What to Study BEFORE NURSING SCHOOL

Are you wondering what to study before nursing school or how to prepare for nursing school and make it easier to pass? Unfortunately, most nursing students make a huge mistake when it comes to preparing for nursing school, and it ends up costing them a lot when they start school. So in this video, I will tell you exactly what you should study before nursing school to avoid this huge mistake. So stick around until the end because you do not want to miss any of these tips. What is up, my friend? My name is Christina Rafano and I am the creator of the nursing school show where we walk you through how to pass nursing school step by step. Now hit that subscribe button and click the notification bell. Let's dive in. So you're probably asking yourself, what should you study before nursing school? How can you prepare for nursing school and make it easier to pass? These are super good questions to ask yourself. And most students I talk with get this wrong. Majorly wrong. So let's talk about it. Here's what most nursing students do. Most nursing students buy all of their textbooks and start reading them before they start school. You'll look at the class syllabus and realize that your professors have basically assigned the entire book for you to read. You'll tell yourself your life is over. Nursing school was a terrible idea. And obviously you'll never see your family for the next few few years of your life. Huge mistake. And here's why. Because you don't know what you don't know. When you start nursing school, you're going to learn so much in the first two weeks of the term, it's going to blow your mind. It's a huge waste of time to try and read everything in the textbook before you start your nursing classes. I know. I know, friend. Even though your professors give you the entire textbook to read and you feel like your life is ending, seriously, you don't read it all. Period. Because when you start nursing school, you're going to find that your professors don't teach you everything in your textbook. I mean, seriously, these things are gigantic. You are not going to be tested on everything in your textbook. That would be ridiculous. Like, ridiculous. It would take you about 10,000 years. Okay, yes, that's a bit dramatic, but you see my point. Do you really want to read this entire textbook in nursing school? No. So here's what you should focus on. Focus on reading the sections of the book that your professors talk about in class. Period. End of story. Don't believe me? That's fine. Believe these students who have followed our study tips and totally rocked it. This stuff works. And I walk you through exactly how to study here in this video. And I also give you a full step by step nursing school study process here in this free checklist. The link is in the description for you to check that out. Now, you're probably wondering, well, Christina, that's great and all, but I need to wait until I start nursing school to do that. What can I do now before starting school? And I have the answer for you, my friend. Did you know that when you start nursing school, within the first two weeks you will have a dosage calculation exam? This is where you need to calculate doses for pharmacology using math. Yes, math. And get this, you can't get any questions wrong. If you do, you will most likely have one shot at a makeup exam and then boop. Out of your program. Now you know me and you know that I'm never here to scare you or anything. And if your anxiety just went up a little bit, do not worry, you will pass. I know you've heard the rumors that no one passes nursing school, but for real, if that was true, well, we wouldn't have any nurses now would we? I break down the biggest nursing school lies, including that one here in this video. So be sure to check that out as well. But with all of that said, the dose calc exam is a very serious thing. You must pass it and you must get 100% on it in order to stay in your program. Now, some programs may allow you to get a 90% on it. And if you're in one of those, just be blessed be because that is not the case for a lot of nursing students. So if you've ever told yourself that you were bad at math, listen up. This is what you should be spending your time on. Not reading the textbook, not getting a head start on papers. No practice dose calc. Because if you don't get this down before the start of your nursing program, you will struggle the first few weeks. Here's what will happen. You will have all of these exams to study for care plans to write, nursing skills to practice, and a dose calc exam that you need to get 100% on. And you'll need to focus on that dose calc exam at the expense of other things. So you'll actually end up getting behind. And you do not want to start nursing school off being behind. So here's what to do. Go through these videos and learn how to answer dose calc problems. It's way easier than you think, I promise you. I also have this free dose calc cheat sheet for you that walks you through the step simple six step process to follow to get your questions right every single time. Then, once you've watched those videos and downloaded that cheat sheet, do as many practice problems as possible. Oftentimes, nursing schools will send out a packet of practice questions for you to do. Do them, follow her simple six step process and do them until you understand it inside and out. Now, this is going to save you in the first few weeks of your program. Of course, if you're a nursing SOS member, head on over to your dashboard and click on bonus. We have two dose calc workbooks in there for you filled with practice problems. And of course I walk you through the answers and how to solve them using dimensional analysis. So be sure to check that out. If you think you're bad at math, don't worry, I will help you. Now, there's one more thing that you should study before you start your program, but I want to address something really important first, and that is your math mindset. I am sure that at some point during this video you have said to yourself, there is no way I can get 100% on a math test. I am super bad at math. Friend. Stop right there. You are not bad at math. You just haven't had the practice to get confident with it yet. Just because you don't know how to do it now doesn't mean you won't know it soon. And it definitely doesn't mean that you're going to fail. You are just starting nursing school and you are not expecting expected to know everything about everything about everything right now. So give yourself grace, give yourself a break and give plenty of time for you to practice. The more you practice, the better off you're gonna get. Now, after you've done that, and only after you've done that, the next thing you should study is the nursing process. The nursing process is the step by step system that you will follow in your entire journey as a nursing student and as a nurse. It is everything in nursing. I break it down really simple for you here in this video. So be sure to check that out. But like I said before, only after you've mastered dose calc. Deal? Deal. Now, here's where I see nursing students get stuck all the time. They tell me, christina, I'm taking Nursing Fundamentals and I don't know how to critically think or think like a nurse. Of course you don't. You just started nursing school, friends, you are not expected to know how to critically think or how to think like a nurse. Right now. That comes with time and with experience. So as you go through the nursing process, do not beat yourself up that you don't know how to put all the puzzle pieces together, see how they fit together. Yet you are not expected to know that right now. It will come in time. Just focus on learning what the nursing process is and the basics of it. That's your goal right now. Now make sure to like, comment, subscribe and share this video out friend and click on this playlist right here to help walk you through how to study in nursing school. Step by step and go become the nurse that God created only you to be. And I'll catch you next time on the Nursing School Show. Take care.