Study Medicine Europe developed this infographic, ‘How To Study Smarter By Discovering Your Learning Style’. They explain the three styles in more detail, provide helpful pointers around how to identify what sort of a social learner you are, and propose ten practical tips for better study.

Saying nurses are busy is like saying grass is green. Adding in the need to study for an exam or certification is just one more thing to deal with - studying is basically a part-time job when you’re a nursing student. Here’s the good thing - there are a few tried and true study methods that science has given the thumbs up.

Adrianne answers the questions of a listener who is nervous about taking on another student in their three-person study group. Keeping in mind worries of emotional blowouts and the detriment of all four students, Adrianne musters her most responsible, objective voice to help talk this listener through a very common nursing school dilemma.

I asked my pal and graduate student, Brad, what school supplies he felt were essential for nursing students. He replied “books, a binder and a pen”. Clearly he doesn’t have the love for office supplies and organization that I do, so we’re going to leave him out of this conversation for now.

If you’re not using YouTube to study the health sciences, you’re missing out. Here’s Adrianne’s list of favorite YouTube channels for studying.

REMEMBER, everyone learns differently and that’s ok. If these tips don’t work for you, ask classmates, teachers, co-workers, family members that work in the industry for theirs. There are as many different study styles as there are blogs in the webiverse…..