Starting Nursing School In TWO MONTHS!

Natasha A., CNA, LVN · Nov 4, 2019

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

How to prepare?

I would look up every former posts on "how to pass first semester" and start from there ? You will read 1st semester students struggles and success stories. ? Hope this helps

Professor X, MSN, RN · Nov 5, 2019

1. Make sure your car is in running order, bills are paid in advance, family is supportive,, and (if needed) child care, back up child care, and back up back up child care is available. You will need to plan to attend every class, lab, and clinical with no excuses.

2. Find buddies in the class ASAP and form a study group.

3. Plan to read the book.

4. If your school was a competitive admission (most are) you are probably used to straight As without half trying. Be prepared to give yourself a little grace in nursing school. The tests are not designed to give everyone 100%. The tests are designed to see if you are safe in practice and can make legal and effective choices. No one ever gets 100%.

5. If you look around the classroom and see everyone else frantically taking notes and think to yourself "everyone knows what to write down. Everyone knows what's going on. I'm the only one in here who doesn't understand." IT'S NOT TRUE. No one has any idea what the teacher is talking about and everyone is utterly confused in the first semester. It's okay. You will figure out everything by second semester.

6. Don't be afraid to ask questions to make absolutely sure you know where to be at what time, what you are supposed to be doing in clinical, and don't be afraid to ask clarifying questions in class. There is no such thing as a stupid question, but there is such thing as "a question that the teacher just answered literally 4 minutes ago, but now needs to re-answer because you weren't listening." Listen to others and learn from them.

7. You are expected to know those things that were taught in pre req classes--math, biology, anatomy etc. Nursing school will not re-teach that content but you will be tested on it. So review everything!

GOOD LUCK!!!