Healthy Study Habits to adopt in Nursing School

In this modern era, society demands more efficiency in all the aspects, it may be Commerce, Technical field, Marketing, Management sector or Healthcare system. Colleges are more concerned about healthy study habits as there is more competition and the subjects are more sophisticated.
Studying nursing courses is a challenge, as it covers many subjects which include different types of medical and social aspects. Nursing programs includes variety of subjects from anatomy to psychology.  Nurses need to adopt healthy study habits in nursing schools. New Nursing programs are evolving, as there is a need for specialties for the sake of quality care. Nursing is NO MORE a generic term now, it is getting more specialties every year, such as Palliative care, Geriatric care, Critical care etc.
Nursing as a profession is growing rapidly throughout the world. Many people are recognizing nursing in abroad.  Nursing has a wide scope throughout the world and Indian nurses are availing the opportunities for their higher studies in international nursing universities. Indian nurses are becoming more aware about international nursing, but there is an absolute need to understand that the nursing training in international universities is different. Nurses need to cope up with different education systems, by developing healthy study habits.

According to the Texas Tech University, some of the important healthy study habits include:

• Before studying anything, plan properly.
• Never study randomly.
• Each day’s study schedule should be planned.
• Take away all the things that distract you, for example, Mobile, Music, Television, Magazines etc.
• First try to understand which type of a learner are you and then study accordingly. There are different types of learners such as visual learners, kinetic learners, auditory learners etc.
• Don’t just mug up, instead try to understand the concepts.
• “Repetition” is important. You may pass exams by studying just before exams, but remember you are going to use this information on patients in the future. Repeat and update yourself.
• Take help from teachers whenever necessary.
• Discussion with friends will make you to understand better and you will not forget the details.
• Use mnemonics wherever necessary.
• Simulation is the best way of learning for nurses. Nurses can practice different procedures on mannequins.

To conclude, healthy study habits play a very significant role in relation to improve the learning experience of the nurses and become efficient Nurses. As there is a huge difference between Indian Nursing and International Nursing, we need to focus on healthy study habits which can bridge the gap between the two. At the same time, it should enable Indian Nurses to imbibe confidence and cope up with International Nursing.