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How to study for nursing school exams

Written by a med-surg nurse — ten years on the floor, every exam on the way there passed.

  1. How to study for a nursing school exam when you have a weekA week-long plan for a nursing school exam from a nurse ten years on the floor: what to read, when to switch to questions, and what to do with the ones you get wrong.
  2. How to answer select-all-that-apply questionsSelect-all-that-apply questions punish guessing. How to take them one option at a time, the traps that cost the most points, and how to practise them — from a nurse ten years on the floor.
  3. Who do you see first? How to answer priority questionsPriority questions ask which patient or action comes first. The order of checks that works on exams and on a real floor, and the mistakes that make a right-sounding answer wrong.
  4. How to use practice questions without memorizing the answer keyDoing hundreds of practice questions only helps if you use them right. How to read rationales, keep a missed list and redo questions so the exam feels familiar — from a nurse ten years on the floor.
  5. How to study pharmacology in nursing school without memorizing every drugPharmacology feels like memorizing a phone book. How to study it by drug class instead — what to learn for each class, how to use name endings, and how to practise — from a nurse ten years on the floor.