Straight A Nursing: Study for nursing school exams & NCLEX

#491: The Overstudying Trap


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If you can relate to feeling like your mind has blanked while you're taking your nursing school exams despite studying all weekend going through your notes, rewatching lectures, and rewriting your study guides, I'd bet that you've fallen in to something I call the overstudying trap. It's one of the most common, most exhausting cycles nursing students get stuck in.

More hours + More highlighting + More reviewing = Still feeling behind.


In this episode, I'm sharing:

  • Why overstudying fails...and what's actually happening in your brain when it does
    • The four mechanisms that make passive studying so ineffective
      • What the overstudying trap looks like in real life (and why it's so hard to escape).
        • Three practical shifts you can make this week to start studying with intention.
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          Straight A Nursing: Study for nursing school exams & NCLEXBy Maureen Osuna, MSN, RN - Nursing school educator, author, and nursing student enthusiast.

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