#230: BONUS! Grades Aren’t Everything

Straight A Nursing: Study for nursing school exams & NCLEX

Straight A Nursing

Education, Health & Fitness, Medicine

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Yes - the name of the pod is Straight A Nursing - but guess what? You don’t have to get straight As to be an awesome student or an awesome nurse. In this bonus episode we’re breaking down the belief that grades are the end-all, be-all in nursing school. Sure, they’re important (have you seen those grading scales?) but they’re not the only way to measure your academic success. Register for the FREE Workshop: Learn 5 key ways nursing students struggle and what you can do instead! Prep for nursing school with Crucial Concepts Bootcamp: Whether you’re starting nursing school or heading in to your second semester, CCB teaches you the strategies and foundation concepts you need to succeed. RATE, REVIEW AND FOLLOW! If this episode helped you, please take a moment to rate and review the show! This helps others find the podcast, which helps me help even more people :-) Click here, scroll to the bottom, then simply tap to rate with 5 stars and select, "write a review." I'd love to hear how the podcast has helped you! If you're not following yet, what are you waiting for? It takes just a quick moment and the episodes show up like magic every Thursday. And, when I release a bonus episode, those show up, too! You'll never miss a thing! In Apple Podcasts, just click on the three little dots in the upper right corner here. Know someone who would also love to study with me? Share the show or share specific episodes with your classmates...when we all work together, we all succeed! On Apple Podcasts, the SHARE link is in the same drop-down as the follow link. Spread the love! Thanks for studying with me! Nurse Mo __________ 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	When you can't quite get the angle, take hands-free selfies with the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5,
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0:15.6	Hey there, Nersmo here, and welcome back to the Straight A Nursing Podcast. This is a bonus episode,
0:33.2	so I'm so so excited that you're here. And today we're going to be talking about something that
0:38.4	might be a little controversial, but that's okay. Today I'm going to tell you that grades aren't
0:45.4	everything. Now, before we do that, I want to take a quick minute to do our listener shout out.
0:52.1	I love doing these because I love recognizing all of you who take the time to write and let me know how
0:58.5	my podcast or my online programs or my planners have helped you. So this shout out goes to Amanda,
1:06.0	who wrote in to say this. Thank you, Nersmo, for your bootcamp. I was nervous about Med's surge.
1:12.1	I did the bootcamp this summer, and not only did I pass, I got an A. Thank you so much for what you do.
1:19.3	So Amanda, I know it's been a little bit since you left this review. By now, I'm sure you have rocked
1:24.9	all of nursing school, and I'm so so proud of you. So Amanda is talking about my crucial concepts
1:32.0	bootcamp. If you're listening to this episode in real time, when it airs, that bootcamp is on
1:37.9	sale right now. So there will be a link in the episode note so that you can check it out and maybe
1:44.1	be as successful as Amanda. Okay, so let's dive into the topic for today, which is grades aren't
1:52.3	everything. So yes, you're probably thinking, isn't the name of this podcast straight A nursing?
1:59.9	Yes, yes it is, but guess what? You don't have to get straight A's to be an awesome student
2:06.5	or an awesome nurse. So what does straight A nursing mean? Where did that name come from?
2:13.5	So in general, nursing school attracts very high achieving students, and many programs are highly
2:22.6	competitive. The one I went to certainly was. So to even get into nursing school, I needed to have
2:29.4	a 4.0 to have any chance of getting into the program. And a lot of cases that might not be as
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