In the first blog of this series covering nursing study tips, we covered how to take notes like a nursing school ninja. Now that you’ve got the best notes in class, how do you study ninja-style? Below we compiled...
How to Be a Nursing School Ninja: 5 Note Taking Secrets
Everyone in nursing school wants to pass their classes, graduate and then ace the NCLEX®. But you want to do better than that. You want to be a Nursing School Ninja. That means you have to learn strategies for how to...
How to Avoid Forgetting Everything from Nursing School Over Summer Break
Summer is here! How do you avoid forgetting everything you learned in nursing school over the summer break? The sun’s out, dogs are sizzling on the grill, your friends are all beckoning you to the lake or beach or...
7 Low-Cost Apps for Nursing Students’ NCLEX-RN Study Plan
Sometimes it seems like the odds are stacked against you in nursing school. It feels like nursing school has become your entire life. You begin to wonder how you’ll ever remember everything you need to know...
Hack USMLE Studying with the Mnemonic Power of Pictures
A picture is worth a thousand words never rang truer than for studies on how human memory functions. Many theories show the superiority of pictures over words in relation to information retention. If learning and...
10 Med School Food Hacks for Fueling Your Brain
You’ve heard the saying – you are what you eat. If this were possible, it’d never have been more likely than when I discovered fro-yo and lived off of it for a week. As I am not bearing any traces of being fro, nor yo...
Picmonic Mobile App – It’s Here!
Did you know that Picmonic has native mobile apps for both iPhone and Android? Now you can now take Picmonic on the go! Pull up your favorite Picmonics on yourphone without worrying about trying to login through a...
Stay Happy When Studying is Making You Cray-Cray
Studying can be brutal. Don’t let it suck all of your joy away. Here’s our Picmonic endorsed 10-step plan to getting HAPPY! 1. Get Outside The birds, the trees, and the fresh air all combine to just plain...
How to Stay Awake for an All Nighter (When You’ve Got No Other Choice)
Sometimes, you’re going to have to stay up all night to study. It’s not a good idea, as we’ve discussed before, and it can be avoided with good study habits and planning ahead… But we’re...
The Battle Plan for Blowing Away Top USMLE Step 1 Scores
Divide and Conquer Like any great undertaking, half the battle begins with the plan. You recognized cramming is a reactionary practice and chose to cast that out from the beginning. Good work. Next, reflect on the past...
