, etc.). I just alternate between a school accomplishment and a personal accomplishment. Is this ideal? No, but it's working for me for now.

Everline · Jan 20, 2014

I'm really not sure. I don't keep track. It's at least 3 to 4 hours a day, every day. Usually more. It depends on if I had hours of lecture or clinical that day. If it's a day off, I usually use it as a time to get a bit ahead and will go at it for eight hours or more, though I do take breaks. Also, I don't stay up late at night. I get cranky if it gets much past 9 pm and I'm still not at a place where I feel comfortable stopping. I generally have an idea what I want to accomplish on any given day and strive to do it before I go to sleep. I always go to bed knowing I could stay up a few more hours and still have more stuff to study. But there's only so long I can go without getting into a very bad mood. I actually get angry if I push on too much.