ProNurse

im a first year nursing student. im really interested in the course and i really love it so far. . .

the one problem i have is i cant keep my eyes open in class.

i sleep 8 hours everynight, i eat healthily. ive tried everything from stabbing myself repeatedly with a pen to keep awake to strong coffee and energy drinks but my eyes just keep falling out of focus and sleep takes me.

i feel really rude and im missing a lot of vital information. does anyone have any ideas what i can do, or has anyone had the same problem???

please help!!!!

Is it too warm? are you dressed appropriately? are the classes boring? are you full of drugs or alcohol from the night before? is the course for you!!!!!!!!!!!

Dingdongthewitch x

Do you over-study at night? There is such thing as information overload you know

Nurseman

Hi,

First year Nurse here - I understand your problem. I too struggled with the same thing in class. But it really isn't that big a deal, if you are picking up good snips of information along the way. It is very hard to stay completely focused and actually process what is being said by the lecture for an hour or two hours depending on the class. I've been told the brain can only do around 20 mins of 'active listening' at a time before you either think about something else or lose focus for a few minutes before you begin listening again.

This is where eLearning comes in... Do you have blackboard at your university? It's a system where you can access your lectures powerpoint slides. Make notes and look over any points you may have missed in the lecture. I use it because I don't take notes in a lecture. Period. I find I can't do two things at once so I just listen then make notes at home, and further reading always helps.

If that fails try recording your lectures and not eating too much at lunch or discussing the lecture with friends after.

Garrod

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If that fails try recording your lectures and not eating too much at lunch or discussing the lecture with friends after.

Garrod

I agree. I often don't eat at all when delivering training for just that reason. Also the recording idea is excellent. I've used audio recordings of myself reading materials for years. I play them in the car as I drive around and the information really sticks in.

Try recording the lectures and play them back at other times while you're concentrating on other things. You'll be surprised how effective it is.

Cheers,

Stuart

hi! im back

i study a lot but no more than anyone else and i always try to get 7 or 8 hours sleep.

i have blackboard and elearning is really useful but i feel really rude when leacturers see me. im mortified! so i dont want to take a 2min sleep to refresh then get stuck in - even though that may help.

i dont think its irlens syndrome cos iv got none of the other symptoms. i do get dizzyness and headaches but i do have low blood pressure.

iv got docs on friday so il speak to her

"Probably coz ur course is boring or you've chosen the worng course, in either case deal with it!"

what a dick! care to elaborate with great words of wisdom how this person can deal with it? they have already stated that they enjoy the course so that doesnt seem to be their problem. come on then smart arse tell us all how one 'deals' with it?

i agree!