Study Skills - Time Management -- Sample Weekly Schedule

Sample Weekly Schedule

Sample timetable for first-year Nursing just including class time

When you first get your timetable, it may look something like this. There seems to be ample of spare time, and you might even consider taking on a part-time job. However, once you plan out your week, you'll find that the "spare" time is diminishing fast (see the weekly schedule).

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
8am	Biol 164 lecture	Nurs 110 lab	Biol 164 lecture	Nurs 111 lab
9am	Biol 164 lecture	Nurs 110 lab	Biol 164 lecture
10am	Nurs 110 lecture		Nurs 111 lecture
11am	Nurs 110 lecture
12pm		Nurs 111 lecture
1pm		Nurs 111 lecture	Nurs 113
2pm
3pm	Biol 164 lab	Eng 110 lecture		Eng 110 lecture
4pm		Eng 110 lecture		Eng 110 lecture
5pm
6pm

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Sample weekly schedule including all committed time

The ratio of amount of time spent in class (lectures) to the amount of time spent outside of class (reading, reviewing, studying, homework, etc) should be at least 1:2.
This schedule includes 16 hours of lectures versus 11 hours reviewing and 21 hours of studying and project work for a total of 32 hrs of outside class work (these include small ten minute breaks, of course).
Once you plan out your week, you will notice that it will be difficult to catch up if you procrastinate because there simply isn’t enough time in the day (or week).
Review new material presented during lectures within 24-48 hrs because our memory of the material drops from 80% to 20% during this time.

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
5am				SLEEP
6am	get up and have breakfast
7am	drive to school
8am	Biol 164 lecture	Nurs 110 lab	Biol 164 lecture	Nurs 111 lab	get up and have breakfast
9am	Biol 164 lecture	Nurs 110 lab	Biol 164 lecture		Biol 164 make flashcards	Nurs 113 make flowcharts	Eng 110 read & work on essay
10am	Nurs 110 lecture	Review what needed	Nurs 111 lecture		Nurs 110 create sample test questions	Nurs 113 make flowcharts
10am		Review what needed	Nurs 111 lecture			do household chores
11am		Lunch	Review for Nurs 111 lab tomorrow			do household chores
12pm	Lunch	Nurs 111 lecture	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
1pm	Review for Nurs 110 lab tomorrow	Nurs 111 lecture	Nurs 113	Review Nurs 113 lecture notes	do household chores	Biol 164 read textbook	plan out next week
2pm	Review for Biol 164 lab	Review what needed		Review Eng 110	Nurs 113 read textbook	Biol 164 read textbook
3pm	Biol 164 lab	Eng 110 lecture		Eng 110 lecture	Nurs 113 read textbook	Nurs 110 prepare for lab	Study whatever is needed
4pm		Eng 110 lecture	Dinner	Eng 110 lecture	Biol 164 prepare for lab	Nurs 110 prepare for lab
5pm		Drive home	Exercise It is the #1 stress reliever.	Drive home	Nurs 111 read textbook	Nurs 111 read textbook
6pm	Dinner	Dinner	Exercise It is the #1 stress reliever.	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner
7pm	Exercise Memory performance increases as the amount of exercise increases.	Review Nurs 111 lecture notes	Drive home		Nurs 111 prepare for lab
8pm		Watch TV	Review Biol 164 lecture notes	Watch TV	Nurs 111 prepare for lab	Play games
9pm		Review Eng 110 lecture notes	Review Nurs 111 lecture notes
10pm	Drive home	SLEEP most people need 7-9 hrs of sleep per day Sleep depravation decreases memory performance
11pm
12pm

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