 Hi guys, oh welcome back to my channel So most of you right now are probably on summer break, which is awesome summer break For the most part is like a time to kind of decompress from your nursing school Semesters get away from it a little bit enjoy maybe pool time beach time Mountain time camping time. I don't know depending on where where you live and what you do during the summer some of you may be in nursing school throughout the summer, but for the most part we're probably all on summer break and It should be a definitely a time for us to kind of like take a step back from nursing school But I also want to talk about how we can stay motivated during our summer breaks because it can be a really good Opportunity in time to help us prepare for future semesters So I want to talk about a few little tips on staying motivated during your summer break But before we get started, I want to let you know that this video is sponsored by Picmonic You guys know I love Picmonic. I talk about them and I've talked about them in so many of my videos Honestly, you guys you you've heard of Picmonic by now. I'm sure But if you don't know what they are, they're an amazing resource for nursing school and for the NCLEX They help make nursing school materials fun and easy to remember by creating these memorable characters and videos and stories to Tell you creative stories about what you're already learning in nursing school So for example, if you are in your pharmacology semester and you're struggling with pharmacology You can go on to Picmonic and search for the pharmacology topics that you're struggling with And they will create funny memorable stories to help you remember information They also have NCLEX questions to help you practice for the NCLEX and overall Picmonic is just a great resource to use In addition to what you're already learning in nursing school because it has all the content on there that you're learning in nursing school They also have your nursing school textbooks on there So if you're like me and don't want to like read 50 million pages a week Go on to Picmonic and search for your nursing school textbook And they have already broken down the content for you to make it super easy to learn Go check out Picmonic. I have the link in the description box below and if you use my link you get a little time for free So go check them out. Let me know if you like them I get so many comments and feedback from you guys about how awesome Picmonic is So I know you guys will all love them if you haven't tried them already. So Now let's talk about how we can stay motivated during summer break so First and foremost It's important that we get a little on our a little time to kind of just not think about nursing school So with everything that i'm telling you I want you to keep in mind that it's okay to also relax It's okay to take a little break. It's okay to kind of like Refresh your mind because you don't want to burn yourself out so much during the semester That it carries into your summer and it carries into your next semester And you're just going to really just get tired and burnt out of nursing before you even graduate nursing school So definitely take some time to yourself but one way to stay motivated during your summer break is to Schedule some time each week to kind of review old nursing content or content that you're going to be learning in your upcoming semester So let's say you just had your semester with med surge content We'll go back through your notes. Maybe your textbook Maybe some old quizzes or whatnot and just kind of keep that material fresh in your mind So schedule yourself out maybe like two to three days a week just for an hour or so Where you just go through and kind of review old content for me I like to use the summer as a time where I studied NCLEX questions because It was a good way to get in a lot of questions and a lot of practice without like feeling overwhelmed during the semester This is where pickmonic comes in guys if you don't have pickmonic You can use them during your summer break to review your nursing content and helps learning be a little bit more fun Then maybe reviewing your old flashcards or your old notes The next way to stay motivated is to reward yourself, but make yourself work for it a little bit So for example, maybe if you get five study sessions in then you can go get yourself ice cream Or go maybe hang out with a friend go get dinner, whatever it may be something fun Some activity or something that you like to do And reward yourself so write down your goal of like, okay Once I get my five study sessions and you're going to cross them all off as you go Reward yourself with something so that way it gives you a reason to study a reason to stay motivated And it kind of makes it a little fun a little fun fact This is like not nursing school related But my husband used to be in the military and used to deploy a lot Or we'd be separated for a long period of time, especially during nursing school So we used to count down in like paychecks because like we'd get paid every two weeks So it was like, okay instead of saying we have a hundred something days It's so much easier to be like, okay, we have eight paychecks left or something like that So this is kind of a good way to say motivated For nursing school content as well during the summer because you can just check things off And it makes it just like a fun way to kind of count down but also keep yourself accountable and motivated The next way that I like to say motivated is I like to make my learning a little bit more like creative and fun by Maybe having a new set of pencils or pens or paper or notebook or planner Or something that made me feel like motivated to actually learn I know this may sound silly to some but growing up I used to just love going to staples or whatever like office supply store you had just to buy like new I don't know binder pens pencils because it made me like more excited to learn If I had like the supplies and the materials to make it fun and creative And so I would like rewrite my notes and I could use my highlighters and my pens and draw pictures for myself And it helped me retain information but also made learning a little bit more fun So maybe go out and get yourself some color pencils or gel pens or something I know it sounds silly, but it really like helped me to just make it fun And I used to actually rewrite my notes after nursing school like after I finished my classes because I felt like during class You were just like so Overwhelmed so much information so quickly. So after class I would rewrite my notes make them all pretty And do pictures and things to kind of make it fun and help like trigger my memory So if that's something that you can do over the summer that would really prepare you for your future semesters Slash for the NCLEX because remember The ultimate goal here is to get to the NCLEX and pass so you can come and nurse It's great that you can pass nursing school, but ultimately we got to pass the NCLEX too All right, those are my few little tips on how to stay motivated during summer break I know they're kind of quirky and fun, but I hope that they help you guys out Make sure you check out pick monic if you haven't already a great resource to use over the summer and during your nursing school Semesters to help you just do better in nursing school and help you pass the NCLEX So check them out links in the description box below. It'll let you try them out for free But thanks for watching this video and I'll see you guys in my next one. 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