Study resources for nursing school

[Kell-Bell]

What outside resources besides textbooks are you all planning on using (if at all)? Trying to decide what would be best and if it is worth spending a bit of extra money. Nursing.com, Lecturio,Youtube, Picmonic, RegisteredNurseRN.com?

[JBudd, MSN]

I like Kahn Academy actually; bite size explanations of a lot of things: EKGs, cardiac conditions, etc.  Online and free.

[FiremedicMike, BSN, RN, EMT-P]

Youtube in general can be helpful, sadly it doesn’t usually line up with my exam breakdowns, so it’s really just supplemental nuggets of education.

RegisteredNurseRN is a really good channel, check it out!

[Blatant Shannon]

I highly recommend to stick to whatever the school uses, they test you with the same material they teach you. I found that every other resource I used just wasted my time. If you really want to just pass your exams, study test questions and answers from the material your school provides you with. Or, you can go buy the Q&A books for the material they make you buy for your courses. You save time, money, and be able to pass your classes without the extra hours spent studying every little detail. You're going to be a nurse, not a doctor. 

[FiremedicMike, BSN, RN, EMT-P]

2 hours ago, The Blatant Nurse Shannon said:

I highly recommend to stick to whatever the school uses, they test you with the same material they teach you. I found that every other resource I used just wasted my time. If you really want to just pass your exams, study test questions and answers from the material your school provides you with. Or, you can go buy the Q&A books for the material they make you buy for your courses. You save time, money, and be able to pass your classes without the extra hours spent studying every little detail. You're going to be a nurse, not a doctor. 

This is an excellent point.  Outside resources should be used as supplements to your required reading, which may help connect some dots.  It is extremely unlikely that anything you view in these videos will resurface as test questions..

[Quest5, BSN, MSN, RN]

I’m in absolute agreement with other replies that emphasize using the course resources. Know your syllabus as well as possible. Understand that even if “Objectives” seem generalized for courses after first semester, taken in combination with your lecture notes they do help you eliminate what won’t appear on your exams. “Objectives” for students translate into course “Outcomes” for faculty for curriculum and accreditation purposes.

[whalestales, ASN, RN]

I also found quizlets created from the same chapters are good for studying. You can easily search a chapter and the publisher and get great example exam questions

[oldie, CNA, LVN]

I use Saunders NCLEX very helpful and straight to the point information also watching videos helps to sort of connect everything I have learned . In my assigned textbook from the school , all test questions in it are completely off the wall wrong we notified our professor and she agreed but we are still using them LOL we even emailed the author no response 

[FiremedicMike, BSN, RN, EMT-P]

2 hours ago, oldie said:

I use Saunders NCLEX very helpful and straight to the point information also watching videos helps to sort of connect everything I have learned . In my assigned textbook from the school , all test questions in it are completely off the wall wrong we notified our professor and she agreed but we are still using them LOL we even emailed the author no response 

Perry’s Maternal/Peds book? Yep, dead wrong..

[Medic2RN72, BSN, RN, EMT-P]

I used RegisiteredNurseRN.com, & Nursing.com to supplement my lectures. My nursing instructors talked hella fast. I used Saunders NCLEX review for bullet points for testing. I also used quizlet & nurseslab.com for practice questions (great rationales). (I just graduated 2021) I used UWorld to prep for NCLEX............

[Kell-Bell]

Thank you everyone! Great tips!