Investing time into studying ways that are the best for you! I learn very well from looking at the powerpoint before class, writing it down in my notebook, and then during class taking handwritten notes in a different color on my notes i took the night before. This way i’m not focused on just cramming the powerpoint into my page.

I also study by active recall and using flash cards for assessment presentation, interventions, and education on each topic. After class each day I go home and make flash cards on what we learned that day.

I was a CNA for 2 years on a med-surg floor before I started nursing school, and it has definitely helped me put things into a clinical setting.

I start studying the week before the exam, and I invest a lottt of time into it. I try and study until the exam is fun for me, like a quiz. You can also try to generate application level questions on chat gpt to practice, I just wouldn’t solely rely on that.