Tips To Stay Awake While Studying

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How does a Nursing Student keep from falling asleep while studying? I'll bet there are 101 ways to stay awake ... power naps, turn off heater, exercise, have a snack, turn up the music. Midterms and Final exams loom on the horizon.

What healthy ways have you found to stay awake and study?

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How do you stay awake while studying?

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Just like most of the good colleagues here, I do a reward system for myself. For example, for my finals, I studied for about 2 hours and got to have a 30 minute break to do an activity (ex. walk around the block, make myself some tea and watch funny videos, read or draw). If I got too tired, I would go straight to bed. Staying up ends up hurting me more than helping by the time I'm close to the end. If I wanted to go to sleep faster, I drink coffee a few minutes before bed. (I wouldn't recommend this bit to everyone since this doesn't work often for sleeping purposes.) 

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All these tips will be super helpful when I start nursing school.

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On 2/3/2015 at 11:56 AM, KLBlowers said:

Studies have shown that Baroque music is the best (Mozart is an example). Why?

Katlu

LOL, as I was reading I was thinking of Mozart, then got to your post.  Mozart is also supposed to help with ADHD, ie, helping to settle and concentrate.

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