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One of the best parts of being an Elsevier Student Life Ambassador, is when it crosses over into my schoolwork and the resources that I use throughout nursing school. This year, my professors have added Sherpath into the curriculum for Pharmacology and Medical Surgical Nursing. It’s wonderful when professors provide resources to help you succeed, improve your critical thinking and practice for the NCLEX, and Sherpath does all of those things for me! Sherpath has so many different aspects to help you study and practice NCLEX style questions. From the lessons to EAQ^® (Elsevier Adaptive Quizzing), you will be well on your way to passing the NCLEX and doing super well on your nursing tests if you take full advantage of everything Sherpath has to offer!

Use Sherpath to study for tests 

Doing practice questions is such a great way to study for tests because it allows you to get acquainted with the different styles of nursing questions. Whether it is knowledge recall, select all that apply, or application/analysis, Sherpath has every kind of question to prepare you for nursing tests and the NCLEX!

Understanding and learning concepts

Before you take quizzes, Sherpath has lessons for each chapter that reviews key concepts in the chapters of your textbooks and breaks it down for you to better understand the material. Along the way it tests your knowledge to make sure you are retaining the information and understand what you are learning. Taking notes on the lessons is super beneficial because it helps you retain key concepts and have them on paper to help you review and study later. 

In my classes, the weekly Sherpath quizzes are graded, so we get an extra 100 points towards our grade. When professors give you the opportunity to earn additional (I edited it because I didn’t want the connotation that the quizzes are easy) points to boost your grade, it is so important to take complete advantage of that! Not only do those quizzes prepare you for the tests, those points will raise your grade and give you an extra cushion if you lost a lot of points on your tests. Do not solely rely on those Sherpath points, but use them as a nice cushion if you fall once or twice. Study hard, prepare yourself, manage your time well, and you will do amazing! 

Preparation for the NCLEX begins the moment you start nursing school, and Sherpath is a great resource to study for your classes and to prepare for the NCLEX!