How to manage other students who rely on your notes and study guides?

You started helping them by sharing your study guide.  Now, when they don't get it in what they consider a timely fashion, you're the bad guy.  While you consider them "close friends," I'm not sure they view you the same. 

Based on what you've posted, it seems to me they are taking advantage of your generosity.  You overcame failing your first semester, subsequently developed good study habits, and are now doing well.  And they can do the same.

In my opinion.  While I understand your wanting them to succeed, it isn't your responsibility, and their expecting you to share your study guide is a stretch, and in my opinion borders on using you, and your generosity.  Do not get caught up in this drama, and definitely do not let this affect your success.  And, unless you get something other than aggrevation from partipating in these study sessions, stop

If it were me I would show them what worked for me and share my study habits and techniques; but not my study guide.

Best wishes.

An important part of being a nurse, and something many nurses struggle with, is setting boundaries.  Most prospective nurses and practicing nurses want to help people.  Unfortunately, this can result in difficulty setting and keeping boundaries.

It is NOT your responsibility to create study guides for your classmates.  It doesn't matter if they are your friends.  In fact, it is hurting them as it is robbing them of the opportunity to maximize their own learning.  As you stated, making the study guide is an important part of how you learn and why you do well on the exams.  Just tell them you are no longer going to provide your personal study guide.  It doesn't matter if they get mad.  Yes, you read that right - you are in nursing school to become a nurse, period.  You likely will never hear from these folks again after you graduate.  

However, in the interest of diplomacy, you could say something like:  "My schedule has changed and I am no longer able to produce study guides for the group.  I suggest the rest of you make your own guides, as this will aid in your learning and then you can have them ready on your schedule.   Or you can take turns making the guides up for each other."   

Frankly, these folks don't sound like good "friends."  Go find some better study mates.

If you were really mean, you could even create crappy study guides for them and that would teach them a painful lesson.  With everyone touting AI, tell them to use Chat GPT to create their study guide!

Good luck in school.

I would ask them to participate, take turns doing the study guide or divide up the portions and each contribute, otherwise, forget sharing with them. It sounds like they are taking you for granted and using you. I keep hearing so much nonsense in nursing that is bad for our profession. 

I have to agree with C. Love, MSN, NP.  Ask everyone to contribute.  If they are not willing to do that, then they are not willing to learn and are just using you for your well put together study guides.  Tell them you can not find the time to finish the study guides for them and also study yourself for the needed time to pass.

I'm in agreement with the above posters. These really aren't very appreciative friends. It is a nice thing to help, but you aren't their tutor. They need to be told this (I am not the most diplomatic person you will ever meet, so depending on how much you wish to keep them as friends, choose your words with care). I did lend out some of my study materials, but most of my notes were pointless to others because I took notes (during lectures) using a personal form of shorthand that was pretty much useless to others -put shortly, nobody asked for my notes once they saw what I'd written. You are your first priority -school is stressful enough without having to deal with what you've described. Best of luck to you.

Tell this to a good AI exactly like you did here. Ask it to come up with some statements to make when they approach you with the request.

Having them participate all that? Defeats your whole purpose. Go have a conversation with CoPilot. It helps take your input and words things very well...several versions. It's insanely helpful.