Can You DO IT ALL in Nursing School? | Nursing School ASK ME ANYTHING

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You have a sneeze. I had a sneeze last Monday. Excuse me. And I had a question that. Does saying strawberry help you not sneeze? I've heard this before. Don't think I'm crazy. I have heard it before. I don't quite.

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We'll start up getting ready all those things. Let us know if you started or when you are starting. Yep, let us know. Let us know and what we can do to help you. Let us know. We are starting off though with a question that we did get. How do we do it all? And I'm not really sure where this comes from. Christina will take off with that. But in relation to that, there was an organizational question, question that someone asked that is kind of nursing school related. And we will tie it back to nursing school. But just in general. Someone did ask us a little while ago, how do you stay organized with small kids and a husband? Yeah, and Christina has both of those. I have small kids and a wife. So there you go. Whatever your situation is, there it is. How do you stay organized with other Things going on. I think that kind of dovetails into how do we do it all?

Yes.

So I'm not sure who asked that, why they asked that, etc.

We have a lot of students that have asked us, you know, seeing Matthew and I here on the AMAs and all the things and like all the YouTube videos we put out and all the stuff like how do we do it all? Is a question that we get a lot. And here's a secret, friends, we don't. I think that is, you know, the whole like, do it all. We do it all. We choose what we do and what we don't do. Like there are so many things that we wish that we could do that we don't do intentionally. Like we don't do. Would you say?

Yeah, there's a lot that we. Yeah, there is. Intentionality, I think is a key term, key word of the day. Intentionality. What we do is really focused.

Yes.

We are intentional about what we do and we do it to the best of our ability. When you say do it all, we were supposed to be live at 9 Pacific Standard Time for our lives. We went live at 9:03. So do we do it all? No, because obviously we're relate already. But we try our best. We are intentional about what we do.

And we move forward and stay focused. I think that's a big thing. So I just did an Instagram story yesterday, talking. So someone had asked this on Instagram too. And I was just talking about like you have to have a goal. You have to know what you're going toward in order to get there. Right? So no, we don't do it all. We have a goal that we want to reach and everything that we are doing is in order to hit that goal. Does that make sense? So we are very focused. I like how you use that word, intentionality. Focused and int. Focus and intention are two very good words with that. Because we don't do it all. You know, we don't, you know, our kids are, you know, you hear this a lot like your kid outside of what we are in now as a world, but your kids being in like soccer and piano lessons and karate and like all these things. Right. And. And you. We're all kind of over scheduled, right? We do a lot of stuff like our days are full with nursing, sos, with kids with, you know, family, everything that we have going on. But it's very intentional what we say yes to and what we say no to. We say no to a lot of things. We say no to a lot of things. Like if we were able to do it all, I mean, that's just not possible. Just wouldn't be possible. I dream so big. Especially like me having all these thoughts and ideas like, oh, I would love to do all of these things if I had time to do all of those things, like, I would get nothing done.

Christine is definitely a forward looker, a future thinker, a dreamer. Yeah, we can say I'm a dreamer. And so that being the case, she comes up with a lot of great ideas and good things and an overflow of some. Some really things that we could do. And we just need to be very intentional about what we decide. You know what, this is where we're going to focus our time.

Yep, absolutely. And like we've said before, thinking of nursing school as a season.

Yes.

And not as like, you know, you have to balance everything and juggle everything all at once, always, you know, so. So it's like this cultural lie out there that you have to do it all, manage everything. Like as a mom, you have to take care of kids and, you know, clean your house every day and vacuum friends. I vacuumed yesterday for the first time in probably a month. That's just how it is.

Can you do it all? But you can no longer vacuum.

It is, you know, I mean, you just gotta. You just gotta pick and choose your battles. Right? Just gotta.

I like that. I do like that. Picking and choosing your battles.

Yeah. Yep. And. And not. Yeah, I mean, just not trying to do it all. Like, my goodness, if you are exhausted and tired, well, leave the dishes for tomorrow, go take a nap, you know, what do you say? Know thyself. I. I was thinking about this this morning. I want to get better at doing like behind the scenes things for you guys to see all the things. Yeah, that. I mean, I think it could be helpful to see what we do do, but I also want you to see the things that we don't do and how just of a disaster our house is sometimes with like toys everywhere and laundry piling up and dishes everywhere. You know, you really should see the behind the scenes things too so that you know that you're normal and we are like, not these, you know, whatever. We don't have the. Anything different than you. You know, I still have to vacuum my house once every three months.

So.

Yeah, it never happened.

It is really interesting. So this question of how do you do it all? And I think the ultimate question is it seems like you guys do so much. How can I do that as well? Because you guys are in Nursing school, like Christina said, you have a lot of other activities and really, yeah, it's a question on what do we do and how do we do it, but also how can you do what you're doing well and make time for yourself? Which is one of the main reasons why we have nursing S.O.S. this community, is to help you guys study efficiently, organize yourself efficiently, so that you can get other things done as well. So like, like Christina said, really intentionality, having a goal, moving where you want to move. Also I think it is also important to know where you're starting from. So when you're looking at a journey, you can look at where you're going, but it's also nice to actually take stock of where you are right now so that you have a very clear picture of where you're moving to. So if you just have a goal, but you don't really have any idea of where you're at, it's not a very clear picture of where you're going. So where are you at currently? Where are you moving towards? So for nursing school, you are in the middle of nursing school or just starting or finishing up your prereqs. That's where you are now. So knowing that is good to know. And then where are you going? What's your ultimate goal? And then you can chop that up into little mini goals. So if you're still in pre nursing, getting past prerequisites and then entering nursing school and then nursing school and then NCLEX exam, so you can break it up into manageable pieces is the other is another thing. So kind of where you are, where are you going? Manageable pieces and then intentionality about all those things that you think you need to do, what do you really need to do versus what are the things that you're just going to put off? Because like we say, life is all about seasons. It's not really about every day being a 50, 50 split or a balance that everything needs to balance out. You're in a season, so what season are you in? What are you going to focus more on? So you know what needs to take a back seat.

Absolutely. And not everything, like Matthew said, I mean, just in other words, not everything is a priority. There's only one priority. Priority is not plural. It's not priorities. It's priority. Right. Priority should not be plural. Priority. What is your priority now? Today, this week, this month, this year, you know, in this season, most likely it's nursing school. Right. So that is your priority. Yeah, it, it really is. I really want to you know, post more of those behind the scenes things to see like how crazy our life is. For sure.

So you were talking a little bit about resting and you need rest too. I mean, you can't just go. Go 247 all the time and expect to get everything done. You're actually. Yeah. And productive. You're actually more productive if you recognize when you need a rest. Dominique was just saying it happened to me at work. All starts. And now resting, because it wasn't that worthwhile, especially before clinical next week.

So it's those.

So understanding what's worthwhile and understanding the give and take and what is the most worthwhile thing to do with your time. Because we all have the same amount of time. That's something that we all have the same amount of. So we just need to determine what's the best way of using it.

Absolutely. So solid advice, Matthew.

Yeah, I thought so.

Welcome to.

I thought so. Yes. Welcome to Wednesday, everyone. The middle of the week holiday, as we can call it.

You vacuum all the time.

Vacuuming can be a relaxing experience for some. I can, I can totally see that.

So, no, literally, this was me yesterday. Vacuuming. Vacuuming with one hand, holding the baby back with the other hand.

He loves the vacuum.

He loves the vacuum. Seriously. I just. But I'm not gonna run over little baby fingers with the vacuum. So I'm like, like on the ground, like, vacuuming with one hand, trying to hold the baby back with the other. It was pretty cute. This is the life we live, people. Okay, what you got for me?

So I just wanted to finish up with one more practical tip about how do we do it all.

Okay.

And organization. How do we stay organized with everyone? And I think the, the biggest practical tip for you going to nursing school or just organizing your time in general is a planner.

Yes.

We talk about this a lot on our channel. If you've been with us for a long time, I'm sure you've heard us mention planners. So if you haven't been with us, by the way, hit subscribe, hit the bell. But anyway, planner and plan out your days, because if you do not know where you are, like I was saying, you do not know where to go. So the first part of that is planning out your day hour by hour is what Christina recommends, actually. Hour by hour, take all your activities, put them in a bucket, take them out and put them in your planner, and then you'll see how your day stacks up, whether you actually have more time than you thought or whether, oh, this bucket of stuff is way Too big. We need to figure out a way to put something on the back burner or am I doing too much time on social media or whatever. So you need to figure it out. So the one thing is that you need to take all those things and put them in your planner. Number two, really important thing is that you have to be honest with yourself about how long or how little time things take because it has to be accurate. It has to be accurate. And then number three, you stick to that planner, you stick with it and you make adjustments. So if you overestimated something, so you know that you can of move things around, if you underestimated, then you move forward. It's always a learning experience. So you move forward. You don't get too overwhelmed with the planner if, if something doesn't work out, but you keep moving forward and keep using it. So I think the biggest thing is a planner for organization.

Yep. Absolutely. And also I tell students, if you've never planned your time before, if it's like new to you using a plan or anything, overestimate your time within limits. So you've done your prereq.

Takes me three hours to eat breakfast.

Not that exaggerated for time, but not like 5 minutes either. Unless you're like me and you just eat. I eat super fast. I guess that could be the case. So you know, you know how long it takes because you've done your prereqs and things. You've been in school already up to this. Even though it might not have been nursing school, you were still in school. So you know generally how long it takes you to write a paper, how long it takes you to study all of those things like know thyself.

Like Matthew says, I'm a fan of the Matrix.

You know yourself. You guys know that quote, you know yourself. So just lean in on that. I think oftentimes we don't really trust ourselves. Right. We want other people to have the answers. Yeah. And to tell us the answers when you already know the answer. You just have to trust yourself that you know the answer. Right. That happens.

Chelsea also mentioned something good. A really clean environment is necessary for. For her. For mental health as counterintuitive. So yeah, we were talking about just activities to do and some activities could be a time waster or a back burner activity for some. But it could be also really necessary for you to do so. That's the know thyself going back to that is you need to determine what's important to you.

Yep.

And figure out where that fits in in your day. Using a planner. Do we sell planners? We do have a nursing school planner, yep. If you want to check it out, it is a PDF download, so you can either use it electronically or find a place place to print it. It is ginormous because it's actually broken up in monthly, weekly, daily, and hourly. So you can pick whatever you'd like. So there's a lot in there if you want to check it out. It's nursingschoolofsuccess.com shop has all our products there, and it's at the bottom, I think. So if you want to take a look at it, go ahead and do that.

You're gonna love it.

All right.

That is so funny, Chelsea. Clean environment is necessary. I agree. However, I have raised my threshold for crumbs on the floor. It's like a few crumbs, you know, like one or two meals with the baby pudding. Like, I'll pick up the big pieces, but then, like, I'm not gonna vacuum every single time our baby drops.

See, I think what we need is, like, you know, those little roombas, and we have one of them. We just need, like, five of them. And you just keep running them. So just keep circling around.

They're just always going to just follow the baby. Or, you know, we could get a dog. Yeah, maybe not, because then you have, you know, I'm telling you.

Yep.

That is. That is the season we're in.

All right, let's get to some of these other questions as well. Ashley has a really good one, actually. I'm. I'm in a nursing NP grad school program and just found out about your page. Can grad school students benefit from your page or more grade to undergrad?

That is a great question. We've had NP students around on our YouTube, on our Instagram, on our Facebook, and we've had this question before. Some students have said that it's helpful for them. I don't know, though, because I. I have not been to a NP program, dnp, master's program or anything, so I don't know. You tell me. Is it helpful for you? I would love to know if it's helpful for an MNP program, but do.

We know if we have. We don't have anything specifically geared to that in the membership community.

No. I mean, I don't know what the program's like. Yeah, I really don't even know much of what you learn or how it's structured or anything in an NP program. So other than, you know, deeper dives into everything. Yeah. You know, you're a prescriber. So there's a lot more farm stuff that you got to know in an MP program. Deeper, you know, deeper, you know, patho stuff and med surge and disease disorder processes and all that stuff. Yeah, I'd love to know. Let me know. See, we told you at the beginning. Did we not have a disclaimer that this is an ask me anything, but then I also ask you questions?

We do have a very interactive AMA, so we ask for feedback, we ask for emojis, etc. We want this to be an engaging experience for you.

The emojis.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Chelsea had a question for. I'm not sure if you had any, like, more detail on what those questions entail. Uworld, Hearst, nclex Mastery.

I'm assuming you're. Are you studying for the nclex? Because those are three nclex prep programs. Uworld, Hearst and nclex Mastery. I used nclex Mastery. The Hearst review is cool too. Nclex Mastery is like practice problems. The Hearst review is like review. So I would do both of those in tandem. I've never used uworld, so I can't speak to that one. But Hurston, nclex Mastery is pretty cool. That's what I would recommend.

All right, very good.

Bear too. When do you take your nclex, Chelsea? So exciting. Love it.

And then backing up because Erin actually had a question that kind of relates to our first topic is what would you recommend telling yourself to get into the zone for studying? Getting into the zone. What would you tell yourself?

I think I can. I think I can.

Yeah, exactly. I think that that's great.

Psych yourself up. I. I don't know. Whatever works for you. Yeah, I think that's gonna be a pretty personalized.

Yeah, I think that that is a very subjective thing. On what gets you motivated. We. When you talk about motivation, it is very interesting. I don't think it's a necessary requirement to get studying. I think that a lot of people want to get motivated or want to get in the zone before they start studying. And you might not end up studying if you keep doing it that way. So I think definitely you should try and psych yourself up for studying, for test taking, etc. But I don't think it's necessarily a prerequisite. So whatever gets you in the zone, that's fine. Whether it is a clean environment, whether it is some background music or silence, it goes back to knowing. Knowing thyself and knowing what is really what would be helpful for you. So for me, getting in the zone. I don't like a lot of outside noise. I do like it more quiet. I don't even like background music or whatever. As far as what to tell yourself, like, self talk. I need to get this done so I'm more productive. Mindset.

I can do it.

This needs to get done, so I need to do it.

So.

But maybe that. That works for some, but not for others.

You know, drink some coffee, go for a walk. I was gonna say run, but I don't really run.

So I keep going back to the. Really, the core thing of that is the self talk. What do you recommend telling yourself? And it's tough because I don't. I'm not very introspective myself. So I find myself thinking, okay, do I tell myself anything to get things done? If I do this, I get to eat a bagel or if I do this, I get to have a donut. I don't know. Do you. Do you do self talk?

Yes, but it's like, it's not, you know, I guess. I guess the thing is, like, I don't really need it. I'm just like, oh, yeah, I just need to get this done. Like, I just want to get this done as soon as possible. Oftentimes I say that to myself, I just want to get this done, get it over with kind of thing and then move on. I just love moving on to other things. I am very much that kind of person that like, starts things but then doesn't really finish it. But I know that I, like, I can't move on to something else unless I finish it. So there's that kind of lacy.

I tell myself that this is necessary to meet my goals. Sacrifice now to reap the rewards later. Yeah, I do tell myself that that is something I do. Delayed gratification.

Yes. Like this morning, you know, we woke up and my. You were up at 6 and I was up at like 6:30. And then I just started. I just got to it. You know, I asked him, I said, is it okay if I just go and start working? Because I have a lot to do. And, you know, I just wanted to get it done. Like, I wake up in the morning and it's super fun. But I wake up, you know, we have our plan, we know what we're doing, so just get it done. I love being productive. Just like the worst feeling for me is feeling like I'm not doing anything. Movies are hard.

It's really actually sitting and doing kind of interesting. When. When. When we. Yeah, when we first dated or whatnot and I mean, want to see a movie or see movies, but yeah, you could not stay still.

It's not a movie. I don't know. And do you remember early on when we were dating or I think we were married and one of our points of contention as a newly married couple was. You guys are gonna laugh. The pace at which we walk through grocery stores. Can you imagine that this is like marital issues early on in this good old days, you know? And you are just. You're just like laid back in and go with the flowy. And I am very much like, let's, you know, get into the grocery store, do everything we need to do and get out as fast as possible to get home and do other things and do it all again.

I'm like, you can imagine how much she really likes now. The whole order everything online and you just go and pick it up. That's like.

That's like the best Solid man. That is the best. I actually really like her. She's just. No, it's so funny because you have really, like, we have really balanced.

We've met each other at the middle.

It is so fun to see, like if you knew us back then. So funny. I am so much more laid back now because of him. Like, it's beautiful. It's the, like, you're the best. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Because I was a little crazy. I needed to. I needed to tone it down.

She needed to.

What is that? What is what? What is that from?

Was it.

Is that from anything?

Is that friend?

It sounds like, like a. Yeah, it looks like a friend's thing, but I forget Christina. Just Christina. Okay, that is so funny. That's me. There you go. All right, what's next? All right, this is just gonna be.

Let me see. Dawn asked, I tell you, can you provide advice on how to help students who are not CNAs transitioning to become an RN? Students are struggling with test taking and studying. Please help. So that's an interesting question from a follow up question from me because she went through nursing and all of that. And you were a CNA that transitioned.

CNA that transitioned. Yeah. I don't know, it just sounds funny. Sorry, I already had my coffee this morning.

Can you tell what's the percentage, I guess, of people that are going to nursing school that go straight into nursing school versus our CNAs that are moving to become RNs?

That's such a great question, actually.

Does anyone know that? Again, interactive experience. I'm asking out there into the world.

I honestly don't know.

And is there a difference?

I think it depends on your program because there's a lot of nursing programs that don't require a CNA certification. But, but there's a lot like mine. Mine actually required the CNA certification, so I had to get it before. And so I think it depends on your program. Let us know. Does your program require. Do my little finger thing. Does your program require your CNA certification before you go to school? Yeah, before you go to nursing school? I think it, it could, you know, it could go both ways as far as. So here's, here's always my answer to this. Students ask us all the time, you know, I don't have any healthcare experience or I'm not a cna, I'm not a tech. You know, I've never been in healthcare before. I don't work in a hospital. How can I possibly succeed in nursing school with no experience? And honestly, what I always say is that it's a benefit to you because you have no experience.

Aaron says my school is like 30 CNA. And then Chelsea said most around here do require them. Yeah, my school doesn't require.

Yep.

So.

So it definitely could go either way. Either your school requires the CNA or they don't. If you. Here's what, here's the issue. In nursing school, it's completely different than CNA or LPN or RN program. And when you have healthcare experience, it's very, very easy to bring that experience into your nursing school exam. And then it'll mess you up and throw you off because the exams are not testing you on real world experiences, although they try to, but they're not. They're testing you on textbook examples, like textbook case scenarios. I think it's a huge mindset block that nursing students have. If you don't have healthcare experience, you think that you can't succeed in nursing school. I think it's the reverse. I think if you have healthcare experience, it can actually hurt you more in nursing school because it's very, very hard to turn off your past patient experience. Like, oh, wait, you know, you get a, you get a question on heart failure or something, and you've had, you know, a hundred patients with heart failure and, well, you did this with that patient, so why wouldn't that be the case here? But then you don't read the full question and you know, they're asking you something different or, you know, that's not really the textbook thing that you would do. And so they're not testing you on that. You see, it can get really, really jumbled. Whereas if you turn it off. Right. Turn off your past experience. Just think like, nope, don't. No past experience. Check it at the door when you go to take your nursing school exam. Check your experience at the door. Leave it there. Walk into your exam. Textbook perfect. Textbook perfect World is what they're going to test you on. I hope that helps.

Yeah. Hannah, regarding cna. California is competitive. Mini school offers bonus points for being a CNA or contact hours. Therefore, it's difficult to gain admission if you're not a cna.

Yeah, that makes sense. Our nursing school cna, I believe. I. I think it was required. Well, actually, no, because that would have been a point system. Right. Because we were on. It's like that. It was a point system, but I'm pretty sure everybody had it. I mean. Yeah, because it. Because again, yeah, Hannah, just like you said, it is competitive. Same thing up here. And so I was a CNA first. Yeah, I think I'm going to backtrack on that. I don't know if it was required, actually. It was probably just the points. And then like you said, Hannah, healthcare experience, too. That was the same for my program. So healthcare experience was another point or two.

Yeah.

Or something like that. Yeah.

Yeah. So, going back to the original question, can you provide advice on how to help students who are not CNAs? I think this is advice for both those who are not CNAs and who are. Who are CNAs going into. Use the experience that you have to your benefit. So whether that is a cna, and then now you have. People are saying basic knowledge, some ideas of some. Some things that you need to do. Use that to your benefit. If you're not a cna, use that to your benefit. Oh, you're coming at this with a new clean slate. You don't have preconceived notions of what the medical field is supposed to be. You can come at it with a textbook lens and be able to answer answer questions more like a textbook, which is what they're looking for. Students are struggling with test taking and studying. I think test taking, I mean, is different from. For nursing for. Than for anything else. I'm not sure if CNA test taking prepares you for RN test taking. I. Yeah, it doesn't sound like it. So I think you're just all in the same boat. So it's a lot about the mindset that. Oh, the mindset. Oh, I'm at a disadvantage because of this. You're not. Just use whatever you have to your benefit.

Yep.

I think you're all learning about. Someone said that CNA can help with some critical thinking. But that's fine. You're gonna learn how to critically think in nursing school anyway.

Like Matthew said, you know, take it, take it or take it or leave it. Take it when you need to take it, leave it when you need to leave it. Right. So, yes, you. If you have a lot of experiences of cna, you develop kind of those, you know, like that intuition kind of thing on the floor. Right. That. Those critical thinking things. And you can bring that to nursing school and, you know, kind of start out with a kickstart because you, you know, know how. Know how things run. You're used to working with patients, those kind of things. But then when you go to take your exam, check it at the door, leave it outside. That's the best advice, I think.

Yep. Take what you need and leave everything else. I like that.

Kind of goes along with our focus topic.

Hey, look, we can tie it all together.

We can tie it back around.

Tabitha is just talked about. I'm getting so discouraged about doing my nursing program online. Frowny face. Oh. I'm in my second year, and I'm worried that I'm not learning as well as I want to. Chances are, if you're feeling that way, you are not alone. So a lot of people feel that way.

Who's online now again, hand emoji.

I think it goes a little bit towards our previous discussion. Take what you take the positive, leave negative.

Yeah.

So, yes, your nursing program is online. So is a lot of people. Yes. It might be a different way of learning than you're used to, but take what you can that you're not learning as well as I want to. Just know that you are learning and you're moving forward in your program and you're in your second year. So things will start clicking. Just make sure to focus on that critical thinking. Moving past just memorization, moving into more critical thinking, knowing pathophysiology, and then being able to tie that to all the other four or three core parts of fundamentals and med surge and all of that.

Yeah.

So really, I think that's the best thing to do. And yeah. How many times do you think, do you think, oh, shoot, I really don't know something. But then when you're thrown in a situation, you're surprised or you surprise yourself. It's like, hey, I actually. I actually kind of do know this, so don't worry.

I do know something.

Just move forward and yeah, it can be a little discouraging doing something that you're not used to, but you're in your second year already, so you're. You're doing great.

Yeah, absolutely. I think that's actually. It's huge. It's huge, my friend. Nursing school is challenging. It will challenge you. It will push you outside of your comfort zone. It will just force you to change and grow. And that, I think, is the challenging part is that it's all new. And it's all like, you're learning everything so fast. Everything is new. There's a lot of information. It's like, not only do you have to learn the content, and there's a lot of content to know, but on top of that, you have to learn how it all runs. How does nursing school run? You have to learn all about all your new instructors, and you have to get to know all the new students in your class. Now, with everything being online, you have to figure out Canvas and Dashboard. Is that still around? That's one, right?

That was one a long time ago. I'm not sure.

No, no, no. That's still around. The online clinicals. You have to figure out, you know.

How to use zoom.

How do you zoom? There's, like, all of these hurdles to overcome all at once. And so I don't. I don't think it's helpful to tell yourself that nursing school is hard. I think it's more helpful to tell yourself that it can be a challenge that you can overcome. The nursing school is going to be a challenge, but you can overcome that challenge. You can do it.

It's supposed to be challenging.

It's supposed to be challenging.

If you go in and you're like, oh, I already knew all this. That.

Don't be my nurse, please.

I don't know about that. So you are there to learn. You're there to become the best nurses ever.

Yep.

And it's going to be challenging. But that is so that you do learn the information.

Absolutely, yeah. Oh, man. You know, it is. It is going to be a challenge, but you can overcome that challenge, allow it to push you and make you better. That's really it. I mean, that's. That's really it.

I have a story.

Tell your story. I have a story. Is it about me?

No. No.

It's about intelligence.

It is about my college days. I don't think you've heard this story yet.

Story time with Matthew. Hashtag storytime with do it.

So about being challenged. I had to. I had to take a prerequisite course in order to graduate. I don't know why, because I took a course that was more advanced than that one already, but for some reason, I still had to take this one. So I signed up for it. I went in. You know, the first day is usually kind of syllabus day or whatever. I looked at all the assignments and it was like, it's a block. So like an hour long, hour and a half long class or whatever. At the end of the hour and a half, I'd completed all the assignments for. For the. For the semester. It was a semester course. Right. At the end of an hour and a half, I've completed all of the assignments for the course. So yay.

What course was this?

I got an I got an A. And I was not challenged at all. But I also learned zero, and it was a giant waste of time.

Oh, man.

Right?

That's.

So that. That doesn't make any sense. No. You want to actually take something that's going to challenge you and that you're gonna learn something and you can grow.

Yeah.

Because if not, on the one hand, it's like, yay, I don't have anything. Any work to do. But that's a really fleeting feeling. And then after that, it's like, well, that's. That's a waste.

That was.

That feeling goes further. Yeah, definitely. If it's challenging, that is. That's good.

Did you have to go to class?

I just have all the other. No, I just have to submit.

Oh, you submit the assignment. So it's not like, oh, man.

Yeah, I just gave them.

No, Nursing school is not like that.

Yeah, thankfully.

It should be hard. Not hard. I see. I don't want to use the word hard because when we think hard, hard, we think, I can't do it. It's hard.

It's supposed to be something that you learn and that you grow.

So I use the word challenging.

Challenge.

It's supposed to be a growth opportunity. Use it as. I'm confused. Instagram.

What is happening?

What is happening?

Google.

Apparently Google decided to, like, look up Justin Bieber on my phone phone. And I don't understand why. Our live video ended and our live video ended.

Weird.

That is so weird. Oh, well, I don't know what's happening.

We can't tell them, but they should join us on YouTube. If not. Okay, everyone on YouTube too. Be sure to hit subscribe. Hit the bell. Also, for those just joining, this is the nursing school show. We are currently answering nursing school related questions.

I'm gonna try to go live again.

And Christina's going live again. So nice little.

Sorry, Instagram. I don't know what happened. Oh, I said Facebook. I meant Instagram.

Instagram.

Apparently my Google assistant decided to like, look up Justin Bieber and then from.

Justin Bieber go to like, pot roast.

It went to like, pot roast recipes.

Interesting.

To be honest, I don't know. Like we were just sitting here talking about nursing school things and my phone decides to freak out and look up, I guess, pot roast recipes. Anyway, what's next?

All right, next.

Do it.

Kayla, are there any anatomy and physiologic. Physiologic. Are. Is there or anything. Is there anything I could brush up on before physiology? And I'll just skip all that. Is there anything I could brush up on before nursing school? And there is only one thing you're should focus on before nursing school and that is dose calc.

Amen to that.

Focus on dose calc.

Dose calc.

Which?

Surprise. With dose calc, we have a brand new dose calc course for you to check out.

Oh, yes, Surprise.

What's the link?

It is. Nursingschoolofsuccess.com Dosage calculations.

Dosage calculations.

If that's too much, you can also just go to nursingschoolsuccess.com shop.

Oh, there you go.

I think that's probably the easier way to get it.

Nursingschoolofsuccess.com shop if you want to take.

A look at it, it is our new dosage calculation course. It will get you ready. If you want to brush up on anything before nursing school, that's really the thing to do because you will be. You'll have to pass your dose calculated.

Yep, we got a YouTube question about that too. Math.

Any. Any hard math in nursing?

Yeah, yeah, just calc is what it is.

Hard.

You definitely want to use dimensional analysis. Hard.

No. Challenging. Yes.

Yes.

And it's not like advanced calculus or anything as far as the actual mathematical things. It's multiplication and division pretty much.

With a calculator.

With a calculator. Just how to set it up. So my definition. No, it's not hard math. It is challenging on figuring out how to set it up. But the actual math is not hard because you have a calculator. It's multiplication and division.

And don't even worry about setting it up. We walk you through that in the course. So check it out. NurseSchoolOfSuccess.com Dosage calculations or shop. NurseSchoolOfSuccess.com Shop no one teaches dose calc as well as we do. Like that is just. It's just, it's so Helpful. The step by step process that we take you through to learn dose calc is the best by far. So check it out, Check it out. Also, look it up on YouTube. We have some dose calc videos up on YouTube that could be helpful. Go to YouTube, type in nursing sos dose calc and those should pop for you.

Yep, those should pop up. Yeah. Feeding tube calculations, if you want to take a look at that. That was just posted as well.

There you go.

So that was just. There's a lot in the dose calc course.

Shakira, what's the best way to study the sensory system? So anything with anatomy, physiology, med, surge, anything in nursing school, Fundamentals, all this stuff. Focus on four main categories. Pathophysiology, science and symptoms, nursing assessment and nursing interventions. That's what we focus on.

All right, so taking pause, taking a T. Is that a thing? Taking a T. All right, so this is for everyone that's asked. I have a couple. One, how do I prepare for endocrine, gi, mental health, fundamentals, med, surgical, all of those things. Sensory system is what Shakira just said. All those topics. This is. This is for you.

Yep. So there are four main categories. Pathophysiology, science and symptoms, nursing assessment and nursing interventions. Those are the four main things you're going to focus on. A nursing tool just pretty much across the board for just about everything. You're going to study four main categories. Patho, signs and symptoms, nursing assessment and nursing interventions. Friends, I'm telling you right now, it really is that easy. Know the patho of what you're studying. Learn the signs and symptoms as they relate to the pathophysiology, the nursing assessment and the nursing interventions. How does the nursing assessment and the nursing interventions relate to the pathophysiology? As you can see, we're very heavy on pathophysiology. You have to understand what is happening in the body first. That's the pathophysiology. What is happening in the body first. Before you can understand the other three categories. Signs and symptoms, nursing assessment and nursing interventions. So make sure that you understand the path of first. I just got a fantastic question that I was talking to someone yesterday about on via email. Two kinds of books that I want you to have in nursing school. The first one, Let me grab it.

Oh, okay.

This one here. Hold that, please.

Hold this one. So here's the first one. I like to call it the thin book. So there's two. There's two books.

There's the thin book, there's another thin book.

So here you go.

Boom. Then there's the thick book.

The thick book. So when Christina says there's two kinds of books, she wants you to get a thin book and a thick book.

So thin books. Thick book. So high level overview. I want you to have two kinds of textbooks in nursing school, High level overview books. So this is the Made Incredibly Easy series. This is the one I recommend in nursing school because they give you a really, really good high level overview of all the concepts. So pathophysiology is this fluid electrolytes, those things. So this is going to give you a general idea of everything that you need to learn, which is very, very helpful when you, you know, don't know anything. When you're, you know, Sorry, you just, you're, you don't know anything about.

So this is where I would ards.

Maybe, you know, do this start with a high level overview and then you're also going to.

There you go. I can. So these ones is Path of. Oh, this one is Pathophysiology.

Yep, it's the Made Incredibly Easy series. And then this is the Merck manual. And this is the one I recommend that you have. This is what I call a deep dive textbook. So high level overview book for the Made Incredibly Easy series that's going to give you a general idea of what everything is. Then we come to this bad boy right here, the Merck Manual. And it is huge. And this is going to talk more about those things, but on a cellular and a chemical and an enzymatic level. So it's going to go deeper into pathophysiology and, and things that you wouldn't get from the Made Incredibly Easy series. So it's very important that you have both because sometimes in nursing school, yes, we just need to know a general overview of things, but oftentimes we also need to go a little deeper to understand the patho behind stuff and how that relates to everything else. So that is why I recommend those things. Especially if you're writing like papers, research papers on, you know, case studies or things like that. You're absolutely going to want to have both types of books. You just can't get around it. We really need to do like a whole YouTube video about this. I've been really wanting to do that. It's going to come. I'm going to do a whole YouTube video about this at some point in the future. But those are my two recommended resources. Is the main Incredibly Easy book series like that and then the Merck manual. Screenshot. Take a screenshot. Instagram Sorry. Okay, screenshot. Share it with your friends. If your friends have been asking, hey, what textbook should we get? Nursing school? These are It Made incredibly easy series and the Merck manual. Then of course, you also need the. Let's just do a textbook overview, shall we? You need a drug guide.

Drug guide.

Make sure you have the updated edition of the drug guide.

The turquoise as. As we're doing this one.

Purple.

This is purple. This is the one.

Turquoise. That's what they said. Yeah. Okay. And then Nursing Diagnosis Handbook by Akley and lwig. Screenshot this, please Screenshot. Send it to a friend.

Funny faces.

Send it to a friend. This will save your life with care plans. I'm telling you right now. I am telling you. We know the secrets. There you go. Yes. You need these things for every nursing school.

So, okay, to my knowledge, yeah, so that was covering just some textbooks. But again, back to. Those are how to. Yeah. Recommended resources. But back to the questions on fundamentals and mental health and all these things again, the four topics to go through.

Patho signs and symptoms, nursing assessment and nursing interventions. And those textbooks are going to help you with that.

Yeah.

So also what I want to mention is those textbooks might not be required for your school. Those are just textbooks that we recommend that are so helpful.

Okay. And Shakira, you said that you've gone. You got our study system. So we have a study system that helps you as a guide how to.

Study your step by step guide to how to study in nursing school.

So that is ours. You got it and you went through it. It's just a lot together on only a week of school. So.

So, yeah, a lot to gather on only a week of school. Well, you start where you're at. Where are you, Shakira, if you're in med surg, because you were talking about sensory, you are going to be on page. You're going to start on page 34 with how to study med surg. If you're in fundamentals and doing baseline stuff, you know, basic stuff. Baseline fundamentals, page 22 with nursing fundamentals. So it walks you through step by step through nursing school and how to study for each of the classes that you have. Yeah, so helpful.

So definitely use the resources for exactly what part of nursing school you're in. You don't need to do everything or use everything, just whatever will help you depending on where you're at.

Absolutely.

And again, the. The thing that you want to move towards is this idea of critical thinking, this idea of concept based learning. The concepts of pathophysiology science and symptoms, nursing assessment and nursing intervention. So no matter what system you're talking about, sensory or endocrine, gi, whatever you're talking about, they all fit into those four categories and you can critically think about them through. So it might be a lot to, to kind of wrap your head around, especially at the beginning of nursing school, but that's to be expected.

You're at the beginning, it gets better.

And it gets easier. And as long as you have that scope of critical thinking from the beginning, then it will like a general idea.

Of what it is.

It will set you up in the long run.

Speaking of critical thinking, we walk through critical thinking on page. Page Critical thinking spring starts on page. Talk about concept maps. There it is. How to study and critically think in nursing school. So critical thinking starts on page 19. There's also some on page 17. Oh, critically think in nursing school. Page 17 through. I think it's 21 if I remember right. Yeah, through 21. So helpful. So page 17 through 21 of the nursing school study system. Nursing schoolofsuccess.com forward slash study system.

Do you suggest the patho fluid and electrolyte books in conjunction with your videos in the membership community?

No, no, because we're, we are very, very good at walking you through the patho, the signs and symptoms, nursing assessment, nursing interventions. If you are in our membership community, we basically do those two types of text for you. Like we do a high level overview and then we do deep dive into things and what you need to know. So that's how that goes. So if you're in a nursing office membership community, we got you. Don't even worry.

Hannah, do you recommend any specific question or rationale books for the first semester of nursing school?

Question and rationale books. I recommend the Saunders Comprehensive Review Guide. I don't know if I have it. Anybody see? Oh, there it is. Oh yeah, there's my. Here's my assessment of made incredibly easy. I was in nursing school so this one, I don't know if this is the most recent edition. I'm not sure this is one I would recommend for practice questions and rationales if you wanted a book. The nclex Mastery app is a. Is another one. That is cool. Yeah, there you go. But this is the textbook.

Very cool. That's Indiana Jones for those that don't know. Oh, did you not know that? Oh yes, that's Indiana Jones.

I just apparently know the jingle and I can do half of it.

Apparently some pre nursing questions for you. I think it's Pre nursing. I categorize this as pre nursing. It could be.

Yeah.

It could not be. We'll see. But some people says, did you have to take the teas test? If you did, what resources do you use? And again, same thing. How do I get prepared for the teas test?

So no, I did not have to take the teas test, but I recommend Kate over at Pre Nursing smarter. So pre nursingsmarter.com or Instagram Pre Nursing Smarter. So check her out because she helps with the teas test.

Yep. So anyone in pre nursing or getting ready for teas test, that's the resource to go to.

There you go. Yep, that's what we got. And so I think really the biggest theme of the day and especially this, like this week, you know, starting nursing school, getting ready for nursing school. My trying to dive into all the things with nursing school and is to make sure that you are staying focused, being intentional and staying productive with your time. So like we started this live talking about how do we do it all and really the answer is that we don't, right? We have a goal and we have our steps for how to get there. Now those steps are going to, you know, some are going to work, some are not going to work. We're going to try different things. You know, you might study one way one week and then it's, you totally didn't work. Then you try to study another week. But the point is that you just keep going and you don't give up. You will figure it out. You will. As long as you just don't quit, right? So you have this goal past nursing school, right? You have this goal past this semester, past this term. Now how are we going to get there? Right? How are the ways that you are going to pass this term in nursing school? Just get your wheels turning, right? If that's your goal. Here's my goal. I need to pass this term in nursing school. Now make a list. What are the things that you're going to do to get there? You know, what books do you need? Do you need to join the nursing so membership community, do you have to come up with like new ways to study? You know, what, you know, what things can you try that will help move you forward? Now you might find a textbook that you have for nursing school that just doesn't work for you. Don't use things that don't work. Right, but just try it. If it doesn't work, fine, you know, don't try it again. But, but just keep going and try new things and figure out what works for you. There you go. Stay focused on that goal.

Be intentional about your goals. Take everything that you need to do or you think you need to do and just do a quick recap on them and see what needs to take a back burner or what needs your time.

Yep.

Take all of those, Throw it in a planner, get everything written down so you if it's written down, it's not in your head, so it's taking up less space in your head so you can focus on studying or focus on whatever you want to focus on. So take it, write it down and then follow your plan and then adjust as needed and be okay with that. You're not a failure if something does not work out. You're just moving forward and you just keep working at it and you will get through nursing school.

Absolutely. Go. Rocking, my friends. We will see you on Monday, Monday next week. All right, the Nursing SS membership community opens on Sunday, so go to nursing schoolofsuccess.com forward/join to get on the waitlist and we'll see you inside.

All right.

So exciting. All right, take care, guys. See you on Monday.

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Bye, bye, bye.