Most nursing classes have one or more individuals with a learning disability that can negatively affect the student's ability to learn and study. It's important that nursing instructors identify students with a learning disability and work with these students to ensure they obtain the required information and skills. This may require additional instruction or clarification of information presented in class.
Nursing students are not exempt to the stress and hassles faced by the average person. Many nursing students have jobs, families and other commitments outside of school. These factors can affect the amount of time they are able to study as well as the intensity of their studying if distractions are present while they are trying to learn.
Students in nursing are required to have the skills necessary to complete nursing tasks and procedures. While instruction is provided in the classroom to teach these procedures and techniques to students, open lab time is necessary to give students time to practice these skills on mannequins. Failure to provide adequate lab access for nursing students can negatively affect their study habits and progress in the nursing program.
Not all nursing students have developed effective study habits by the time they enter the program. Some may have breezed through their high school and pre-requisite nursing courses with only minimal studying. Suddenly the nursing program requires them to study, and they aren't sure how to do this efficiently. This can lead them to spend hours studying using poor study techniques or habits. These students may benefit from visiting the college's academic resource center to get assistance in learning effective study habits.