Student Success and Nursing Study Strategies

This set of vocabulary flashcards covers student success topics for nursing students, including time management, learning styles, information retention troubleshooting, and test-taking prioritization strategies.

Priorities

Things in your life that require a specific amount of time and range in order of importance.

EHR

Electronic health record charting.

VARKLearn.com

A resource used to find and identify your preferred learning style.

Active Listening

The act of fixing eyes on the speaker's face, paying close attention to words, concentrating, and taking written notes while listening.

Concept MAPs

Tools that help students identify core information about nursing concepts and their relationships.

SBAR

A handout used for clinical reports and data sheets to organize nursing information.

Passive Reading

Reading done for enjoyment that is interesting and enjoyable, but not for textbook comprehension.

Active Reading

A process necessary for comprehending textbook material involving critiquing, organizing, and memorizing through pre-reading, during, and post-reading segments.

HIPPA protocols

Legal standards for maintaining patient privacy that must be followed when using computers and technology in nursing.

Changed Clues

A troubleshooting issue in information retention where a student is unable to recall info during a test if wording is changed.

Interference

A memory issue where recently learned material interferes with the recollection of previously learned material.

Mental Overcrowding

A state of being unable to push more into memory due to extraneous stimulus like TV, people, or phones.

Underlearning or Disuse

Lack of recall when needed, caused by a failure to quiz oneself or review information immediately after class.

Growth Mindset

The belief that every problem has a solution even if it takes tremendous time and effort, and the welcoming of challenges.

Conceptual Learning

Also known as concept-based learning (CBC); a teaching method focusing on broader principles applied to specific examples rather than isolated facts.

Exemplar

Specific examples or sub-titles of a main concept in concept-based learning.

ABC Framework

A prioritization framework in nursing standing for Airway, Breathing, and Circulation.

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

A priority framework that moves from physiological needs (air, water, food) to safety, love and belonging, esteem, and self-actualization.

SATA

Select-All-that Apply questions, which should be treated as a series of individual true or false statements.

Physiological Needs

The most basic level of Maslow's hierarchy including air, water, food, shelter, sleep, clothing, and reproduction.