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Every other week I'm republishing one of my most popular or impactful episodes and adding an update, new insight, or context that will help you benefit from it even more. This week I'm highlighting Episode 184, where I take you through my eight favorite online tools for nursing school that help set you up for success.

  • NEWLY ADDED! Organize your school and study schedules with My Study Life.
  • Get Google Drive with a free Google account: Google Drive.
  • Say goodbye to password frustrations with LastPass.
  • Take your notes for nursing school into digital format with GoodNotes and Notability.
  • Improve your writing with Grammarly.
  • Start your online search for research articles with Google Scholar and PubMed.
  • Manage your bibliography and make writing scholarly papers easier with Zotero.
  • Demystify APA formatting and scholarly writing with Purdue Owl APA.
  • Reclaim your focus and embark on powerful work sessions with the Focus Keeper App for iOS or Pomodoro Timer for Android.

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FREE CLASS – If all you’ve heard are nursing school horror stories, then you need this class! Join me in this on-demand session where I dispel all those nursing school myths and show you that YES…you can thrive in nursing school without it taking over your life!

Crucial Concepts Bootcamp – Start nursing school ahead of the game, or reset after a difficult first semester with my nursing school prep course, Crucial Concepts Bootcamp. Learn key foundation concepts, organization and time management, dosage calculations, and so much more.

New Nursing Student Checklist – Grab this checklist which includes clinical and school supplies, things to organize, what to review, and more to help you prepare for nursing school.

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