How to PASS YOUR FUNDAMENTALS Class in Nursing School

Friends, hello. We are going live a little bit early today because the baby, the baby. That's the answer to that question. We have been really hit hard with all of the sickness this year. Have you guys? I telling you, every other week our family is sick. So now it's the baby. And so Matthew is not here. As you notice. He's taking care of the baby. So I am jumping on here to talk about fundamentals in nursing school. Riding solo today. So let's do it. Okay. Honey root. Hello. Hi, Bonita. So good to see you. Hey, it's been a while. Hey, did you see my post inside the community, inside of our membership community. Hey, by the way, everyone who is not a nursing SOS member, we just moved our whole membership community off of our old Facebook group and we got off of our Facebook group and now we are on our whole new thing, our own site for our community, part of our membership community. So the membership has like of tons, tons and tons of videos. Like that's always been its own thing. But now we actually our whole community just moved off of like we're not using Facebook anymore, which is fantastic. It's just a lot easier to manage. Our students love it. So much better because it's easier to talk to people and not like be, you know, inundated with all the Facebook stuff. So much better. So yes, Bonita, I have things to tell you. We, we are refining our. For all of you guys who don't know, we're refining our miniature farm around here and Bonita, so check my posts inside the membership community because you will laugh at some things. Hi, Jolene. Hello. Hello, Soul Nirvana. Hello, Lola. Hi. Hi, Nicole. Hello, friends. It's Tequila. Hello. Okay, friends, we're talking about nursing fundamentals. This is a much requested topic. So who is in nursing fundamentals right now? Can you tell me? Drop it in the comments. Who's in fundamentals? So nursing fundamentals will cover, you know, it's all like your basic stuff, right? It's the nursing process. It's the, you know, intake and output. You will go through how to do a head to toe assessment. That's a huge, huge part of nursing fundamentals. Right? Who is doing head to toe assessment right now? But you just sadly. Yes. Yeah. Are you doing, are you doing the nursing assessment now? So the nursing assessment, you kind of go from, you know, you learn all the, all the systems, right? All the body systems, how they work, how to assess them. It's pretty cool. So I mean, if you want to think of it as cool, you know, I know it's a lot of work, but it's pretty cool, right? So let's stay positive, friends. Yes. I did it early in semester. First exam tomorrow. Yay. Congratulations. First exam. Wow. So you must be on quarters, right? Because that would be like, after spring break. Thank you for all the hearts on Instagram. I really love seeing those hearts flying up there. It makes me super happy. As you guys know, head to toe in clinicals. Yes. Okay. Prototype is in three days. Currently in second part of Nursing fundamentals. Pain and sensory. Yes. So it's like this whole. It's, you know, the whole body, basically. It's. It's. You were inundated with so much in nursing fundamentals. I was just talking to a friend about this last week who is in nursing school right now, and she was telling me the same thing that I felt when I started nursing school. Like, everyone told me it would be hard. Everyone told. Everyone told you it'd be hard. Right. But she was like, nobody. Like, you can't prepare for this. Like, no one. Everyone tells you that it's hard, but you don't realize how hard until you are actually in it. And it's not even. I would go as far to say that it's not even necessarily that it's like, hard, hard nursing fundamentals or like nursing school in general. It's just. It is hard, but also there is just so much at once. I think that's really the biggest thing because, like, if you take pharmacology in and of itself in isolation, like, that's, Yeah, a hard class. But if you're only taking that one class, like, that is more manageable than taking pharmacology and nursing fundamentals and have your dose calc exam and you have clinical and you have skills lab. It's like all of it, you know, and that is overwhelming. Okay? So that is really. That is really the hurdle. One of the biggest hurdles we have to overcome in nursing fundamentals is figuring out, okay, now, how do I manage all of this, right? How do I learn things faster? How do I. You know, you're learning how to balance all of these different classes, right? I'm getting a lot of hearts on Instagram, getting a lot of yep and yeses and emojis on YouTube. Thank you. Yeah. See, a lot of so many of you guys are into fundamentals now. Nirut, I must have missed your comment, but Bonita is saying, don't be nervous. You will do amazing. And I agree. I didn't see your comment, but whatever Bonita said, I Second that. Hi, Steffi. Doing farm and fundamentals at the same time. Currently don't know up from down right now or right from left. Yes, 100%, literally. Oh, friends, I got to tell you, funny story. When I was taking my skills check off in nursing fundamentals for the head to toe assessment, it was the Perla, you know, you know, the whole pupils thing. Pupils equal, round, reactive to light and accommodation. And I had, like, taken my pen light. I don't even know what I did with it. But I. During the skills checkup, I took my pen light and I was like, yeah, people equal, reactive, reactive delight and accommodation. And the teacher, she's like, you didn't even do anything with your. Like, I completely forgot to actually test for it. Like, to actually, like, go to the mannequin and actually do the test. And I, I apparently, like, just took out my pen light and was like, yeah, Perla. The instructor's like, you didn't even do anything with it. I'm like, yeah, I don't. That's so bonita. I'm totally with you. It is like, you don't know. You just don't know. You don't know what's up, what's down. You don't know where you are in relation to the world. You know, fundamentals is tough. It's very, very. It's a lot. It's a lot, right? And I have my meds administration check off tomorrow. First clinical rotation on Tuesday. Congratulations. Exciting. So, friends, can you tell me what is the hardest part for you and fundamentals? So I kind of told you mine. What is your. What's the hardest part for you? Figuring out, is it balancing everything, like I said, is it learning all the content? Like, what is it? What is it for you? What's the hardest part of fundamentals? I am curious. So while you jam on that, the first thing that I want to talk about, like, really, the, the kind of biggest. One of the biggest issues in fundamentals is that everyone wants you to critically think, but nobody tells you what critical thinking actually is. Right? So in fundamentals, you go to nursing school and everyone's like, yeah, critical thinking. Yeah, critical thinking. You have to know how to critically think. And then everyone knows how to do it, apparently. And you're standing there like, I don't know what those words mean, Right? Nobody knows how to critically think when they get admitted to nursing school. It's not how it happens. So take a deep breath. It's totally fine. First off, take a deep breath. So second off, I want to tell You. There are two parts to critical thinking, so I'm going to help you out with this. So the first part is planning ahead. So knowing what is going to happen, or like thinking ahead, not really knowing, but having an idea of, like, anticipating. So anticipating is a great word. Anticipating what could happen next with your patient, that is planning ahead. Now the second part is connecting the dots, being able to. Exactly like you said, Bonita, able to apply it. Connecting the dots to all the information that you're learning about, really putting all the puzzle pieces together. Because nursing school is a total, total puzzle, right? Everything is like, whoo, you know, you. It's. It's all over the place. And you have to really connect everything together that is connecting the dots. So, for example, in fundamentals, you know, you'll learn about, let's say, you know, what are you learning about diabetes? That's, that's one that you'll probably learn about in fundamentals. That's a disorder. And then you're going to learn about, you know, some medications to help with diabetes. And then you're going to learn, you know, the signs and symptoms of it and you know, how it relates to other things such as hypertension or, you know, other chronic illnesses perhaps, or lifestyle things. You know, you have to continually be thinking about how everything works together and can, you know, blends the word I'm looking for probably not a very good word, but how everything works together so that you can apply that information to your nursing school exam. Because how nursing school exams work is they're going to give you a case scenario question, and you're going to have to synthesize that information and apply what you know to answer that question to the best of your ability, right? So you really can't just memorize stuff in nursing school because they're not going to ask you anything about memorization. They're going to ask, ask you, how will you apply that information? Exactly like you said, Bonita, how you apply it. So that is where critical thinking comes in. Planning ahead and connecting the dots. So anticipating your patient's needs and then just putting all the puzzle pieces together in your mind as you're studying to see how things fit together. Now, I want to mention, I do have a free critical thinking cheat sheet for you if you go to nursingschoolofsuccess.com for forward/ critical thinking. And let's see if I can put it down in the YouTube chat Nursing School of Success dot com, forward slash, critical. Oops, I can't spell. Obviously, critical thinking, I can't spell and talk and do a live video at the same time. Apparently, critical thinking. Hopefully I spelled that right. Nursing schoolofsuccess.com forward/, critical thinking. And hey, bonita, if you don't mind, can you put that link in Instagram? Because I cannot type on Instagram on my phone while I'm doing lives. So it's nursing schoolofsuccess.com forward/, critical thinking. If someone can put that in the chat on, on Instagram, that would be super duper fantastic. Thank you. All right, so, but it is there. So I have that free cheat sheet for you and it is super helpful. It will help you a lot, a lot, a lot while you are, you know, learning how to critically think and you know, overcome really that hurdle of nursing fundamentals. So it is, I understand, like, it is really frustrating when you get to nursing school and you know, everyone's telling you you have to be able to critically think and think like a nurse, right? But you're like, I, I'm not a nurse. I have no idea what I'm doing, no idea what that means. So that cheat sheet will help you take a deep breath. Don't worry about it. I got you, friend. So that is really the first hurdle to get over through fundamentals. Okay? And that cheat, she's going to help you out with that. But really critical thinking is those two parts. Planning ahead and connecting the dots. Okay, then another big thing. So we talk about critical thinking, but also at the same time, nursing fundamentals is really a much higher level information than other aspects of nursing school. Okay? So you will need to, You'll need to know the difference between what you need to critically think about and what you need to, what you will need to just memorize. Because to be honest, a lot of things in nursing fundamentals, for example, a lot of you guys are in, you know, doing your head to toe assessment. So let me go back up and look who's doing your head to assessment. Okay. Nursing process, right? Adpy nursing process. I know, fantastic. Nursing. You've been talking about ethics in nursing. I mean fundamentals. I don't know. I don't think I really talked about ethics and nursing in my fundamentals class. I could be wrong. But that was more like when you graduate kind of thing. Let's see. Check off tomorrow. So when you are in nursing fundamentals, like your head to toe assessment, right? That's a lot of just like memorization, right? Is fundamental exam. I don't understand that question. Is the fundamental exam we memorized concept or whole Theory. You're gonna have to explain this. Sorry. On YouTube. I don't really understand that question. So there are some things that you just have to memorize a lot of things. Like, like, for example, like how many milliliters in a cup for someone for like intake and output. Right. There's just a lot of things that are just kind of rote memorization, like milestones for kids or the vaccination schedule for kids in pediatrics. I guess that's pediatrics, not fundamentals, but kind of along the same lines, like the nursing theorists. Right. I mean, there's just some things that you can't really apply. I mean, I guess you kind of can, but it's also more memorization. So you do have to understand the difference between both. So electrolyte levels. Yes. Lab values. That's huge. Like you just have to kind of memorize those numbers. Thank you, Nicole. So. Yes, thank you, Bonita. Yes. Normal, abnormal levels. There are just some things, and quite a lot actually, to be honest, in fundamentals that you just do have to memorize. So two things for that, what I love always, always recommend is flashcards and whiteboards. Okay, Flashcards and whiteboards. I had to, I should actually have them behind me. If you look on our older YouTube videos, I have them behind me. In our older videos, they're like Costco sized whiteboards. And they, I. They used to be 20 bucks. They're probably more now, but that was like several years ago. But I have two big ones, like huge ones, like, I don't know, two feet by three feet, something like that. And there's two of them. And I put them side by side. And that is what I used in nursing school, along with flashcards. So I would literally like write things over and over again and again and again and again and again and again and again. Right. I would just write things out and that would really help me memorize things. I don't know what works for you guys when you just have to like rote memorize something. How do you do it? What works best for you? Because for me, flashcards and whiteboards, big, big deal. That really, really helps me. But now I'm curious, what helps you for memorization? I wonder? Things like obviously like audios too, if your school allows you to record. That is huge. Does your school allow you to record your lectures? So when I was in my prereqs, I was able to record lectures in prereqs, but not in nursing school because of HIPAA stuff. You know, our, I guess our instructors would use Real patient scenarios and stuff. So we were not allowed to record lectures. However, there's huge value in that if your instructor allows you to record your lecture class. Because then like, I mean, talk about, talk about memorizing stuff, you know, if you hear it, especially if you're an auditory learner, if you hear it, then that will really, really help. Word association. Yes. Neeru. That is awesome. Old school flashcard girl. Me too, Bonita. I write things down or doesn't stick. Same thing with me. And the thing with flashcards too, is that at least for me, just the physical act of writing them out helps so much. It's not even necessarily going through them, those flashcards, but just the actual act of writing them out really helped me understand it. Picmonic. Great. We can record as long as we don't post them. But only sound, no video. Okay, that makes sense. Yeah. Good. I hand write all notes and I read my notes out loud over and over every day until exam. That is a fantastic way to study because especially Maida, if you are like, you know, really an auditory learner and even a visual learner. Because I find that when I write out my notes, like I'm seeing it visually, even if it's just words, I'm still seeing it and I can still kind of play back those words in my mind during the exam. Sounds kind of weird, but it works. So if you hand write your notes over and over again, like if you're a visual learner, that can really help. And then like exactly what you said, Majida is talking it back to yourself out loud. Like actually talking to yourself. Because then you're saying it. As you're saying it, you're thinking about it. And as you're thinking about it, you're hearing it. Right. So if you're an auditory learner, even just talking to yourself, that can totally, totally help. See saw. Depends on the professor. We are required to destroy them at the end of the semester. Yeah. So all audio recordings. All everything. Like now I'm curious, do you have to destroy your notes and all that stuff too? That shouldn't be the case because then you have to study for the nclex. Right? But I could definitely see like audio recordings if you have to get rid of your audio recordings. Yep, yep, that, that makes sense to me. If you have to get rid of your audio recordings. Love quizlet. But writing makes it stick. Yes, me too. Writing. I just really like writing because especially if you're a visual learner and exactly. Like Medita said, if you're an Auditory learner. When you, as you write your notes out, if you just talk them out to yourself, that can really, really help because you're hearing it at the same time. Yeah, Audio recording. That makes sense. I get that. Yeah, I totally get that. Yes. Hey, Sol Nirvana, we can talk about some. What am I trying to say? Nclex question hacks or tips or like testing tips. I can totally talk about that in a minute. That would actually be probably really helpful for fundamentals nursing exams. So thanks. That. So hang tight. Let's talk about it in a minute. Okay, so for critical thinking things on critical thinking, right? Planning ahead and connecting the dots. Those are those two things. And then make sure that you get the critical thinking sheet that I had posted earlier. Nursing schoolofsuccess.com forward slash, critical thinking. Yes. Love to type my own notes. Read them out loud. Perfect. Love it. And when you have just things in fundamentals, like just our straight rote memorization, because you know that it happens. Yep. Those two things. Flash cords. Flash cords, flashcards and whiteboards. And like everyone is saying, you know, write it out, talk it out to yourself. Teach somebody else. This is huge. Teach it to somebody else. Hi, Nia. Sometimes I act my notes out or create little scenarios in my head. That's what I would do. I would create scenarios in my head. Thank you so much for that link, Bonita. Really appreciate it. If you can't, this is huge. Okay, listen, right now, if you are washing dishes, if you are studying right now, please, please, please, just like, just listen for a second. Let's say everyone pay attention just for a split second and then you can go back to doing the dishes. If you can get to the point when you are studying and you can create case scenario questions yourself, you will do so well on your exam. Who has done this before? Tell me. If you can get to the point where you can teach it to somebody and where you can create test scenario question questions, like practice questions yourself, you are very well prepared for your exam, my friend, because that is how you synthesize information. Right. When you can actually start writing your own questions. Exactly. Like what Nia said, coming up with questions in your mind of how like case scenarios and how you would answer those, you understand it like you understand it on a whole other level. Right. Than just memorizing. And that is really where you get into the critical thinking part. The connecting things together, synthesizing information. If you could teach somebody and if you can come up with case scenario questions yourself, it is huge. It is huge. Some of my Study group didn't believe me and told me it was a hassle. I agree, it is a hassle. However, would you rather it be a hassle and still do well in your exam, or would you rather not even try and not do so good on your exam? That's my question. It's a little sassy question, but maybe you can ask them that. Bonita, I can teach, but not the make your own questions level yet. Totally fine. Hashtag goals. Bonita, you're my favorite. Yeah, it just, it really. I mean, you, you get to the point point where you've taken enough nursing school exams, you kind of know how they ask the questions, and you can start to develop those questions yourself in your mind as you study. So if you can get to that point, friends, that is a fantastic place to be. Cool. We all on board with that. Okay, real quick. I want to answer questions about how to take the exams. So in fundamentals, I know this is huge. Like, when we get to nursing fundamentals, how do we take, like how. How do we pick the right questions on the exams even if we don't really know what the qu. What the right answer is? Right. There are some tips, some really, really good tips. And actually, before I even talk about them, what I want to tell you is that I have been posting a lot of these tips and, and will be posting a lot of these tips on our Instagram. So if you go to Instagram, go to Instagram nursingsos find me there. And I really like reels. So I am posting a lot of tip videos on reels lately and I really love them. So I think they're gonna be super helpful for you. Check them out. And I actually just recorded some today on nclex tips. So be sure to follow me on Instagram. Stay tuned for those because they're going to help you out a lot. So nclex questions how to answer nursing school exam questions, right? Even when you don't know the answer, how can you get the right question? So there's various different, Ooh, sorry, Instagram. When I hold my coffee cup up, the camera goes wonky. Sorry about that. When you are taking a nursing school exam, you'll notice that there's, you know, particular ways that they ask the questions. You'll get set to questions, you'll get multiple choice questions. You'll get, you know, all these different random types of questions, drag and drop things, you know, drop down menus if your school uses those yet, things like that. And you'll notice kind of patterns over time. So as we answer nursing exam questions. Sol Nirvana, your specific question. I want to answer this one first and then we can get into some more tips. Do you have multiple choice tips or do you have multiple choice tips? Like should we not pick always, never, or notify the md? And yes, I do have tips like that. And yes, you are correct. Tip number one, you guys. Okay, when you are answering nursing exam questions, very rarely will the correct answer be an answer that includes the words always and the words never. So these are like fatalistic words. These are like absolutes, you know, these are like, you know, you know the words always and the word never. Bonita. Never choose always. Correct, my friend. Never choose always. So. And don't always choose never. So you do not want to choose answers that include those words because they are very rarely correct. Okay? It's just absolutes. Like, if someone tells you you always do this or you never do that, like, is it ever really true? No, it's not. So we're not going to choose those answers. It is very rarely going to be very rarely going to be correct. Okay? And then soul nirvana, you're exactly right. Notify the MD or notify the doctor. You guys will see this all the time on your nursing school exams. They will have a whole list of answers and then one of the answers will be notify the doctor. You should not pick that answer. No, no, no. So you have to make sure that there's no other answer that you can do before you call the doctor. Okay? So usually when there's an answer that says call the doctor, usually it's to a question that's like, what's your. What should your first action be as the nurse? Or what's your initial response? You know, what's your initial action? What would your first response be? And you should very rarely pick to call the doctor because you have to make sure that there's nothing else that you can do. Like, you have to make sure there's nothing else you can assess for no other nursing intervention. You can do no other information the doctor might need before you call the doctor. Right? You have to make sure there's nothing else you can do. Like, don't pass the buck. Right? Don't do it. So that is very rarely going to be the correct answer. So, Nirvana, you are absolutely right. When answering a question on an exam, ask yourself, if I do this or don't do that, would it kill my patient? Or save my patient for multiple choice, answer at each answer individually. Yes. And, like, select all that apply. Right? The SATA questions. So SATA questions, answer them each individually on their own merit. Right. So when you come to a static question, read the question and read the first answer. Is it true or false? Is it true or false? Is it true or false as it relates to the question and if it's true, select it. If it's false, don't select it. Then go to the next answer. Take them each on their own merit. Okay, sorry, YouTube. I think I'm buffering for some reason. I don't know why the video is being kind of weird on YouTube. Sorry, my friends, but if you're on YouTube and it's giving you tech issues, come on over to instagram Nursing SOS. We're still here. Instagram. So SATA questions, answer them as true or false questions and take them on their own merit. Yes. True or false. Exactly. Magida. Yeah, sorry, YouTube, you're back now, hopefully YouTube. I don't know, I. On my end, I saw that YouTube was kind of down for like a minute. So if YouTube was down for you, that's fine. Come on over to Instagram. We're still on our having a party on instagram Nursing SOS. So if YouTube goes down, don't worry, I'm still here, I promise. Just come on over to Instagram. Okay, no problem on YouTube. Perfect. That was just probably my on my side then. Did I miss that question? Oh, no. Yeah. Answer each individually. Yes. For SATA questions, true or false. Majida, you are absolutely right. Answer them as true or false. Cool, Bonita. Thanks. And the community, you get so much more than awesome videos. That is our goal. Yes, well, of course. Inside the membership community, we literally walk you through all of this step by step. It is so much fun. We have a blast. Nicole and I do our coaching call every Wednesday. We're gonna talk to you guys, all of our members on Wednesdays. So fun, like in real time. It's just amazing. So if you guys ever have any questions as you go through nursing school, you know, if you're a nursing SS member, you can, you know, get your question answered a thousand different ways and get help from us. Inside the community, we have our tutor form available to you. You can email us anytime. You can get on a coaching call with us, man, it's crazy. So that is what we're here for you. So inside the nursing assistant membership community, you get access to hundreds, literally hundreds of step by step nursing lectures where we walk you through everything you have to know for nursing school in a way that you can actually understand it the first time, right? So if you like how I teach here, if you like how I teach on YouTube, if you like, you know, kind of my style, you are going to absolutely love the nursing houses membership community. So, Bonita, you set me up, girls. Oh, Bonita loves it. So I'm going to talk about it. Go to nursingschoolofsuccess.com join if you and you can get on the VIP list to join when enrollment opens again. So super stoked to see you inside now, Sol Nirvana. How about prioritization of patients? Do you have a tip on who to see first? Well, of course I do. Thanks, Nicole. Who will die first if I don't intervene? Fabulous. Yes. That is actually the answer to that question. That's really funny. So Soul Nirvana, actually, we have a whole so we have a whole nursing fundamentals course inside the membership community, and prioritization is a huge part of that. So we have a whole video on it. I think we have multiple videos. Well, yeah, we have like, at least, I'm gonna say at least three or four videos on nursing prioritization, so. And like prioritizing patients during both in clinical, on the floor and in your exams. So actually it's got to be more than four videos. So we have a lot of stuff for you inside the community. So if you're confused about any of this, stay tuned and join the next time enrollment opens. Sarah, when does it open? I've been on the list for a while. Yes. So it's going to open in the spring, so it's coming up. So stay tuned. Keep an eye on your emails. Okay, Sarah, So keep an eye on your emails from me. Make sure that you add my email hello@nurseingsos.com Add it to your, you know, address book or whatever. Just make sure that you don't miss those emails because that is how you will be able to get in. Liz, I fill out the VIP form. Can't wait for you to open enrollment. Yeah, I'm so excited to see you inside. Any tips on how to go about studying prioritizing topics for final. Okay, hang on. Let's talk about prioritization of patients first and then we'll get to that. So there are three main principles that you want to use when prioritizing patients when you are taking a nursing school exam. Okay. Number one, the ABCs. Absolutely, always. So I'm gonna throw out these absolutes for you. Always use the ABCs. Mic drop, airway, breathing and circulation. Is your patient's airway clear? Are they breathing and is their blood circulating? Okay. The second One is the Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which is very, very similar to the ABCs. So Maslow's hierarchy, physiological needs always come first. Thank you, Bonita. ABC. So physiological needs come first. The ABCs, airway, breathing and circulation. And then we move to safety needs. Is there, excuse me, is there oxygen tank, like, are there cords around that they could trip on? Is their bed lower? Do they have their call light? Are there any environmental safety things? Is there like medication safety things that you need to address safety needs of your patients? Come after the abc. And then we move into self esteem looks, excuse me, I'm sorry. Love and belonging to and then self esteem and then self actualization. So that's what it is. It's the physiological needs first, then safety needs, then love and belonging, self esteem and self actualization. So of course you're not, of course, I mean, of course you are not going to do this. So you want to make sure that you are solving for the ABCs first. Making sure your patient's airway is clear, making sure they are breathing and making sure their blood is circulating before you worry about, let's say, how they feel with their, you know, community, you know, how they feel about themselves. You know, we're much more worried about saving their life. Like Nicole said, we're much more worried about saving their life than we are about, you know, their self esteem needs or their love and belonging needs. So that is why Maslow's hierarchy is set up that way. Now the next one is the nursing process. So make sure that you are always assessing your patient first. This is huge. So when you get to, okay, you guys, when you get to your nursing school exams, they are going to try to trick you into doing a nursing intervention before you assess your patient. Okay? So when you get to, when you get a case scenario question and that case scenario question asks you, what should your first action be? What's your initial response? Something like that. If they're asking you what's the first thing you should do, you need to make sure, make it very, very sure that there is no answer there that assesses your patient before you choose an intervention. So instead of saying give this medication, instead of like selecting an answer that says give this medication or do this, whatever, whatever, like nursing intervention, make sure that it doesn't say like, assess their blood pressure, assess their heart rate, you know, take, take a set of vitals, you know, do a focused assessment on the cardiac system. Make sure that there's nothing else you can assess for, for. And here's why. You have to assess your patient first to make sure you have all the information you need in order to do your nursing interventions safely and properly. Okay? You can't just give a blood pressure medication until you've, you know, assessed their blood pressure. All right? Okay, so we all on board with that one. They will try to trick you on that. All right? So. So just. Just wait for it. Okay? Like, every time you take a nursing school exam, keep that in the back of your mind. Just keep it right over here. Okay? Think about it, because I promise you, one day you are going to see that on your exam, and they are going to want, like, there's going to be answers there that want you to do nursing interventions, but then one of the answers, or maybe a couple of the answers are going to be to assess something. Make sure you assess your patient first. All right, cool. So those are those three prioritization principles that you always have to be thinking about, all right? The ABCs, Maslow's hierarchy of needs, and the nursing Process. Okay. Any tips about how to go about studying for prioritizing topics for final. What your weakest in. Do not study things that you already understand and already know. Okay? So when you are studying for your nursing school exams, do not study things that you already know just because it makes you feel good. Don't do that. Focus on the things that you don't yet understand. Focus on the things that are harder for you. Make sure that you are, you know, learn, you know, focusing. You're spending your time on the things that you don't yet know. All right? And then, of course, like we always say, always, always, always. I'm sure half of you on here can write it out as I say it, too, or say it with me. Focus on studying the things that your instructors talk about in class. Always. Okay? Because for a couple reasons, they either wrote your test or they know what's on it. So focus on studying the topics that your instructors talk about in class. That is huge. And I know I get a lot of pushback on that when I say that people send me mean comments. And. And that's okay. Totally fine. But I promise you, my friend, if you try to read everything in your textbooks, you will know a little bit about a lot of things, but you are not going to know enough on what they actually test you on. Okay? Focus on studying what your instructors talk about in class, because that is most likely what is going to show up on your exams. Okay, cool. Awesome. I'm so glad that was helpful. All right, friends. So I hear A crying baby upstairs. Sorry. So I got to go. We will. Okay, here's the thing. Matthew and I are in this flux of baby life again, so we are needing to stop our regular Monday, Wednesday live videos for the time being. So this will be the last one of this season series until we can get the baby to sleep more at night. And then, because, like, in this time, apparently this is just, you know, when baby is totally awake and wanting mom. So that's just how it is right now. So we are going to try to go live as much as we can. We will schedule them on YouTube before we do, so be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel and, you know, make sure that you don't miss those live videos when we do go live. But we are needing to stop them on our, like, regular Monday, Wednesday schedule for the time being. But of course, you know us, we love going live with you. So we will be back. It's just, you know, for the next little bit, we need to not do it at night because baby needs mommy. So that's just how it is. So thank you guys for understanding. And we will be back. Hopefully, you know, and, you know, well, you'll still see us live. We'll still be live. And of course, we're still going to be posting YouTube videos and all the things and follow me on Instagram stories because. Yay. That's fun. Yeah. I hope you guys have a fantastic rest of your Wednesday. It's Wednesday. Have a fantastic rest of your Wednesday and a great weekend. And. Yeah. See you later. All right. I'm gonna close YouTube down first. Yeah. Bonita.