Study groups with people outside of nursing school

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Hi, I am a nursing student in Florida. I am interested in working with other nursing students outside of my program to discuss general questions about applying knowledge from class to clinical.

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Specializes in Hospital Education Coordinator.

Just be careful that you do not end up in a loop of endless comparisons of programs and waste valuable study time. Good luck!

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thats basically what this entire forum is for isn't it

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

Yes it is.

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the thing about study groups, is that you take alot of time but never study much material,,,, you drive 30 min to meet them, talk about 20 min, study 20 min, then talk 20 min, then drive 30 min home,,, thats alot of time you could have studied on your own.

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Specializes in Hospice, Palliative Care.

Good day, northmississippi:

I've been in one good study group so far, and several bad ones... the bad ones are almost always like as you wrote... more of an utter waste of time that could be used for self study with greater results. The one good study group I was in (last semester), met on campus on days we were all there (no extra driving time), was relatively organized, and stayed relatively on target; it was helpful.

The sad part is I've not yet found a way to determine in advance of trying once if a given group would be good to join for a study group.

Thank you.

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Yeah, that is a good point.

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These are all very good points. I'll maybe try to utilize the forum a little bit more.

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Just be careful because some programs teach slightly different things. I am a firm believer in studying what the teacher presents to you and if you find different information check it out with them because there is so much research in this field that there is usually more than one answer. I wouldn't want to get confused by studying with people who aren't listening to the same lectures as me. Also, I wouldn't want to focus on the wrong topics for testing purposes unless I was confident in the basics first. Just my opinion.

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Specializes in Med Surg, PCU, Travel.

Well hello, I'm also in Florida. I'm not particularly fond of study groups due to the time wasting element as previously mentioned. But if you have some content you'd like to discuss the forums is a great place to start. Just be sure to have a specific topic or goal you would like to accomplish that would be beneficial.

I've use a lot of outside resources like nursing lectures on youtube to help me better understand things but always refer back to your lectures. One of the main problems with nursing schools is that they prepare you for the NCLEX and not really for clinicals or the real world. The debate on standardized testing is a whole other story.

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Thanks for the offer. I'll see what discussions I can open up.

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