how much time did you study a day in nursing school?

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what gpa must you maintain? can you stay in with C's? how much time a day did you study? i plan to work a fulltime job as well.

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I'm not in nursing school yet....however, my sister work on weekends and study almost ALL day. Study sessions, independent study, and review and recall. Everytime I call her, at least 90% of the discussion is about nursing school, assignments, clinical, and she test me on various questions.

I really didn't answer your questions; hopefully this will give you an idea of what may be expected of individuals in nursing school. Best wishes in your future endeavors.

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Everyone's different, and every day is different, but for me average was probably 2-3 hours a day. Sometimes took the day off, and sometimes studied up to 12 hours if I had a huge test coming up or something! But that wasn't very often. good luck :) oh, one thing one of my teachers suggested was to take one day off a week to keep your sanity. Some people didn't seem to need that but I will say that I felt a lot healthier and more productive when I was in the habit of doing that.

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Specializes in OB/GYN, Peds, School Nurse, DD.

I studied pretty much any time i wasn't in the hospital doing clinicals. Nursing school was by far the hardest curriculum I ever did. Certainly harder than my Elementary Ed degree! I had to keep a minimum 3.0 at all times. I used to take Friday nights and Sunday afternoons off, unless I had a big test on Monday morning. I can't even tell you how many college events I missed because I was in the Anatomy lab or at a study group. Not that I regret it,I don't. But I'm just saying, you pretty much have to sell your soul to nursing if you're going to get through it and pass the NCLEX.:nurse:

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Depends on the person. I study the night before an exam for about 5 hours. That's it.

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Depends, how long does it take you to absorb information? What grade do you want?

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Specializes in Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes.

At my school you needed C+ or better to stay in but you really need to keep it in the B+ or better range. Nursing school is not something you can just skate by and expect to good nurse. You need to know the stuff or you're not going to be safe. I was a full time student in a BSN program and I would study 10-20 hours a week outside of class and clinical depending on the content/tests/assignments etc. but it wasn't an everyday thing, days off are really important for your sanity. I also worked part-time, about 20 hours a week which was hard at times but doable. I'm so glad to have the NCLEX under my belt, it makes all of the work I did in nursing school worth it.

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Im with A4 that posted above, I studed anywhere from 2-6 hours the day before a test... That was it really and i graduated with a 3.7. Everyones different. If you have found school to be difficult for you in the past, you will probably study often. But on the other hand, if you have breezed through school, you will breeze through nursing school as well.

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For most schools, I believe you need to get at least a "C" in every class to continue in the program.

I am currently in an accelerated BSN program where we take 18-20 hours per semester. I still work 16 hours a week as a nurse's aide during the weekend. There is no way I would be able to work full-time and attend school. On average, I study 3-4 hours a day and attend classes. This "study" time includes projects, concept maps, homework, researching, and actually studying for exams. I think the amount of study time mostly depends on the person though and how much one absorbs during class.

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Im with A4 that posted above, I studed anywhere from 2-6 hours the day before a test... That was it really and i graduated with a 3.7. Everyones different. If you have found school to be difficult for you in the past, you will probably study often. But on the other hand, if you have breezed through school, you will breeze through nursing school as well.

Hmmm, that might depend on a lot of variables. A lot of my class (BS program) have degrees in other things, some even have graduate degrees and they've commented that it wasn't near the difficulty of nursing school.

There's nothing specific in nursing school that is all that difficult. The volume of information can be intimidating. I don't think any of us are "breezing" through it.

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In my first three semesters of nursing school, I woke, ate and breathed nursing. Finally in my third and final semester...I let my hair down and took it easy. I guessed, figured..."you can't touch me any more". Maybe or maybe not, can't say for sure:)

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I agree with everyone, but as for me is study constantly, keep in mind there are lots of group projects so aside from school hours and clinicals you have to make time that is in agreement with everyone else, working full time is out of the question, no way no how! there is no way, atleast not in my program that you can work, part time is even pushing it. i study atleast 4 hrs a day and i know people in my program study more than i do, i take it easy on fridays after clinicals but thats mostly because im nauseated from lack of sleep. Another thing is if you shoot for C's your likely to get f's..most people shoot for b's at the least and are often disappointed because theyre struggling to pass an exam, nursing school is tough!! and time consuming, you have to learn to take their test, their not like the tests prereq's throw at you. Good luck! get a loan and work part time...you will be able to pay it back with a nursing salary sooner than you think

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