Nursing School LIES You Shouldn't Fall For

In this video, I'm going to debunk the most common nursing school lies you've heard and have probably already fallen for. Seriously, do not believe these myths. They will take you down in nursing school and I will tell you what they are in this video. Now hit that subscribe button and click the notification bell and let's do this. So I am pregnant right now with baby number two. And I don't know if it's the hormones or what, but I am feeling fine, feisty today. Which is perfect timing because I think this video is going to ruffle some feathers, especially the last lie that I'm going to talk about. So stay tuned. So here is nursing school lie number one. You need to know everything. I usually get a ton of pushback from students when I tell them this. Don't read everything in the book. Seriously friend, it is a huge waste of time. You are not expected to know everything about anything. Everything. In nursing school, no one knows everything. Not even your instructors. So here's what I always recommend to nursing students. Focus on reading the sections of the book that your professors talk about in class. I know it's tempting to read every word on every page because you're worried you're going to miss something. But friend, if you spend all of your time reading just for the sake of reading, you are not going to have enough time to study what actually matters. And you won't be prepared for your exam because you won't know what you're supposed to know. So please, please, please focus your study time on the things that actually matter. Now if you want to know how I focused my study time and got straight A's in nursing school, be sure to check this video out after you watch this one. And I've also listed out my best study strategies in a free study checklist for you. The link is in the description box below for you to snag it. Trust me, you do not want to miss out on this one. It's got all my best stuff. General study tips to how to study med surg, even my step by step process for acing your final exams. So make sure to get it after watching this video. Now, the next nursing school lie might make you very upset with me. And that's okay because I promise that life is better when you stop falling for this one. Here's the lie. There's more students who fail than students who pass nursing school. Okay friend, let's have a real honest moment here. Overall, this is just flat out untrue. I have heard so many students say, oh my gosh, my nursing program is so hard, most students fail out. And I know that's probably comforting for you to say. That way if you fail an exam, you won't feel as bad because you've told yourself that most students fail anyway and you'll feel less alone. I totally get it. But here's the truth. The majority of nursing students pass nursing school. And not only that, but many schools have a retention rate as high as 80 and 90%. I took a look at the nursing school retention rates for schools in the state of California and I was actually a little surprised at how many schools had a retention rate of 90% and above in 2018. That is fantastic. I also took a look at the national center for Education Statistics and found that in 2016, the average retention rate of college students in general was 81% at four year schools and 62% at two year schools. I'll put the links to both of those articles in the description for you to share. Check out if you want, but I found that super surprising. So really, depending on the retention rate and attrition rate for your school, it's probably going to be pretty close and maybe even better than the average retention and attrition rates for colleges just in general in the us So I really encourage you to google your nursing school and find out the retention and the attrition rates for your nursing program. Attrition means how many students leave the program and retention means how many students stay. So those are the two numbers that you will want to be looking at. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised at how many students make it through your nursing program, but look at the actual numbers. Don't just listen to the rumors and the tales of woe from previous students. It's also really important to look at the reasons why students may drop out of nursing school. Sure, some students do fail, but at least from my experience going through nursing school, we had many students who left for other reasons, like wanting to take care of a sick family member. Or maybe they were hospitalized themselves and then they needed to recover and take a step back from nursing school. During that time, some students also decided that they didn't want to be a nurse and went and pursued a different career. We also had many students, myself included, who got pregnant during nursing school, and many of them left the program to stay home with their newborn for the first few months. Life happens. Nursing school is a long road and there's a lot of life that happens in the middle of it. So I really hope that you will Consider changing the story that you're telling yourself that most students fail out of nursing school. You're just going to freak yourself out and cause yourself a lot of unnecessary stress. Now, before we get to the next nursing school lie, I want to give a shout out to Eleanor for our YouTube comment of the Week week. All of these lovely people posting nursing lessons on YouTube are making nursing school so much easier. Thank you. Oh, I'm so glad you love our videos and are using YouTube to help you study. There are so many amazing nurses here on YouTube, like Nurse Sarah at registerednurse, RN Kathy Parks at leveluprn, Ashley Adkins, and Nurse Liz. Those are some of my favorites. I'll put the links to all their channels down below for you to check out. It's so nice to hear from other students who have been in your shoes. We're all here to support each other, so I'm so glad you're here, friend, and keep your comments coming. Of course I love hearing your thoughts on all of our videos and I just might feature your comment in the next one, so leave a comment below and let me know what you think. Now let's get back to those nursing school lies, shall we? The next huge nursing school lie is that everyone else gets it except for me. Oh man, did I fall hardcore for this one in nursing school. When I started nursing school, I had very little medical experience. I had no idea what nurses even did, and I was not even convinced I wanted to be there. God had just told me to go to nursing school, so I did. So needless to say, I had no idea what I was doing or what was even happening. So I went through nursing school believing that everyone else was smarter and more prepared than me and then would make much better nurses than me. I believed this lie up until I started nursing sos. And seriously, I started receiving emails from nursing students telling me the exact same thing. That they were the only one in their class who didn't get it. And now, after helping tens of thousands of nursing students and responding to thousands of emails from students just like you, I can tell you with 100% confidence that everyone else in your program feels the exact same way. You are not alone in this, my friend. Everyone else is trying to figure out what's going on, just like you are. Nursing school lectures are confusing. Nursing school exams are confusing. Clinical is confusing. Everyone is trying to navigate it and figure it all out, just like you. So don't tell yourself that you're the only one. That thought does not serve you and it is not true. Anyway, in the next video, I'm gonna show you what to do if your professor doesn't actually teach during your classes. So if you feel like you're leaving class knowing less than when you went in and getting all sorts of confused, the next video is for you. Don't forget to download your free Nursing School Study Checklist where I walk you through exactly how to study in nursing school. You are going to wish you had it so sooner and make sure to like, comment, subscribe and share this video to your friends to show your support of our channel and tell the world that you want to become an amazing nurse. Now click on one of these videos right over here so you can keep rocking Nursing school and my friend, go become the nurse that God created only you to be and I'll see you in the next video.