3 steps to walk you through how to study med surg in nursing school. And it’s actually super nice to have a plan right, that way you know what to do next and it’s not as stressful, so that’s what we’re going to fix .

step number 1:  learn the pathophysiology.
Learning the pathophysiology of each disorder should be your number one priority. This is the foundation that everything else you need to learn is built off of. So you need this foundation of knowing the pathophysiology FIRST, before you can go and learn everything else that you need to learn. 

step number 2:  review the other main components of the disorder that you need to learn.
there are 4 primary things that you need to know about for each disorder, along with the pathophysiology.
1. signs and symptoms
2. assessment for the disorder
3. nursing interventions
4.what patient education you should do.

step number 3: which is to put in the work, and efficiently study. The key word being, EFFICIENTLY. stay focused while you study, and spend a shorter number of hours fully engaged and learning med-surg, rather than passively studying, stressing out, and not staying focused.

make sure that when you sit down to study, you are refreshed, you’re rested, you’ve got your coffee with you and your water, and you’re ready to go.

4 main ways I recommend you study: if you’re a visual learner, write or draw out all of the concepts. I like to write and re-write my notes over and over again, as well as create concept maps and diagrams. I’m more of a visual and auditory learner, so those 2 things really help me out. And if you need a review on how to create concept maps, make sure you check out the video we have on that. It will walk you through exactly how to create concept maps. Plus, I add in some really great questions to ask to help you critically think. 

 ⃟📍𝓢𝓮𝓵𝓯-𝓒𝓸𝓷𝓯𝓲𝓭𝓮𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓲𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓲𝓶𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓹𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓬𝓪𝓵 𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓹𝓼.

 ⃟📍𝓢𝓮𝓵𝓯-𝓒𝓸𝓷𝓯𝓲𝓭𝓮𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓽𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓹𝓵𝓪𝓬𝓮𝓼 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓷𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓫𝓮𝓮𝓷 𝓫𝓮𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓶𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓾𝓷𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓮𝓿𝓪𝓫𝓵𝓮 𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓮𝓿𝓪𝓫𝓵𝓮.

SO THIS IS THE "𝟓 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏𝐒 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐔𝐏 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐅 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄"  

 HERE WE GO

𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩 1 : 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐩 𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 

Although it might seem shallow, the way we dress creates an impression about who we are. If you dress nicely, you will obviously feel good about yourself. 

• Dress appropriately for the season.
• Consider and dress for the occasion.
• Wear clothes that fit.
• Know the right shape.
• Know your personal style and taste.

but how it can work ? Repeating POSITIVE self-affirmations more frequently makes you recondition your brain and change how you feel and think about any situation.

As you see, positive self-affirmations can really help on many occasions. So what I want you to know today is that your mind is a very powerful thing. Use positive self-affirmations to turn a negative defeating situation with positive statements.

𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝟑 : 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟.

Self-care is the most neglected underlooked thing in the millennial woman. We are so busy doing everything else and forget to look after our selves.

What we don't know is how important self-care is to everyday life. In this post, let's see how self-confidence relates to self-care.

Self-confidence depends on a combination of a few things, such as

Deeper explanation

Self-care, in simple terms, means taking good care of yourself, physically, emotionally, and socially, all balanced in that order.

When you practice self-care, you tend to feel good about yourself; you will have your ideal weight, you will know what makes you happy and what doesn’t, and you will understand yourself more deeply. This will help you in knowing how to tackle challenges as well.

So look after yourself to help understand yourself better. Make time to exercise, meet friends, read, and practice all other examples of self-care you can read here.

𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝟒 : 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟.

Well, one important thing is you have to believe in yourself and that you, too, are capable of doing ABC and that you can achieve your goals and dreams just like so and so does.

All you need is believe that you, too, can do it, and then form a strategic plan on how to go about it. So, today, I want you to start believing in yourself. Know that you, too, are capable of getting things done.

𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩 : 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲.

Start by surrounding yourself with positive people who encourage your capabilities, bring out the best in you, and correct you when you are wrong.

Avoid people who discourage you, fake people, or those who put you down, whether they are friends or family. Just keep a distance from them.

Here is why.

Look at it this way. Where do you seek opinions? Where do compliments come from? Where do you ask for help? Definitely from them.

When they give you negative feedback, discourage you, really bring you down, make you feel worthless, and tell you to give up or quit whatever project you're doing, they lower your self-confidence.

However, if you take the alternative best approach to stay positive and stay close to positive thinkers, they will support you when you need positive support. 

The five habits above are the best you can start with when you want to boost your self-confidence. Choose which one, to begin with, and go for it.

They are all practical and doable. Just always remember that self-confidence is something that you learn to build up because of the challenging world of business and life, in general, can deflate it.

Happy self-confidence boosting!💞