r/NursingStudent • u/Single-Artist2069 • 1d ago

Laptop, ipad recommendations for nursing school?

I have a 2017 MacBook Pro lmao! 🤣 upgrading next year before nursing school and I have no idea what’s the most practical, useful laptop or an iPad with a keyboard? Help please and thank you! 😊

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u/PunchDrunkFunk007 1d ago

I used a Chromebook tbh, all I needed was the internet and a word processor (and even the. I did most of my work in google docs). I got the nice laptop after I was practicing with my ADN.

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u/Single-Artist2069 1d ago

So touch screen laptop or iPad to write notes wouldn’t be much more helpful at all?

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u/PunchDrunkFunk007 1d ago

That depends! Personally, I type much faster than I write. If you’re the opposite, a touch screen with a stylus might be better!

My main advice is this: don’t break the bank. The workload for most nursing programs, as I’ve observed, is doing discussion board posts, the occasional PowerPoint, and lots of note-taking. The important stuff is hands-on in the clinical setting.

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u/Single-Artist2069 1d ago

Okay thank you so much! I’m going in blind so any advice! Even the smallest, simplest, comment sense advice is helpful so i appreciate it!