Nursing exams can feel like an uphill battle, but what if there were effective strategies to make the climb easier? I'm Nurse Lauren, and in this episode of the Nursing Student Coach podcast, I share my top five strategies to help alleviate the stress of exam day and ensure you're performing at your best. 

Do you stay up all night trying to cram everything the day before your exams and then make avoidable silly mistakes during the exam? Well, sleep is a powerful tool when for your performance, and so is creating a unique calming exam and post-exam ritual for self-care purposes. Imagine ending your exam day with a soothing bubble bath or an energizing workout, sounds wonderful, right?

Listen in to learn how to get in the zone before the exam starts, plus the power of the fifteen-minute rule post-exams. You will also learn why breaking the exam into smaller chunks of ten questions can help make the process less overwhelming. 

What You Will Learn: 

·         [00:00] Intro 

·         [01:09] Get a good night’s sleep to avoid making silly mistakes during the exam that might lead to underperformance. 

·         [03:06] Have an exam day ritual before and after an exam that involves self-care practices to alleviate stress and anxiety. 

·         [05:20] The fifteen-minute rule – all the things you’re allowed to do fifteen minutes after the exam before letting it go. 

·         [07:40] Take a 30-seconds moment when the exam starts to get yourself in the zone and read every question twice. 

·         [09:03] Take the exam ten questions at a time – break down the exam into smaller chunks to make the process less overwhelming.

Standout Quotes:

·         “Don’t get so hung up on feeling like you failed or feeling like you didn’t do well because you almost always did better than you think you did.”- Lauren [06:26]

·         “This is your exam and your exam only; you’re responsible for your own success and your own failure.”- Lauren [08:20]

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