How many study hours per night (do you average?)

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Just curious :) Trying to create a pre-nyrsing school schedule to get the family used to the flow so that when I get there, the learning curve will be a bit easier having the family already on the same schedule... (I'm planning on using the time now for independant study, which will also make it easier once I get into classes...)

Thanks!

Honestly, before a test I usually spend anywhere between 6-12 hours studying a night for it.

By the way, a lot of *how much* time you spend studying depends on your background, your type of program, your school, and you as a learner.

Me? I cannot sleep at night if I don't know the information inside and out so studying a lot helps me. I'm in an accelerated BSN program so it is much more fast paced and it is a lot of hustle. Test every few weeks? I don't think so. We have a test on a weekly basis and I'm not talking just "eh...it won't be too hard" kind of tests. I'm talking major tests.

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I won't start my nursing classes for a couple of weeks. I made myself a study schedule, much like you. I used the traditional college guidelines of 2-3 of study per hour in class as my guideline. In my case, I was able to find 23 hours a week, i could realistically study while still doing what I had to do. I am taking 9 hours but will actually be in class,lab, or clinical 24 hours a week. So for 9 hours, 23 is towards the top of traditionally accepted study time at between 2-3 hours/credit hour. For the actual class time of 24 hours, It seems like the bare minimum. I think that overall it will probably be about right. I'll know soon : )

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I have no idea when I'm going to study for 50 hours, my schedule sucks. I don't even have a day off, 4 days that go after 3:30! I'm glad my teenage son is able to watch the other kids after school( 3 well behaved kids in grade 1,4,5 and grandparents live down the street). I'll be paying him but for study time I don't think I would leave him with the kids.

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