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Hi everyone! My name is Hannah and I am just a few weeks shy from finishing up my first semester in my accelerated nursing program at Marian University in Indianapolis, IN. To say that nursing school in general is a big commitment is an understatement. Trying to cram all of that learning and preparation into just 16 months… well, I am still trying to figure out how to describe that. Going into my program, I didn’t really have a set game plan for how I wanted to study. This is especially the case since the material I would be learning about was completely different from what I studied in my first degree. Little did I know that upon purchasing my books (all published by Elsevier), my studying concerns went out the door. I quickly realized all the extra resources that Elsevier offered, and my new studying go-to instantly became Elsevier’s Adaptive Quizzing. 

For each of my nursing books, Elsevier offers the resources to generate quizzes for you based off the specific chapter that you choose.  You can choose either the “Mastery” option, where it is an unlimited amount of questions until you reach your desired level of expertise regarding the topic(s) chosen. Or you can choose the “Custom” option, where you choose a set number of questions in the topic(s) of your choice, which will also help you reach a certain level of expertise.   

I cannot express enough how much these adaptive quizzes have helped not only myself, but my fellow classmates as well. Leading up to every exam, my classmates and I discuss how we plan to review as many Elsevier Adaptive Quizzes as we can because we know that they have helped us be well-prepared for our previous exams. I’ve learned that the more adaptive quizzes that I can get under my belt, the more confident I feel walking into my exams. 

I think a lot of us can agree that we can only continue to read the same information repeatedly until it starts to make us go stir-crazy. That’s why I think it is so important to take a break from your reading assignments and listening to lectures to put your brain to the test and quiz yourself over the material that you’ve been reviewing non-stop. Making the material all come together in a way that you will be tested over will not only make you a better student, but a better future nurse! In the end, we aren’t spending most of our time studying and taking our nursing exams to pass our classes… we are doing all of this in preparation to help save lives, take care of loved ones, and to make a difference in the world of nursing.   

Moral of the story here is this, don’t ever stop doing the most for yourself and your future career as a nurse. Work hard at your assignments, listen to your lectures as often as you can, find your tribe of like-minded classmates that push you to succeed, do all the adaptive quizzes through Elsevier, crush your exams, and finally, CELEBRATE! Nursing school is hard, but with each exam you are one step closer to earning those letters behind your name - and Elsevier is there to help you every step of the way.