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Anki for nursing school
Your nursing notes, as cards you can trust. Upload your notes and get Anki cards in a minute.
Free to start · Quote and page on every card
How it works
- UploadSlides, notes, PDFs or YouTube.
- CheckEvery card shows its quote and page.
- DownloadOne file that opens in Anki.
- Lecture notes or a textbook chapter as a PDF? PDF to Anki converter
- Got lecture slides? PowerPoint to Anki converter
Every card shows where it came from
A card is only kept if its quote is really in your file.
From the source
As an additional precaution during outbreaks of C. difficile, CDC encourages hand washing with soap and water after the care of patients with known or suspected infections.
The card · Nursing school Cloze
During C. difficile outbreaks, CDC encourages hand washing with soap and waterc1 after caring for known or suspected infections.
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A card is only kept if its quote is really in your file, and every card shows that quote and its page.
Cloze for steps and values
Precautions, timings and normal values become short cloze cards you can answer in a second.
Image occlusion for diagrams
Labeled diagrams in your slides become cards that ask one label at a time.
Straight into Anki
Download one .apkg file and open it in Anki on your computer or phone. Export is never paywalled.
Example nursing school Anki cards
- Basic
Can C. difficile spores be fully removed from hands by any hand-cleaning method?
No, spores may not be fully removed regardless of the cleaning method.
C. difficile spores may not be fully removed from hands, regardless of the method used to clean hands.
- Cloze
When entering the room of a patient with C. difficile, the priority is glove usec1 in addition to a gownc2 and proper removal technique.
the priority should be to ensure glove use (in addition to a gown) and proper technique when removing gloves to minimize the risk of self-contamination
- Cloze
Always clean your hands after removing glovesc1.
Always clean your hands after removing gloves.
- Make cards from your own file
How to use Anki in nursing school
Anki handles the facts you must recall cold; practice questions handle the rest.
A shared NCLEX deck or your own?
Start with your own cards from each class, so your reviews match your exams. Add a shared deck later if you like it.
Settings that work
Turn on FSRS in Deck options and keep desired retention at 90%, Anki's default. Keep learning steps short, such as 10m. Pick a new-card number you can keep on your busiest clinical week.
A routine around clinicals
Do reviews before class or a shift, even 15 minutes. Keep pharm, fundamentals and med-surg in their own subdecks.
Cards for nursing content
Values and timings as cloze. Priorities as Basic cards with the reason in the answer. Split long lists into one card per item.
Anki and NCLEX questions
Anki keeps the facts ready; practice questions train you to apply them. Turn every fact you miss into a card.
Free to start. Pro when you study every day.
Free is enough to try it on a few lectures. Pro covers one or two classes every week, Max every class.
Pro
For one or two classes$7.99/ month
or $54.99 a year (5 months free)
- 50 decks a month
- Up to 100 pages per file
- 300 image occlusion diagrams a month
- Your decks are made first when it's busy
Cancel anytime
Big textbooks or every class? Max takes files up to 200 pages and unlimited decks. Compare plans · Export to Anki is never paywalled.
Questions
Can I use it for NCLEX prep?
Yes, for the content side: make cards from your course notes and review them up to the exam. Practice questions are still worth doing alongside Anki.
What if a card is wrong?
Each card shows the exact quote and page it came from, and a card is only kept if that quote is really in your file. You can still edit, redo or delete any card on the Review screen before you download.
Can I make cards from a textbook chapter?
Yes. Upload the chapter as a PDF. Free takes files up to 15 pages, Pro up to 100.
Does it work with Anki on my phone?
Yes. You download a normal .apkg deck. It opens in Anki on a computer, AnkiMobile and AnkiDroid, with no add-ons. Image occlusion cards need Anki 23.10 or newer.
Is it free?
Yes. Free makes 3 decks a month from files up to 15 pages. Pro ($7.99 a month) makes 50 decks a month from files up to 100 pages. Downloading to Anki is never paywalled.
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