How many hours a day do you study??

A majority of days I probably do spend close to 3 hours doing something - reading, clinical paperwork, & even NCLEX review questions. But some days, there just isn't time, and I generally don't sweat it. You'll find what works best for you.

But having said that ... nursing school does become your life for a period of time. With ever-changing clinical schedules, care plans that take hours, etc. -- there just isn't much time or energy for much else. What has worked for me & my family has been to develop the sense that we're all in this together - my husband, my daughter & myself. It's like all 3 of us are in nursing school. :chuckle There's a payoff at the end for all of us. We also try block out a specific day every couple of weeks where I totally put school away for a while - no discussion of schedules, or where I'll work after graduation, no homework or reading, just family time. We might do something fun for the day, or we might just work together & clean up our disaster of a house , but we spend the time together.

Good luck to you! :)

After each theory class I make a study guide for that class. I skim the chapter, focusing on anything that didn't make sense, and I answer all the objectives the teacher had for the class in studyguide form. I do this everyday and each one takes me an hour or two to make. This helps me much more than staring at a textbook or three. Then when we are done with the sections for the upcoming tests I go back and put all the studyguides pertaining to that test together and I study that a 1/2 hour or so each night, and a little bit before the morning of the test

After each theory class I make a study guide for that class. I skim the chapter, focusing on anything that didn't make sense, and I answer all the objectives the teacher had for the class in studyguide form. I do this everyday and each one takes me an hour or two to make. This helps me much more than staring at a textbook or three. Then when we are done with the sections for the upcoming tests I go back and put all the studyguides pertaining to that test together and I study that a 1/2 hour or so each night, and a little bit before the morning of the test

Excellent post Hippie! Other students can learn from this advice.

For our classes, we have outlines. I study the outlines and read the "suggested" reading if it's listed under one of the points. I make sure I understand any of the concepts on the outlines and if I don't, I get out my text and look it up.

For each chapter I answer the NCLEX questions at the end of the chapter, I also do the workbook. I also like to check out the CD and the webpage for the text as well. I'm more of a hands on learner and I get more by doing interactive stuff than I do just reading the material.

Seems like ALL of them! :rotfl:

I usually study about 1.5 hours per day. I get up at 5am, take shower etc and study from 530a-7. On clinical days if I already have been assigned a patient I get up at 415am, get ready and I usually have about 1 hour to "prepare" myself...go over meds, labs etc.

I usually cant study in the evening...too many distractions, and sometimes I am just too tired.

On average, I probably study 3 hours a day. Some nights less because I am too tired, some weekends more because I can concentrate on my studies (no classes to go to). That study time is used to review class material (do I understand everything? if not, make note to ask someone), to research and write up papers, to prepare/review labs, to study for exams. During exam periods, I sometimes get a little crazy and do more. I like getting the grades (or is it an obsession or something? :) ). This has worked for me. As someone has said nursing school does become your life for a while anyway. Just don't forget to give yourself some sanity time.

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I probably spend less than 1h/day during the week, but possibly more on the weekends.

We have 8h lecture/day, I spend 2h commuting, then I have housework and 2 little kids to tend to when I get home. If I spent much more time studying, I wouldn't get ANY sleep! :chuckle

What is the suggestion they're always saying? 1.5-2h for every 1h spent in class?