Preparing for NP School...Tips?

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Specializes in Trauma-Neuro critical care; Forensic Nursing.

Hey all!

I am starting grad school in the fall of '22. I will be entering an online PMHNP program, and I am looking for any tips or recommendations for studying, how you manage your time, how many hours per day do you dedicate toward coursework?  Is there anything you learned along the way that you would do different?

Any tips you have are appreciated!

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Specializes in FNP student.

Get  Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Review and Resource Manual, 4th Edition Book by Dawn Vanderhoef and Kathryn Johnson and dead it every chance you have.

 

prep for your patho class by watching Ninja nerd on Youtube

prep for pharmacology by getting picmonic and osmosis

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Specializes in Trauma-Neuro critical care; Forensic Nursing.

Thank you so much!

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Specializes in FNP student.

Check out etsy for study guides, they are affordable and can help you a lot in school

I also use coursehero and bonanza to get my study guides

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Specializes in Trauma-Neuro critical care; Forensic Nursing.

Interesting, I never thought of Etsy. I'll definitely check those out. I have and really love Osmosis and Picmonic. Also Medicosis Perfectionalis on Youtube is great. 

About how much time per day would you say you spent study/reading in your first semester?

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Specializes in FNP student.

I work full time 5 days a week, so I wake up and go through 100 or so anki cards each morning it take me about 1 hours each week. In evening I spend 2 - 3 hours of study time. Plus entire Saturday and 1/2 on Sunday I spend doing home work or just study through picmonic osmosis , Youtube

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Specializes in FNP student.

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