When looking back down the long path of an undergraduate degree, there are a few things all of us wish we could tell our freshmen selves. Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should wear your pyjamas to class. Though delicious, pizza does not for three square meals make. Buying a fancy coffee a day really does double your tuition costs.
But most of all—after
all those hours in lecture halls, all those papers written, all those IV
needles jabbed and placed (and placed again)—what you really wish you could
tell your freshman self is how important a solid study plan is to your learning
success.
All-nighters
aren’t your friend, and only going over the stuff you’ve got down pat is just a
way to make yourself feel better about starting a TV marathon. After you’ve got
a degree under your belt, you’ve come far enough to know that exam success
means an attack plan, hundreds of pages of notes, flashcards, and, most important
of all, study buddies.
Because the best
learning doesn’t happen in a vacuum, does it?
That’s why PRIMED’s NCLEX Prep course takes place in what’s called a
“Cooperative Learning Environment.” That may sound like just a fancy term for
“classroom,” but what it really means is something beyond four walls and a
roof. A Cooperative Learning Environment means a cohort of nurses working
toward the same goal as you and an instructor encouraging you from the finish
line.
Before
you walk into the NCLEX-RN exam room, PRIMED’s two-day intensive course offers the
key building blocks of a good study plan: an overall content review, focused
sessions on key areas, and plenty of practice questions. But PRIMED’s course
goes above and beyond this by offering the opportunity to work through a
variety of common clinical scenarios together with fellow students and the
instructor.
Not to mention,
of course, the continuing
support of fellow NCLEX exam takers and the PRIMED team after the prep course
finishes.
You’ve got a running buddy to help get you through those last 500 metres
of that half-marathon you’ve been working toward, right? Think of PRIMED as
your multi-headed trainer/cheer squad combo to get you totally pumped for NCLEX-RN
race day.
Let’s do this thing! Gatorade is on us (metaphorically speaking—drinks
aren’t allowed in the testing room).
