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Dealing with stress in nursing school

3. Pace yourself. Generally you know at the beginning of a term or semester what your student workload will be. Resist the temptation to procrastinate completing assignments, which frequently results in the dreaded and extremely unhealthy “all-nighter.” Remember, you’re not a history major who can sleep the entire next day. More than likely you’ll have to show up at a clinical assignment the morning after your marathon event!

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Fran Roberts

Fran Roberts is the Vice President of Strategic Business Alliances for the College of Nursing and Health Sciences (CONHS) at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix. The CONHS was created and expanded under Dr. Roberts’ guidance during her tenure as Dean of the College of Nursing for GCU.

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