My RN Journey

Today, I am going to share some additional study tips that I use for nursing school. Before Class :  Print out the lecture PowerPoint before class Review the PowerPoint before class  During Class : Type (or hand write) notes during class Don't be afraid to ask lots of questions during class - (majority of the time, another student will have the same question as you) After Class : Review notes after class (rather than waiting til the end of the week and procrastinating) Write out notes that you typed in class onto the printed PowerPoint Read/Type out the objectives of the assigned reading Find the answer to the objectives in book Take notes from book & add them to PowerPoint notes Print or write out all the key points from the chapters of the assigned reading Do lots of practice questions!!! Watch YouTube videos on topics you don’t understand Review a little everyday REPEAT! If you have any additional tips that you woul...

My journey into nursing school started in high school. As a senior in high school, I applied to nursing school early. Fortunate for me, my college offered an early entrance into nursing school for all high school seniors where the only requirements were an ACT score of 25 and a high school GPA of 3.0. Because I met both requirements (my ACT score being 27 and GPA being 4.0), I was automatically accepted into nursing school. My advice to you:  If you are a high school student: see if your nursing program of choice offers a high school pre-admit program. If you are a college freshman, try to maintain the highest GPA as you possibly can. Having a high GPA will increase your chances of getting into nursing school. After graduating high school, I then completed all of the required undergraduate college courses that I had to finish before starting nursing school. These courses included: A&P, Microbiology, Nutrition, English, Math, etc. Once these courses were completed, I...