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I want to be a nurse. Specifically, a labor and delivery nurse. And I struggle right now with the motivation to study and managing my time well. I get good grades and do well in school. But I am a major procrastinator, and I do not want that to carry over to college when studying really counts, and I will someday have lives in my hands. So I don't want to just memorize information, but truly retain and remember, and learn. I would love any recommendations/answers to these questions if you are a nurse! Thank you! What study methods helped you truly understand and retain the material instead of just memorizing facts for exams Were there any specific techniques, resources, or habits that made complex concepts "click" for you in the long term? Looking back, what strategies helped you maintain a healthy balance between nursing school, work/social life, and personal well-being? #Fall25?

I want to be a nurse. Specifically, a labor and delivery nurse. And I struggle right now with the motivation to study and managing my time well. I get good grades and do well in school. But I am a major procrastinator, and I do not want that to carry over to college when studying really counts, and I will someday have lives in my hands. So I don't want to just memorize information, but truly retain and remember, and learn. I would love any recommendations/answers to these questions if you are a nurse! Thank you!

What study methods helped you truly understand and retain the material instead of just memorizing facts for exams?

Were there any specific techniques, resources, or habits that made complex concepts "click" for you in the long term?

Looking back, what strategies helped you maintain a healthy balance between nursing school, work/social life, and personal well-being?

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Victoria’s Answer

Nursing school will definitely be the ultimate test and drill all that knowledge into you. For me, I learned best when thrown into an environment. You'll learn lots during your clinical rotations and especially in your first year as a nurse. Nursing school is very competitive and they're always looking for those with experience. So to help, maybe consider starting out as a tech on a L&D floor. That way when you apply, you might also have a foot in the door situation. Good luck!
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It is good do hear you say that you will have lives in your hands, because you will. Nurses and nursing assistants are the eyes and hands of the physician, and the physician is not at the bedside very much, so your focus and attention to detail and knowing what may lie behind even the smallest changes in your patient may save a life. Don't let that scare you! Allow it to energize you to commit to being the best informed person taking care of your patients.

As a lifelong procrastinator myself, I will tell you that putting off studying until just before the test will bite you later in your schooling and career. Follow the practice of building on the foundations that are laid down from day one. Build your knowledge by tying it to your previous lessons. Everything you learn is a building block that binds to other building blocks to make you a complete nurse. Knowing, WHY you are giving the medication, or performing a procedure is so much more important than just knowing that you do certain things in certain situations. When I study, I have to take notes, by hand while listening or reading, then I review or rewrite these notes soon after class. Otherwise I may not fully understand my own short hand. I also block out study time that I do not let Anything interfere with, short of an emergency. Your "job" at this point is to learn, and learn in a way that you will retain. One study aid that has always helped me in my paramedic and nursing training, is to seek out study aids that set a situation and then attach several questions related to that situation. it helps me solidify the application of knowledge to the real world setting. Good luck!
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