Nursing School Wasn't Built for the Way You Learn
About this episode
The episode discusses how traditional nursing school methods may not accommodate diverse learning styles and the impact this has on students.
Take a SIMCLEX at: SIMCLEX.com I want to talk to the student who has started to believe something quietly devastating: that the reason nursing school is so hard for you is that something is wrong with you . Maybe you have ADHD. Maybe you're dyslexic. Maybe you process things more slowly, or anxiety hijacks you the second a test starts. And somewhere along the way you started to wonder if you're just not built for this. I want to flip that whole thing on its head. Nursing school wasn't built for the way you learn. That is not the same as you being incapable of learning nursing. Those are two completely different statements, and the difference between them might be the difference between you quitting and you becoming a nurse. Here's what I mean. The traditional nursing school model is built for one specific kind of brain — the one that can sit through a three-hour lecture, read fifty dense pages, hold it all in working memory, and reproduce it on a timed test. If that's not your brain, the system doesn't bend. It just makes you feel like you're failing. But notice what's actually happening there: the system is testing how well you fit its method, not how good a nurse you'll be. And…
People in this episode
Host: Jon Haws RN
Topics covered
- nursing education
- learning styles
- ADHD
- dyslexia
- test anxiety
- nursing school challenges
Keywords
- nursing school
- learning difficulties
- ADHD
- dyslexia
- test anxiety
- SIMCLEX
- nursing education
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: NURSING.com
Products: SIMCLEX
Places: Nursing School
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