#159: Memory Techniques for Nursing School and When to Use Them

Straight A Nursing: Study for nursing school exams & NCLEX

Straight A Nursing

Medicine, Health & Fitness, Education

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🗓️ 24 June 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

In my free guide, the 20 Secrets of Successful Nursing Students, secret #4 is this: successful students know what to memorize vs conceptualize. While some people may tell you to ONLY focus on learning concepts, they forget that you actually do need to memorize some things in nursing school. After all, the names of the cranial nerves aren’t concepts...they’re simply facts and yes, you MUST memorize them! In this podcast episode we’ll talk about types of information to memorize vs conceptualize, and how memorizing the right things actually helps you understand concepts better! We’ll also discuss some key memory techniques to use in nursing school. Want to memorize without staring at your notes or computer screen? Then head on over to Study Sesh, the private podcast that uses unique formats to drill drill drill that information into your brain! https://straightanursingstudent.com/study-sesh/ For text and references: https://straightanursingstudent.com/memorization-vs-conceptualization/ Want to know the other 19 secrets? Get my free guide, 20 Secrets of Successful Nursing Students here: https://straightanursing.ck.page/4d90f769dc __________ The information, including but not limited to, audio, video, text, and graphics contained on this podcast are for educational purposes only. No content on this podcast is intended to guide nursing practice and does not supersede any individual healthcare provider's scope of practice or any nursing school curriculum. Additionally, no content on this podcast is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Straight a Nursing is a proud member of the Airwave Media Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi it's Nurse Mo and I've got a question for you. Would you ever dream of running a marathon without training first?
0:07.7	Of course not. Which is why I'm always so surprised when students don't even really think about doing anything to prepare for nursing school because honestly
0:16.7	nursing school is a lot like a marathon though actually it feels more like a really long
0:22.1	Sprint and if you show up on your first day without Actually, it feels more like a really long sprint.
0:23.0	And if you show up on your first day
0:24.6	without doing anything to get ready,
0:26.9	I'm not gonna lie, it's gonna hurt a bit.
0:30.2	So, warm up with Crucial Concepts Boot Camp, my nursing school prep course that has helped more than 5,000 students start their programs feeling confident and ready.
0:41.0	Enroll now and get a free electrolyte study guide.
0:44.0	Go to StraightA Nursing Student.com forward slash boot camp.
0:48.1	That's Straight A Nursing Student.
0:49.8	com forward slash boot camp to sign up for Crucial concepts boot camp and get a free electrolytes study guide.
0:57.0	See you there. Well hello there everybody welcome back to the Straight A nursing
1:15.1	podcast. I'm Nurse Mo and I'm so excited and happy that you are spending
1:20.6	your precious free time with me today.
1:24.8	So today we are talking about memorization
1:27.7	versus conceptualization study techniques
1:30.7	for nursing school, and this is episode number 159.
1:35.9	So before we dive into that I want to take a moment for the listener's shoutout and sometimes the
1:40.9	listener shoutouts come from reviews like on Apple Podcasts.
1:44.8	And so the person doesn't leave their real name. It's like their Apple ID name.
1:49.4	So this is Cal Cole. If you recognize that name, that's you then thank you so much. Here is
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