1. Nursing School Tips for success
By: Courtney Miller and Kelli Garcia Vasquez
Alpha Delta NU Honors Society
Gamma alpha Chapter

2. Clinical Success Confidence Advocacy Time Management Concept Maps
Pharmacology
Building confidence in yourself in the clinical setting
Normal to be nervous, but as time goes on you become more comfortable and learn where your strengths and weaknesses are.
Confidence with your patients
Not only do you have to advocate for your patients, you also need to advocate for yourself
Speak up if you don’t understand something or have questions about a policy or procedure
Once you get your assignment, assess your patients and start thinking about what needs to be done and when it needs to be done
Is your patient going home? Is your patient having a test? What time are their meds?
(Each one of us will explain what works for us in clinical)
As semesters continues the ideas of concepts and critical thinking becomes a must. As you start your concept maps now, you will continue to build on them and learn more and more concepts and how they work together
Keep up with your drug sheets!
Look up the most important facts- what do I need to know as a nurse?
SAFETY- 5 rights of medication

3. Classroom success STUDY!- What works for you?
Resources (ATI, PrepU, Text Books, Articles, etc.)
Hard Work/Motivation
Accountability
Does studying in a group work for you? Do you study better alone? Just because they are your friends, doesn’t mean they should be your study partner
ATI, PrepU, Text Books, Articles
Each instructor has their own style of teaching and pulls from different resources. Be flexible with learning styles and different resources
TEACHERS- they are a resource for you. If you don’t understand something go and talk with them
Nursing school is LOTS of HARD WORK!
Each one of us talk about some of the hard ships that we have had throughout our journeys
You must be able to hold YOURSELF accountable for your actions
Did you struggle because you didn’t understand or because you didn’t put forth the effort?
When you are struggling are you using all your resources?

4. Patient Populations Vulnerable populations
“Typical” / “Atypical” Patients
Personal Beliefs
Homeless, Addicts, Children, Elderly, Minorities, Mental Health, Special Needs Children/Adults
Not all patients are “sick”
Therapeutic Communication
You have to set aside your own feelings
You must evaluate and be able to deal with how you truly feel as a nurse and what your stance on situations are
EMTALA- requires hospitals to provide and examination and needed stabilizing treatment without consideration of insurance coverage or ability to pay when a patient presents to your facility

5. Safety Top Priority in Nursing Safety for yourself and your patients
PPE
National Patient Safety Goals
It is our job to keep our patients safe, ourselves safe, and anyone else in contact with the patient safe
Treat every patient as though they have any type of disease
PROTECT YOURSELF
Go online and look these patient safety goals up as these will come up from here on out while you are in nursing school

6. Health, Wellness, Illness
Education
Wellness
Alternative Therapies
As a nurse we have to educate our patients and their families- so we must educate ourselves first and foremost
Preventative measures
It is important to keep yourself healthy in nursing school so that you are able to treat your patients
Sleep, vitamins, and time management
Keep in mind that alternative therapies are becoming more and more popular and should be looked into when pharm measures aren’t working
Essential oils, massage, music therapy, etc

7. Alpha Delta Nu What is it? How do I become a member?
Why does it matter?

8. Questions?

9. THANK YOU!!!