 Hi guys, welcome back to this video today. I want to cover some time management tips for nursing school If you are like the majority of students time management can be very very hard to learn in nursing school It can be something a lot of people struggle with so I want to give you guys a couple little pointers to help you out But before we get started you guys need to know that this video is sponsored by pick Monic pick Monic is Hands down an amazing resource for nursing school and to prepare you for the NCLEX They have an app. They have a website. 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You're already learning in nursing school. So make sure you check them out But now let's talk about some time management tips Okay, so little backstory. I have always been a very like pro-activated Pro-activated I was gonna say motivated and proactive proactive and motivated person in nursing school like I Was just super type A about making sure things were done So I feel like I'm like the time management guru to give you guys information on what I did that helped me To hopefully help you so some things I did is at the beginning of this semester I literally got all of my classes like the syllabus syllabi I don't I don't know what you say when it's plural But I got the whole semester's worth of when tests were gonna be due when assignments were gonna be due And all of that and I literally would write everything down in my planner So that's my number one tip is get a planner whether it's on your phone Whether it's something you think something you physically write but write down every single assignment every single clinical time every single Test date so that way you don't forget anything you literally can't because it's written down in black and white The last thing you want to do is forget an assignment because you just Literally just didn't know about it So this eliminates that it helps you manage your time because you will not forget When things are going to be due so write everything down my next time saving tip is to use a resource like pick Monic to help You study for your nursing school content and for the NCLEX because pick Monic literally does everything for you guys You don't have to think about creating exam content and clicks questions They already have everything on there for you. So you don't even have to be creative and think of it yourself So use a resource like pick Monic to help you study because it will save you time in the long run not having to come up with like Okay, I made all these NCLEX questions or I've had to make all these flashcards Like it's literally going to do all of that for you. So make sure you check out pick Monic again I have them linked in my description box below My next time management tip is make sure you are setting a side time for studying or working on projects or whatever it is So literally like just like you'd write down your assignments that are due in your planner write down, okay from three to five today I plan on working on my Written assignment and then tomorrow. I'm gonna have a chunk of time between five and seven and I'm gonna work on my PowerPoint so that way you have already set aside that time to help motivate you to Do what you need to do The next thing is like really utilize your time in between classes to get things done every single moment I was a nursing school. I was trying to get stuff done. So that way when I got home I didn't have as much stuff So like if I had my first class and I had a two-hour break in between classes I would just work on assignments or I would work on studying So that's two hours of my time that I already like had to be at school that I got stuff done versus just hanging out Not doing anything and then getting home and having to do all of this work So use your little breaks even if it's 15 minutes 30 minutes You can get so much done to take another thing off of your plate My next tip is to make checklist so that way you can stay motivated to get stuff done I Live off of checklist even today. I make checklist Basically almost every day to try and get things accomplished and now it's not so much nursing school related But my checklists are like, I got to get laundry done. I need to go to the grocery store I need to record this video and then I check it off as I go and it helps stay motivated when you can physically see something getting checked off But do this for a nursing school. So if you're like, okay, I'm going to study for an hour. Write that down I'm going to work on my paper today. Write that down I have clinicals from this time to this time write that down. It just makes you feel satisfied and Motivated when you're like actually seeing yourself check things off and it gets it out of your brain So that way you're not just like running through all of these things that you constantly have to do And then you kind of get jumbled and you can't remember them if it's physically written down on paper or on your phone you can see it and Check it off as you go. My next time management tip is to Set timers when you are studying or when you're working on something so that way you can really stay motivated in that short time So instead of like allotting a six hour time block for you to study Be like, okay I'm going to study for 30 minutes and I'm going to set a timer and I'm going to put my phone to the side So I'm not getting distracted and I'm going to really study for those 30 minutes in a meaningful way And then I'm going to give myself a 15 minute break and I'm going to come back and study for 30 more minutes And set timers for that so that way you're held accountable And you can make the most of your time because if you set aside like a six hour time block like realistically You're going to be on instagram or you're going to be on tiktok. You're going to like get distracted And your study time is just not as meaningful I would rather like cram pack And really have a meaningful study period that's shorter than have a longer study period That's just not as like Proactive if that makes sense my last time management tip. This is kind of a creative tip, but it's to Keep reviewing old information that you're learning in nursing school And you're probably like, how is this a time management tip? But hear me out if you can come back to information that you've already learned in nursing school It's going to save you time in the long run because you're not going to have to like Get to the end where you're trying to study for a final and be like, oh my gosh I haven't studied any of this information for the last four months If you can continuously study little bits as you go of things that you've already learned for previous exams Then you're going to set yourself up for better success for the final But you're also going to save time because you are not like trying to cram everything in last minute So um, it may seem tedious. It may seem like, oh my gosh, I already learned this information Why am I having to go back and like revisit it? Well, that's because you're gonna forget it if you don't Like study it and you just let it go for four months You're going to struggle a little bit more and it's going to take up more time to study in the end One you could have just done like a little 10 minutes here and there all throughout your semester the last thing I want to leave you guys with is Nursing school is meant to be busy It's you're meant to juggle a lot of things all at once and nursing school is meant to be Challenging and make you feel like you just have so many things on your plate And that's because when you become a nurse You're going to utilize these time management skills that you've been practicing in nursing school But now for patient care and patient management and some people don't necessarily see that It's not just about like, yes, nursing school is overwhelming and it's challenging And you're doing all these things but that's preparing you for when you are juggling a patient That's about to code a patient that needs intubated a patient that needs an IV a patient I need labs drawn meds past like you're going to be trying to prioritize and do all of these different things all at once And nursing school is slowly trying to prepare you to manage your time And that's why they put a lot of things on your plate. So Embrace the suck so to speak embrace the challenge and just know that it's actually making you a better nurse Um and preparing you for being a nurse, which is ultimately why we're going to nursing school So I hope this information is helpful for you all. Um If you liked it give this video a thumbs up Make sure you check out pic monarch and the description box below and I will see you my next video. Bye