Does your Learning Style matter? Short answer: Yes! Longer answer: Yes, but… But there are other things that matter, too. A lot of students already know that learning style makes a difference in how well they learn information. They might even have a pretty good idea about what their own learning style is (Auditory? Visual? …
Studying Endocrine Disease often feels overwhelming to nursing students. The key to mastering this body system is to know the hormones, and to remember that the endocrine diseases come in pairs. There is one set of symptoms for hyper function, which is when too much hormone is secreted. Then there is an opposite set of …
In last night’s Q&A session, we went over a few NCLEX-style review questions. One question asked about the heart sound S3. Now, I don’t pretend to be perfect know-it-alls who get every question right…and I happened to get this one wrong! We are learning new things all the time, just like any nurse. So I …
If you’re like me, you probably have trouble remembering all of Erikson’s Eight Stages of Development. But if you want to do well in your pediatric nursing class or on pediatric NCLEX style questions, you just need to know it. That’s why I was so excited today when I found this great video! It will …
Memorize Erikson’s Stages of Developments in Less than 20 Minutes Read More »
I was working on a study guide today for the basic A&P for Neuro, and it made me think. I’m no great philosopher, but it seems to me that neurons, like nursing students, do not do well when they are isolated. If you’ll remember, the purpose of a neuron is to gather information (in the …
This is Your Brain on HESI – How to Think When You’re Studying Read More »
So now that you know a little more about the HESI (and if you don’t, I recommend you go back and read this first), what do you need to do to be successful on the HESI exit exam? Calm Down Start by calming down! You can’t cram for the final HESI in a single night; …
One school says you have to take HESI before you can apply to their nursing program. Another school says you have to take HESI at the end of the program in order to graduate. So what’s the deal? What is this HESI, anyway? And more importantly, what do I need to do to pass it?! …