Nursing school advice

[kdf6404]

Hello,

I am starting STNA class this June as my first step in my nursing career. I plan on working as an STNA in a children's hospital while in nursing school. My goal is to be an Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner. I am really excited to start nursing school as I am very passionate about the medical field. This question is directed to nursing students, what is one thing you would highly recommend me to do that you wish you would have been told when you started nursing school?

[Simplistic]

My best advice is to not fall behind. Study everyday, even if its just for an hour. If youre struggling with a particular subject, ask for help, but DONT wait until the last minute to do so.

[kdf6404]

Great advice, thanks!

[Purple_Clover]

My best advice is to actually read the book and take notes, unless the professors explicitly tell you not to. For lectures, I completely ignored the lecture and read from the book and took notes. It didn't fail me.

The only exception to this was OB. The instructor literally told me to read the first sentence of every paragraph in the book and just study the power points. Kinda surprised that she was that honest with me

* for me, applying concepts is easy. This is not the case for many students. So, in lectures the instructors would go into depth about concepts which wasn't beneficial for me. I just needed the background information and I could do the rest. You may not be able to do this. Everyone is different.

But still, read the book.

[verene, MSN]

My advice is to stay open to what you are learning, even if you aren't passionate about the subject or particular clinical rotation, there is always something valuable to take away from the experience.

Also make time to care for yourself. Nursing school can be tough, but it will be unnecessarily so if you don't make time to eat, sleep, exercise, and relax your brain on a regular basis.