Navigating Nursing School With Your Nursing Tutor (Help and Support for Nursing Students)

Have you failed NCLEX? Are you afraid of failing NCLEX? Today I’m introducing you to Dr Lakicia Foster, a nursing professor who also specializes in helping students finally pass the NCLEX. Whether you failed NCLEX 10-years ago, or only last month, there ARE things you can do to still become a nurse. No matter what you’re situation is, I know you’re going to hear a lot of valuable and useful nugget...

There are 3 things I recommend that EVERY student should do before starting your core nursing classes. Are you a pre-nursing student who is starting this summer or fall? Then you still have time to do these things! Are you a current nursing student wondering if you checked these important topics off your “to do” list? It’s not too late to find out in today’s podcast episode! For show notes and lin...

Want to learn the #1 quality I look for that tells me if a student will ultimately be successful in nursing school? Have you ever wondered if ATI and HESI are actually harder than the NCLEX? Or maybe you’ve got kids, and are second guessing all your life choices as you face a potential mental breakdown? I’ll help you out in today’s episode! Did you know you can find me on TikTok? Find the link to...

In today’s Tutoring Consult, you’ll learn how to overcome extreme test anxiety BEFORE it becomes a barrier to your nursing school success, the importance of busting through your math avoidance to master Dosage Calculations, and how to prevent that depressing cycle of studying harder and harder and harder…even though it never makes a difference. And it’s all in the context of a real life nursing st...

In today’s episode, I’m going to tell you why I DON’T want to help you get straight A’s in nursing school…and I’ll explain 3 good reasons why I don’t think YOU should try to get straight A’s, either. For show notes and links visit https://www.yournursingtutor.com/episode72

You study hard, take notes, listen to lecture…then STILL fail exams or get borderline grades. What’s the disconnect? Why is it so hard? How can you better understand what those NCLEX-style questions are really asking you? For show notes and links visit https://www.yournursingtutor.com/episode71

Is it FAIR for nursing schools to use exit exams? How should you study muscles for A&P? What’s the best way to study microbiology when you HAAAATE it? We’ll answer these questions in today’s episode! Did you know I have a free Facebook Group where you can connect with other nursing students AND get some help from me? It’s called “Nursing Students in Nursing School”! Find the link to join on th...

What should you do when you are 100% sure that your instructor is WRONG about their rationale for a test question, but just won’t admit to it? I’ll tell you exactly what steps to take in today’s episode (we’re also going to dissect an NCLEX-style question to figure out how to get the correct answer!) For show notes and links visit https://www.yournursingtutor.com/episode69

Need easy ideas for how to network with other nurses while in nursing school? Hoping to get into a highly competitive specialty as a new grad? Here are 4 tips that you can (and should!) be doing while in nursing school to make it even easier to get the nursing job of your dreams…even as a brand new grad. For show notes and links visit https://www.yournursingtutor.com/episode68

How should you prepare for an accelerated nursing program? Any tips for improving general math skills? What are the BEST sources for A&P review? How should you use the study guides your instructor provides to get the best grades? Did you know that I have a free Facebook Group you can join to connect with other nursing students AND get some help from me? It’s called “Nursing Students in Nursing...

Do you HAVE TO “do your time” in med-surg before applying to a specialty area of nursing? What should you put on your resume when applying to your very first nursing job? Will it matter if you got a “C” in any of your nursing classes? In today’s interview with Nurse Practitioner Amanda Guarniere of The Resume Rx , you’ll learn some essential tips not only for making it through an intense nursing p...

Previous healthcare experience…does it HELP or HURT you in nursing school? How should you study Pathophysiology when it's all so overwhelming? What are some tips for answering SATA type questions? Listen to hear my answer! Did you know that I have a free Facebook Group you can join to connect with other nursing students AND get some help from me? It’s called “Nursing Students in Nursing School”, a...

Interactive Biology YouTube star (and fantastic teacher!), Leslie Samuel, joins us today to share his best tips for how to memorize A&P, how to overcome Imposter Syndrome during nursing school, and what to do if you’ve discovered that you need to go back and review A&P after you’ve already started your nursing classes. For show notes and links from the episode visit https://www.yournursing...

Did you know that I have a free Facebook Group you can join to connect with other nursing students AND get some help from me? It’s called “Nursing Students in Nursing School”, and today I’m answering one of the student questions I received there. Melissa asked,  “I am 43 years old, and I feel like I'm treated like a child! Most of the time they tell me what I'm doing wrong, but not how to fix...

If you’ve been doing “okay” in nursing school, then suddenly you get to Med-Surg and find it to be much harder (or want to avoid having that experience!), then this is the episode for you! In this tutoring consult, we’ll talk about the REAL reason that Med-Surg feels so much harder for many nursing students, and what you can do to make it easier so you can get better grades. For show notes and lin...

In today’s Tutoring Consult, you’ll learn what to do when you’re told you need to “think like a nurse”, but aren’t told HOW to learn to do that! We’ll also discuss one of the BIGGEST nursing school myths that even your professors believe, and what the truth behind it is. For the show notes and links visit https://www.yournursingtutor.com/episode61

Steph Kamataris of @ShiftChange. RN on Instagram joins us to share her best Time Management tips for nursing school, advice for how to land your dream nursing job as a new grad, AND the study strategies that personally got her through nursing school. For show notes and links, visit https://www.yournursingtutor.com/episode60

Listen in on a tutoring consult to learn how to deal with beginning-of-semester overwhelm, the best way to study for fundamentals, health assessment, and pharmacology…and how adult learners can turn your life experience into a significant ADVANTAGE when it comes to critical thinking skills. For show notes and links to the resources I mention, visit https://www.yournursingtutor.com/episode59

If you’re pre-nursing, there are lots of things you can be do to prepare to start strong in nursing school. On this episode, you can listen in to a real Tutoring Consult with one of my pre-nursing VIP Tutoring Members. You’ll hear how we developed a personalized plan of action to help her feel confident and prepared to begin her first nursing semester, and cover things like mastering dosage calcul...

Do you ever worry about what it would be like to pass nursing school…only to fail nclex (multiple times!), and lose a job because of it? But then to finally get the kind of tutoring support that spurs you onto success? Today I’m interviewing a former tutoring student, Jenn Volp, who experienced exactly that! You’ll get to hear what it was like for her while she was going through that hard situatio...

In this episode, I'm laying out exactly HOW I help so many nursing students reduce the overwhelm and get through nursing school confidently and calmly.  This 4-step study system mimics the way that experienced nurses think... which means that when YOU study this way, you're training your brain to critically think so that you will get better test scores. For a transcript of the episode and the...

Hey there! This is Nurse Nicole, founder of Your Nursing Tutor and the VIP Tutoring Membership. Today, I’m doing something a little bit different on the podcast that I think you’re going to love...I’m going to let you be a “fly on the wall” for a recent Tutoring Consult that I did for one of my VIP Tutoring Members, Amber! Amber’s nursing journey has taken her longer than she originally hoped, wit...

Hey there! This is Nurse Nicole, founder of Your Nursing Tutor and the VIP Tutoring Membership. Today, I’m resharing one of the 4 most popular podcast episodes of 2021, just in case you missed it. In today’s short episode, I’ll be offering you some words of encouragement that I hope will carry you through any rough patches you might experience on your nursing journey. So if you’re in a situation w...

Hey there! This is Nurse Nicole, founder of Your Nursing Tutor and the VIP Tutoring Membership. Today, I’m resharing one of the 4 most popular podcast episodes of 2021, just in case you missed it. In today’s episode, I’ll be telling you the 3 reasons why otherwise passionate, motivated students who aspire to become nurses...will FAIL. And I’ll be dispelling the myths that nursing students fail bec...

Hey there! This is Nurse Nicole, founder of Your Nursing Tutor and the VIP Tutoring Membership. Today, I’m resharing one of the 4 most popular podcast episodes of 2021, just in case you missed it. Today’s episode is all about the ONE thing you can do in nursing school that will prevent you from becoming a nurse every single time...no matter how badly you want to become one. Plus, I’ll be sharing a...