1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,200 What's up everyone? Doctor Zishan here today, we're 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,040 going to do a different type of an episode. 3 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:09,960 Today we're going to talk about what NCLEX High yield is, who I 4 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:14,560 am, what I do for the company, and how this company came to 5 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:18,000 inception. Why NCLEX High Yield? 6 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:23,120 Why did we see such a necessity for nurses and nursing, and when 7 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:26,600 did it become and when did it come to fruition? 8 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:34,520 So NCLEX High Yield is a board review course for PNS and RNS, 9 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:38,880 and the journey was actually from myself having issues with 10 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:41,360 passing my boards. People ask all the time. 11 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:44,720 Well, Doctor Zee, you're an MD, you took a completely different 12 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:46,520 board exam. You've never taken the NCLEX. 13 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:48,680 And I posted people this question. 14 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:50,800 I go, well, what's the difference between heart failure 15 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:59,560 for an MDAPA&NP&RNAPN? Is heart failure different? 16 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:01,960 No. Maybe what we can do and can't 17 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:05,120 do is a little bit different. But the concept, the content, 18 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:08,200 the signs and symptoms of treatment, understanding, the 19 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:12,200 pharmacological implications, the education for the patient, 20 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:14,320 those don't change. We're A-Team. 21 00:01:14,320 --> 00:01:17,520 Everyone As a medical professional, we come together 22 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:21,480 as a team. So I want to talk about before 23 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:25,160 NCLEX high yield, let's say when you were in high school or 24 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:28,040 middle school, did you know what you wanted to be when you grew 25 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:32,240 up? So yeah, I actually knew from 26 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:34,760 the beginning that I was going to go into the medical field. 27 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:38,920 It was, I don't know if it was something that in our culture, 28 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:41,320 I'm South Asian. So in our culture it was kind of 29 00:01:41,320 --> 00:01:43,800 like embedded in my head that you have to be a doctor, lawyer, 30 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:46,080 engineer. So it's just one of those things 31 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:49,360 that you had to choose one. I always was fascinated with 32 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:53,640 medicine from, I mean elementary school, moving forward, planned 33 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:55,800 accordingly. I did have a little. 34 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:58,200 I had a little. I had a huge, huge, huge 35 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:03,840 affinity towards music. Music was my passion, from DJ, 36 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:08,320 ING, producing, touring, a lot of cool things that I I 37 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:11,600 experienced as I got into high school and college. 38 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:15,520 That became my passion. But ultimately, I knew that in 39 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:20,480 the long run, medicine was going to be, or some sort of facet of 40 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:23,200 medicine was going to be, my ultimate goal. 41 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:30,440 And why, Why did you choose MD versus anything else or is that 42 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:31,480 just a? Different. 43 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:34,640 Place. That that was 100%. 44 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:40,760 Parents, parents, parents I I really have no preference of. 45 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:45,120 As long as I was in the medical field, I explored everything and 46 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:48,240 it was, again, it was my parents, my, my family. 47 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:53,760 That was very influential in my decision to to go into becoming 48 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:56,560 an MD. They obviously were immigrants. 49 00:02:56,560 --> 00:03:02,800 They were not educated as what they provided me to get my own 50 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:05,240 education. They sacrificed a lot for me to 51 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:07,880 get my education. So in order to make them proud, 52 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:11,360 in order to for us to have, you know, somebody that was in the 53 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:16,080 medical field, I I, you know, I kind of honored what my parents 54 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:19,360 sacrificed. I respected it and ultimately I 55 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:22,400 just wanted to make them happy. And I knew that that ultimately 56 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:25,480 whatever I would do, I would, I would put my all into it. 57 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:30,200 So MD was what happened. So, OK, so you're talking about 58 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:32,760 how you were in residency and then you started tutoring. 59 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:37,080 So how did all of that kind of give us the timeline of, OK, got 60 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:40,640 into residency, started tutoring, then NCLEX high Yield 61 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:42,360 was born. How did that all work? 62 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:48,360 So I the journey was quite, quite extensive. 63 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:52,520 From graduating Med school to failing my board exams. 64 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:58,040 I failed my step 1/5 times. And then I had to kind of 65 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:05,400 rethink my whole approach, recalibrate my entire my entire 66 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:08,680 mentality. And when I started figuring out 67 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:12,360 that content is a big deal and I finally passed my boards with, 68 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:15,960 you know, new testing strategies and I started passing second 69 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:23,960 boards, third boards, I decided to take a leap into a program 70 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:29,160 that was in Chicago and I was transitioning from extern to 71 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:32,720 resident. And throughout that transition I 72 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:38,760 was in a place where again, I needed income because cost of 73 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:41,800 living was expensive. Everything was kind of shut 74 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:46,200 down. So I had to find a way to make a 75 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:49,440 supplemental income, and that was by tutoring. 76 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:53,400 So I didn't just tutor nurses. I tutored PASI, tutored Med 77 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:54,880 students. I tutored a lot of different 78 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:58,920 people just because again, content is content and 79 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:00,840 understanding. The cardiovascular system, GI 80 00:05:00,840 --> 00:05:04,080 system, mental health, things of that nature is pretty universal 81 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:08,160 when you look at it. And I started tutoring because 82 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:13,200 during COVID I could do it via Zoom and when I had one nurse or 83 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:16,720 one PA or one Med student kind of pass their boards and do 84 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:19,200 well, it just became like this word of mouth. 85 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:23,640 But obviously the population of nurses is significantly higher 86 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:28,960 than P as and nurses, I mean PS and and doctors or Med students. 87 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:32,880 So ultimately it became more nurses, more nurses, more 88 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:36,440 nurses. I got PNS, I got RNS and I just 89 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:39,160 started tutoring them. They started improving on their 90 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:41,400 cue, banks. They started passing their board 91 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:44,280 exams and it was just a word of mouth. 92 00:05:44,280 --> 00:05:48,800 And then on my downtime during, you know, being in the hospital 93 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:54,080 and, you know, outpatient, I ended up just booking student 94 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:56,920 after student after student. And that was kind of, I guess a 95 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:59,600 side hustle really. It was really a side hustle for 96 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:04,240 me just to kind of put food on my plate, help pay for rent. 97 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:08,280 At that time, I or I didn't have a car in Chicago, so even 98 00:06:08,280 --> 00:06:12,600 getting to getting to the hospital or to outpatient Ubers 99 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:15,960 were very expensive if they were available during COVID because 100 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:22,240 this was June, July of 2020. Yeah, that that is really 101 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:26,040 interesting because I think COVID kind of changed your whole 102 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:28,520 life. It really did. 103 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:31,760 I mean, I think for a lot of people that did it, it kind of, 104 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:36,960 it made you realize that. Or at least for me, it made me 105 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:41,840 realize that I one was not content being in the hospital. 106 00:06:41,840 --> 00:06:44,880 My own mental health was deteriorating, which is why I'm 107 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:47,760 so big on taking care of myself, right? 108 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:51,560 Mental health, physical health, it all kind of it's a big deal 109 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:54,760 to me. And I was deteriorating being in 110 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:57,920 a situation where I was not happy and and alone and things 111 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:00,120 that ensure so. My students, especially my 112 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:05,000 nursing students who are so compassionate and so grateful of 113 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:06,000 what? Especially when I helped them 114 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:07,880 pass or they start to understand topics. 115 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:11,640 It was it was definitely. It was a game changer for me. 116 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:14,240 COVID really did change my entire life. 117 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:18,960 So you're you're tutoring this is for another company at this 118 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:22,520 point, and so you end up dropping out of residency, you 119 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:26,960 come home and then what? I had to make a tough decision 120 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:31,840 right as as I talked to my family, my friends, my loved 121 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:35,440 ones, they really even my program director to be honest 122 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:40,080 with you, my program director was like, you know what, maybe, 123 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:42,440 you know, you have. And I would tell him, like, you 124 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:45,000 know, I'm doing this tutoring and I really enjoy it. 125 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:47,320 It's like have you ever thought about education? 126 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:52,440 And my family was obviously seeing me struggle without, you 127 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:55,480 know, being in Chicago, being alone, everything shut down, 128 00:07:55,920 --> 00:08:00,200 being on the psych ward where during COVID there was no sense 129 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:03,880 of of personal space. You know, patients would come 130 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:05,880 right up to you. They didn't wear masks. 131 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:08,960 They came off the streets. A very unfortunate situation. 132 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:12,480 But you know, these are people that were probably exposed to 133 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:15,320 COVID. So it was something that like it 134 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:21,760 was, it was taking a toll on me. And ultimately it was a decision 135 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:26,880 that I had to make. And when I decided, OK, well I 136 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:30,200 can pursue education and teaching versus being in the 137 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:35,200 hospital come end of 2020, I decided I'm going to pursue a 138 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:37,799 different path and that path was education. 139 00:08:38,039 --> 00:08:42,600 Maybe that was my Forte as far as what I was meant to do. 140 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:44,320 And I say this to my students all the time. 141 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:49,840 I went from saving lives to changing lives because the 142 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:54,600 amount of people that we've changed their lives is is 143 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:59,840 phenomenal. And I was once I because at that 144 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:03,840 time you had to quarantine if you travelled, you had to 145 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:08,720 quarantine if you were exposed. So I moved back to Vegas from 146 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:12,760 Chicago and I quarantined for at that time it was 14 days. 147 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:19,040 And when I quarantined I realized that tutoring was cool. 148 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:25,680 But what if I created all this content into a course and for 14 149 00:09:25,680 --> 00:09:30,240 days, those that actually know me, that has sat with me in 150 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:33,720 class, those of you that have watched me develop things, I 151 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:36,600 create things. I feel that my creativity comes 152 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:41,320 out in these situations where I come up with things like Ask RAF 153 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:46,520 Ash needs Nipah. These are all things that the 154 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:48,400 method. These are all things that came 155 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:52,080 to fruition as I started developing the course and 14 156 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:56,880 days of being in in solitude, well you have to keep your mind 157 00:09:56,880 --> 00:09:59,800 busy. Again, mental health and I put 158 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:06,400 that, I put that time where I was unable to see anybody into 159 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:12,840 creating a full blown course that had proven previously to my 160 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:16,440 students that this content, these test taking strategies 161 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:21,160 actually help them pass and I utilize the same content and 162 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:24,200 testing strategies and I turned it into a course. 163 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:28,400 So quarantine. 14 days of quarantine really did help me 164 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:31,880 develop a course versus focusing on just tutoring. 165 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:34,840 Yeah, and you talk about, you know, all these things you came 166 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:38,000 up with. Everyone kind of knows Doctor Z 167 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:42,120 to to teach all these complex systems and situations and make 168 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:45,680 them really easy. How did you develop that skill, 169 00:10:45,680 --> 00:10:47,280 do you think? And why do you think it's 170 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:53,560 important in the medical space? Being being very honest, the 171 00:10:53,560 --> 00:10:58,400 reason why I teach all of these different subjects is because of 172 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:03,120 the fact that I'm by far not the smartest person, period. 173 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:07,600 The pneumonics that I come up with, the testing strategies, 174 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:11,040 these are all things that made life easier for me. 175 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:15,480 I was again, if if everything came easy to me, I wouldn't have 176 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:19,800 failed my boards five times. I had to figure things out. 177 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:22,560 I had to truly take a step back and understand. 178 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:27,320 What I realized was I couldn't memorize stuff. 179 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:30,440 And a lot of people memorize especially. 180 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:32,480 I mean, you're talking about whether it be nursing school, 181 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:38,000 whether it be PA school, whether it be, you know, MDDONPA. 182 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:42,120 Lot of people get into these programs and it's like, OK, 183 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:45,840 cool, I'm going to learn cardiovascular system, I'm going 184 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:49,080 to learn Med surg. I'm going to learn fundamentals 185 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:51,840 and then you test on it and then you forget about it. 186 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:56,720 But the boards, you know, any boards, any board exam is 187 00:11:56,960 --> 00:11:59,760 comprehensive. They're going to make you learn 188 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:02,720 about everything or they're going to test about everything 189 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:05,080 that you've learned. It's not like, OK, I did cardio 190 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:08,000 and then I forgot about it. You've got to recollect all that 191 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:12,680 stuff and apply it now. So when I started realizing that 192 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:19,000 I I had to myself make adjustments and I was able to 193 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:23,440 utilize what I did for myself and apply that to 194 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:29,800 PNSRNSPAS&MDDOS because ultimately they were, it was all 195 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:34,000 the same content testing strategies, same thing. 196 00:12:34,680 --> 00:12:40,000 So ultimately that was kind of the, the idea behind it when I 197 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:44,320 started doing it was just I had to understand every subject, not 198 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:47,360 memorize it. So once you understand 199 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:50,240 something, it's hard to take it out of your brain. 200 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:52,840 I mean once you understand things like heart failure or 201 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:55,760 endocrine, I mean these, they come to you naturally. 202 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:58,200 When you memorize it, you're like, what was it? 203 00:12:58,200 --> 00:12:59,120 What was it? What was it? 204 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:01,320 What was it? And that's when you haven't 205 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:03,480 truly understood it. But when you understand it, it 206 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:06,160 all just kind of makes sense. And you you're able to, you're 207 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:08,320 able to explain it. When you can explain or teach it 208 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:11,200 yourself, you know everything. Right. 209 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:15,520 And and so I guess kind of getting used to that was 210 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:18,520 probably one of the challenges you faced when first starting. 211 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:21,720 But were there other challenges that you had when you were 212 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:25,440 starting NCLEX High Yield just in general content wise or 213 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:27,800 getting students and how? How have you? 214 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:30,320 How are you overcoming those if you're still facing those 215 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:34,520 challenges? So I do believe that there are 216 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:37,920 there were a lot of hurdles with M class high yield. 217 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:41,560 Let's be real. Any business that that has 218 00:13:41,560 --> 00:13:46,040 started any any venture that you want and this this may be for 219 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:48,560 the entrepreneur in you as well too for those of you that are 220 00:13:48,560 --> 00:13:53,480 listening as an entrepreneur you there there were things that I 221 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:56,080 literally I I didn't know what I was walking into. 222 00:13:56,880 --> 00:14:01,560 I'm not really too savvy on certain social media platforms 223 00:14:01,560 --> 00:14:08,760 on other ones I'm good realizing that you have to get your name 224 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:13,000 out aside from word of mouth get people in in front of you do and 225 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:16,560 create content. Realizing that you know we have 226 00:14:16,560 --> 00:14:18,600 an on demand portion of our course. 227 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:22,840 You know, somebody had told me one of our, you know, one of our 228 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:27,160 board members at the time had told us or you know, Doctor Z 229 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:30,760 put out what you have. He's like it may be cringe 230 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:33,640 worthy, but just put it out and you can always make it better. 231 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:36,040 And as you get better and better it will reflect. 232 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:40,320 And now I would say our On Demand is arguably one of the 233 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:44,840 best resources that we have. It's, you know, along with our 234 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:48,400 life course. But if you see the the evolution 235 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:53,800 of how we've done everything, it was quite the track and it was, 236 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:57,040 it was scary. I mean, I gave up something that 237 00:14:57,040 --> 00:15:01,040 was guaranteed to, something that was a shot in the dark. 238 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:05,960 So again, I had to go in. I had to give up. 239 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:08,840 I couldn't balance the two. I had to make a very tough 240 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:12,320 decision. And once I made that decision, I 241 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:13,880 had. I didn't look back. 242 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:18,120 I just went forward and I created and created and created. 243 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:23,000 I built A-Team around me, an amazing team around me that that 244 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:27,440 sees things that I don't see. And when you see things that 245 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:31,440 when other people see things that you don't see, it's it just 246 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:33,560 builds for the company, for the experience. 247 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:38,720 And ultimately our goal is, is to make more and more nurses. 248 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:42,400 Our reward is every time a student comes to us and said I 249 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:46,800 passed, whether it be first time or some of our other students 250 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:51,160 that have been out of school for three decades, 4 decades, you 251 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:56,880 know, testing up to 26 times. And we are changing their entire 252 00:15:56,880 --> 00:16:01,280 lives. And that to me is such a reward. 253 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:05,160 It was great to write scripts and and discharge patients. 254 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:08,160 That was great for that period of time in my life. 255 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:14,080 What I want to leave was an impact and I want to leave a, 256 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:18,120 you know, I want to leave my mark on this earth by changing 257 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:20,640 people's lives. That will happen for generation 258 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:22,160 after generation after generation. 259 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:27,320 It gave me my purpose, which is why I tell my students, remember 260 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:29,960 your purpose, Your purpose is everything. 261 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:34,840 And my team and I, we sit down and there is no right or wrong. 262 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:39,400 It's just what's the best for our students and and so 263 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:42,320 fortunate to have all these people around us, including our 264 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:44,520 students. Our students are a community of 265 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:48,960 people that help each other out and are so compassionate towards 266 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:51,760 each other, towards their cohort. 267 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:54,480 If they're in one of the courses, they're just it's just 268 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:57,840 phenomenal. We created a community and that 269 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:00,280 was the goal. It's not just oh, I come in, I 270 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:03,800 do the course, I do my test. No, it's a community. 271 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:08,040 People build lifelong bonds. People change are are having 272 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:11,599 their lives changed and it's just it's phenomenal what we've 273 00:17:11,599 --> 00:17:13,720 what we've created. I I couldn't ask for anything 274 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:17,680 better. So to kind of add to to to the 275 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:22,079 purpose and everything that we value, NCLEX High Yield was 276 00:17:22,079 --> 00:17:25,760 featured in an article and it talked about how you're 277 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:28,680 investing back into students by bringing them on board. 278 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:30,280 Can you talk about that a little bit? 279 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:35,480 Yeah, I truly believe that giving back is one of my biggest 280 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:38,480 things, whether it be charitable, whether it be giving 281 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:42,000 back to our own students in the form of if they use our 282 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:46,440 resources and you know, like our on demand or our live course, 283 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:52,760 you know, we want to offer them the ability to teach and pay it 284 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:56,960 forward as well too. So employing, you know, some 285 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:01,520 again for me, education was more my Forte than actually going 286 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:05,840 into our practice or practicing. And a lot of students actually, 287 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:09,440 they gravitate towards the education portion of it. 288 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:12,640 Maybe while they were, while they were in their life force 289 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:15,920 and their cohort, they were helping other students out or 290 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:19,680 they were kind of leading, you know, a study session and 291 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:21,280 they're like, wow, I really enjoyed this. 292 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:23,760 And they come to us and they're like, hey, doctor Z or to our 293 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:25,240 staff, Nicole. And it's Brittany. 294 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:29,560 You know, I would really love to get involved in teaching, 295 00:18:30,120 --> 00:18:32,960 tutoring, maybe doing group stuff. 296 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:37,920 And we are very open to it. We we allow, we advocate. 297 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:42,280 Why not? You took all of the stuff that 298 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:45,400 we've recommended the live course you went through the on 299 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:47,280 demand, you passed your boards, your license. 300 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:51,560 You're now a nurse. Why not have a supplemental 301 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:56,280 income and or an income while helping other students out that 302 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:58,440 were in your same position? Because they're going to relate 303 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:00,440 to you because you just took your exam. 304 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:04,400 So that was one of the things that we were very big on. 305 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:11,200 That's not even just employing our previous students, but also 306 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:15,360 helping them in real world, in the real, in the real life real 307 00:19:15,360 --> 00:19:17,840 world. Because students that are in our 308 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:20,360 life course, the ones that are, you know, that we see and we 309 00:19:20,360 --> 00:19:23,000 take attendance and we actually interact with them and they 310 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:25,640 interact with us. I'm able to remember these 311 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:28,440 students and we offer them letters of recommendation or 312 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:32,280 referrals or references because we want them to get the best job 313 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:35,000 possible. And students that come out of 314 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:38,760 our program, people from hospitals and clinics, they call 315 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:42,320 our company, they e-mail us and they reach out to us saying, 316 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:46,400 hey, we heard they took your program or they're in NCLEX high 317 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:49,320 yield. How do we get more people that 318 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:51,200 have taken this program? Because they come out really 319 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:54,840 strong and they know real life, they know their content, they're 320 00:19:54,840 --> 00:19:57,280 confident and it's just something that we pride 321 00:19:57,280 --> 00:20:01,080 ourselves in. So how you know you have this 322 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:04,400 team? How do you stay updated with 323 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:07,760 medical information or even the boards just because things are 324 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:09,920 always changing? How do you guys work to kind of 325 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:15,240 stay up to date? So that is, it's a very tough 326 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:19,480 thing because boards have changed from 2020 when when we 327 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:24,160 started in 2020 PN and RN boards, they were I believe they 328 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:26,760 went up to like 260 questions, right. 329 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:30,760 And then during COVID, because of the fact that we didn't want 330 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:34,200 people in the testing center and they were wearing masks and this 331 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:38,800 and that, they dropped it down to the Max amount of questions 332 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:43,280 you would get was 130 and then you know and then it evolved to 333 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:48,840 now to 150 with now next Gen. So there in in the short span of 334 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:53,120 you know 2, 1/2, three, 3, 1/2 years, the boards itself have 335 00:20:53,120 --> 00:20:58,840 changed significantly. However content does not. 336 00:20:59,880 --> 00:21:03,360 If we start to see that there's more information that is high 337 00:21:03,360 --> 00:21:06,880 yield. For instance, I started seeing 338 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:12,160 with the NCSBN and from just you know talking to students and and 339 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:16,320 researching that, you know certain subjects are starting to 340 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:17,680 pop up more and more on the exams. 341 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:20,480 We know the ones that are super high yield that are you're going 342 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:23,800 to see then they're ones that were like OK, wow, the boards 343 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:26,160 are really starting to like this topic more and more. 344 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:29,960 So it's like a daily, it's a daily conversation with our 345 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:31,920 team. We're constantly, constantly 346 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:34,080 evolving. People that are in the course 347 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:37,000 will see oh, we should add this in, We should add that in. 348 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:41,800 We create new content. We add in practice questions so 349 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:43,720 we can apply all the knowledge that we use. 350 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:50,240 I write practice questions for QQ Bank and whether it be Next, 351 00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:54,440 Gen. or traditional, these are things that I create and I show 352 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:56,360 students this is how the boards are going to ask them. 353 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:59,160 And I tell my students stink like a test maker, not a test 354 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:02,600 taker, but it's a team effort for us to create all these 355 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:06,160 different practice questions and content and notes. 356 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:10,800 We don't believe in creating something once and then saying, 357 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:12,920 OK, well we already did it, that's it. 358 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:19,400 Even something that I taught a previous course may be changed 359 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:23,000 or have in addition to it in the new course. 360 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:26,600 So it's it's definitely a constant evolution, you know, 361 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:30,120 and I definitely have to stay on top of everything. 362 00:22:30,120 --> 00:22:32,640 So does my team. I mean we all kind of have our 363 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:34,400 own checks and balances if you will. 364 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:37,560 So it's a it's a it's a great thing to have a good team. 365 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:40,680 Again, if you're an entrepreneur or you're trying to start 366 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:44,080 something of your own, whatever it may be, make sure your team 367 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:48,560 is strong, your team understands your vision, and that's a big 368 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:52,760 deal. As everyone can hear, there's a 369 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:54,520 lot going on at NCLEX High yield. 370 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:57,920 So how do you, how do you stay productive with everything 371 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:02,440 that's going on? So there's for me, it's a big 372 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:06,320 deal to I think mind, body, soul is kind of like, I know it's a 373 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:11,960 very cliche statement. Taking care of my mind is a big 374 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:14,320 deal. How do I take care of my mind? 375 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:18,760 I I don't think it's one or the other or the other for me. 376 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:22,720 Those of you that that have been in the course and or have been 377 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:26,400 with me on Zoom or have seen my free resources or listened to 378 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:30,480 the one of the podcast episodes, I do this breathing technique at 379 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:34,880 the end where we just do like 60 to 90 seconds which is deep 380 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:39,000 breathing, which gives us a nice little piece of mind, piece of 381 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,920 our soul. Just kind of like hey, words of 382 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:45,720 affirmation. Definitely big on mental health 383 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:48,960 as well too. Making sure I physically take 384 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:53,320 care of myself as well too. So I'm mentally I'm big on 385 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:58,640 vitamins and minerals. I've gotten into what's called 386 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:04,240 nootropics, which are huge for me because there's so many new 387 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:07,680 ingredients that are being studied that just focus on 388 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:12,920 anxiety and stress. Things like Ostroganda, you 389 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:16,360 know, things like thymine. Things like just natural 390 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:20,640 vitamins and minerals that are contained in so many great 391 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:24,280 products. So taking my vitamin regimen is 392 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:28,280 a big deal to me. I also love taking nootropics, 393 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:33,240 and as I've experimented with many different nootropics, I 394 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:36,120 found one that because I'm very particular on taste and flavor 395 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:41,240 and how I consume them. So I found a really, really 396 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:44,800 amazing one that I use aside from all the vitamins and 397 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:47,720 minerals that I use. You know, as far as 398 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:51,520 multivitamins, I found one that was just strictly A nootropic 399 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:53,000 that kind of keeps me sharp every day. 400 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:54,840 Just kind of. I start my day off with a 401 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:56,680 little. It's like a tiny little bottle 402 00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:59,920 of shot. It's called Magic Mind and I 403 00:24:59,920 --> 00:25:03,520 don't think it could be more appropriately named, if you 404 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:06,120 will. Like it really does like some 405 00:25:06,120 --> 00:25:10,120 sort of, I mean, I just feel sharp and like it's so funny 406 00:25:10,120 --> 00:25:16,320 because my staff, my, my, the people around me are definitely, 407 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:21,000 you know, like you are definitely on something. 408 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,800 And I'm like, yeah, I'm taking my nootropics and I'm just like 409 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:26,880 go, go, go, go, go. And all right, let's create this 410 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:30,120 and you go do this and you do that and I need to do this and 411 00:25:30,120 --> 00:25:33,080 it's just it's so productive as well too. 412 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:38,800 So I've shared it with a lot of friends and family and I've got 413 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:41,200 nothing but good feedback. And the taste is phenomenal 414 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:44,040 because I'm very particular about taste. 415 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:48,000 So it's a great taste and a easy way to consume it. 416 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:53,520 It's maybe kind of like a a little, like a little shot of of 417 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:55,280 a nootropic. I mean, it's really simple. 418 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:55,920 Take it. Are you? 419 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:58,160 Taking it in the mornings, I take it every. 420 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:00,360 Morning. Yeah, it's definitely something 421 00:26:00,360 --> 00:26:02,880 I take. So my my daily regimen is when I 422 00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:07,280 wake up, I take my vitamins and minerals, I take my nootropics, 423 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:12,400 I take I do, you know, I'm big on working out. 424 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:15,440 I get on the treadmill, get that cardiovascular, get that blood 425 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:18,560 circulating When I get a chance, I try to lift and play 426 00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:24,520 basketball and and Magic Mind actually has that ashwagandha in 427 00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:28,120 it. And they've been so kind because 428 00:26:28,120 --> 00:26:32,200 I use them so much. They've been so kind as to offer 429 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:37,720 our students actually a discount because I'm such a huge fan and 430 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:42,120 and a consumer consumer of it that the Magic Wand team was 431 00:26:42,120 --> 00:26:44,360 like, you know what, Doctor Z, since you love it so much, how 432 00:26:44,360 --> 00:26:46,920 about we offer something to your students And I was like, yes, 433 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:50,600 please. So they were, they gave us a 434 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:55,720 really cool offer where you get up to 56% off if you subscribe 435 00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:57,400 to it, which is kind of what I do. 436 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:00,760 And then that's in the next 10 days. 437 00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:04,280 Or if you want to do a one time purchase, they'll give you a 20% 438 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:06,800 discount. All you got to do is type in 439 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:11,400 when you get to the discount code part Nclex NCLEX all caps 440 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:15,920 lock and then the number 20 so Nclex 20 and you can get it at 441 00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:21,880 magicmind.com/nclex magicmind.com/nclex I. 442 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:24,520 Think I need to try that too, yes? 443 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:27,760 Absolutely. Do you do you exercise in 444 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:31,600 addition to all these vitamins and eating healthy or 100? 445 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:36,400 Percent, I do think it's kind of funny because I utilize my own 446 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:40,680 mnemonic needs. So it's actually kind of funny 447 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:44,520 because as I've started to to take care of my mind, body and 448 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:46,760 soul, especially with all the things that are going on, 449 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:50,560 especially how committed we are to providing our students the 450 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:54,840 best of the best. It's something that we put, I 451 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:57,440 put into my or implemented into my own life. 452 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:00,280 So those of you that don't know the pneumonic needs, it's 453 00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:02,720 something you need to know for the boards, it always holds 454 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:05,720 true. So the the statement is you 455 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:07,960 always want to take care of your patient's needs. 456 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:12,480 N, EE, DSS. So the first one is nutrition. 457 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:14,840 Well, I talked about how I use vitamins and minerals. 458 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:19,800 I love cooking, so making healthy food is a big deal to 459 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:21,960 me. It's a good pastime. 460 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:27,000 It keeps me, it relaxes me at least, and then exercising. 461 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:30,160 So yeah, I love doing cardio, playing ball. 462 00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:33,120 I love getting out for a walk on a nice day, taking my little 463 00:28:33,120 --> 00:28:39,560 puppy out, you know, doing, you know, any type of weightlifting. 464 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:43,280 I, you know, I like, I personally have a trainer that 465 00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:46,000 that I 'cause I don't know everything. 466 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:48,560 And I kind of like go to this person occasionally. 467 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:53,480 I do look at stuff on YouTube, free resources as well, too. 468 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:57,200 So yeah, I mean, I I love staying healthy because 469 00:28:57,200 --> 00:29:01,560 ultimately when I'm healthy, I have no want or will to even 470 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:05,440 consume things like alcohol, even if it's like a happy hour 471 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:08,320 going out with people. It's just kind of like all that 472 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:10,640 hard work that I did. And then the next day I'm not 473 00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:15,360 feeling like 100% up to par. I'm not a smoker, so that's not 474 00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:18,160 something. So DSS don't smoke, but I'm huge 475 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:21,200 on sleep. So all of those things, like 476 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:25,760 nutrition, exercising, no alcohol, obviously I don't 477 00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:29,400 smoke. But and then sleep. 478 00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:31,400 All of those things lead up to good sleep. 479 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:33,760 And when you get that deep sleep, you'll be surprised at 480 00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:35,640 how much more productive you are that next day. 481 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:39,640 Whether it be work, whether it be studying, whether it be your 482 00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:42,720 own side hustle, whatever it is, all of those things really do. 483 00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:46,160 They're a great combination to make you the most productive you 484 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:47,680 can be. Yeah, I. 485 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:50,840 Think that's like a pneumonic? That's great for the Nclex. 486 00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:54,920 But yeah, we use it everyday in life and we don't even use it, 487 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:58,480 so we have. You have students all over the 488 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:02,360 globe, So what are you doing to make sure that your content, 489 00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:06,040 whether it's free resources or paid or tutoring, how is it 490 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:08,480 accessible to all of these students across the globe? 491 00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:11,760 So that's a great question because I mean we have people 492 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:16,400 that are in complete different time frame time zones and the 493 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:19,840 ultimate hurdle was the live course. 494 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:22,520 How do we get them into the live course if they want the live 495 00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:27,920 course, which is why we focused on making the On Demand, which 496 00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:31,520 is you can log in from anywhere around the world and watch it at 497 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:35,000 your own pace. The most up to date version of 498 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:39,760 our content test test, taking strategies, practice questions, 499 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:43,160 is all On demand. And the reason why we've created 500 00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:47,240 this On Demand is for that purpose that people have work, 501 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:49,480 people are in different time zones, people are all across the 502 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:52,600 world and they need to do things at their own pace. 503 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:55,840 It's unfortunate when we see students that are like, well, I 504 00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:57,680 can't make it, I can't make it, I can't make it. 505 00:30:57,880 --> 00:30:59,960 And I'm like, well, you've actually got everything on 506 00:30:59,960 --> 00:31:02,360 Demand. And we are constantly updating. 507 00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:06,160 I mean, just in the last course, we've updated 3 sections of the 508 00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:09,920 On Demand and within 24 hours, which is unheard of. 509 00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:15,240 But our staff, you know is just on top of it, making sure that 510 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:20,360 the world sees the most up to date content strategy test, 511 00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:23,200 taking skills, practice questions. 512 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:29,320 So that was kind of the way that we had to re refocus our 513 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:33,560 objective because we do have a lot of people that are across 514 00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:36,880 the globe trying to become licensed PNS or RNS. 515 00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:41,720 And then we also put a lot of stuff up on on YouTube, on 516 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:44,720 Instagram, on TikTok on Facebook. 517 00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:48,440 Our Facebook group is growing and we add content on there. 518 00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:52,520 We always advocate people to subscribe through our Instagram, 519 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:56,680 Facebook, YouTube, these are all free resources. 520 00:31:56,680 --> 00:32:00,960 We've had people that that utilize just our free resources. 521 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:03,280 I mean it was one of those articles in Yahoo Finance, 522 00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:05,800 Business Insider, MarketWatch that you know their free 523 00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:11,080 resources are amazing that we we pride ourselves in that actually 524 00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:14,080 help people pass. So yeah, just creating content, 525 00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:17,000 making sure that our on demand which is like over, I mean it's 526 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:21,720 approaching like 65 hours of content that with notes and 527 00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:26,480 everything that we are on top of it providing the most, not too 528 00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:29,880 much where it's overwhelming, but what we need to be efficient 529 00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:31,960 in studying. So we're not wasting time on 530 00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:34,120 stuff that's not important for the boards. 531 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:40,440 So what part about teaching nursing students? 532 00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:43,160 What do you find the most fulfilling about teaching? 533 00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:49,400 The word it, It clicked. The word it clicked when when 534 00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:51,160 people. There's a couple of things. 535 00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:56,120 I mean the the big, the big take away would be when students are 536 00:32:56,120 --> 00:33:00,320 like it clicked. I also see students, whether it 537 00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:02,280 be in the life course, whether it be on our free weekly zoom, 538 00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:06,320 whether it be in comments that they say doctor Z, Doctor ZI. 539 00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:10,400 Wish I would have learned it this way in school. 540 00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:15,280 And look, I didn't come from a great background in school, but 541 00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:19,240 when I got into my clinicals, rotations and beyond, I was 542 00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:24,560 taught by the best of the best. And what I learned throughout 543 00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:30,080 that process was understanding and and being patient and 544 00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:34,040 showing people in different ways of of learning. 545 00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:37,880 And you know, not a lot of people know this, but I did go 546 00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:42,800 on to get a certification in mastering medical teaching. 547 00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:45,920 So I went on to get a certification specifically in 548 00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:49,120 mastering medical teaching in all fields of medicine, nursing, 549 00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:52,800 PAMDDO from Stanford, School of Medicine. 550 00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:58,720 So I was very fortunate to have gone through a program from a 551 00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:02,880 very prestigious School of Medicine being Stanford and 552 00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:06,400 learning how to teach medical education. 553 00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:13,239 So I pride myself in teaching people visually from visual to 554 00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:19,719 auditory to reading and comprehension that I see them 555 00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:22,679 say wow, I finally understand it. 556 00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:26,400 And when I ask them questions and they're able to repeat it or 557 00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:30,560 they themselves are able to create board style questions, 558 00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:34,840 I'm like wow, you all are just getting it, you're getting it 559 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:36,639 and you're going to be just fine passing these boards. 560 00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:41,920 So very fulfilling when they say doctor Z, heart failure clicked 561 00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:49,040 or all the differential diagnosis of of you know, GI or 562 00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:52,280 mental health like I understand, I understand. 563 00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:54,560 Now remember I understand the difference. 564 00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:58,240 So big deal to me when I see students understand and when 565 00:34:58,240 --> 00:35:01,800 they pass, well, that's the icing on the cake, yeah. 566 00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:05,080 So can you can you talk about some? 567 00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:08,480 I know every pass is a great pass, but do you have any 568 00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:11,760 memorable passes from your students that pass using your 569 00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:13,360 program? I I. 570 00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:17,640 Do and and again I think you you prefaced it correctly. 571 00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:23,920 Every pass that I hear or I read about is is is definitely 572 00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:28,360 special to me. There are some that that really 573 00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:32,720 stick out to me because of the hurdles and the resilience of 574 00:35:32,720 --> 00:35:36,360 these patients. I've had a patient or a patient. 575 00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:37,560 I'm sorry, I'm back in doctor mode. 576 00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:44,560 I've had a student that that actually was out of school 577 00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:48,280 nearly 40 years. This one actually I can share 578 00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:52,840 this this student's name because she was so kind as to share her 579 00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:57,360 story on our YouTube channel and I believe on our podcast as well 580 00:35:57,360 --> 00:36:00,200 too. And her name is Nurse Rita. 581 00:36:00,720 --> 00:36:05,240 Nurse Rita had was kind enough to allow me to share her age and 582 00:36:05,240 --> 00:36:10,440 and her journey and in an interview disclosed that she was 583 00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:13,080 68 years old and she had been out of school for almost 40 584 00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:15,960 years. Worked two jobs one as a 585 00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:19,800 security guard at night time and during that night time security 586 00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:22,640 guard kind of one of those ones that work in a booth would be 587 00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:27,040 sitting there studying listening to to the on demand listening to 588 00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:31,040 my podcast, listening to my YouTube channel, whatever it was 589 00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:34,760 it she was very resilient and determined. 590 00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:40,040 Not only was she out of school for 40 years, she took out a 591 00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:43,720 credit card maxed it out in order to pay for the course 592 00:36:43,720 --> 00:36:48,000 which we didn't know about. And when we heard that we were 593 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:52,080 like wow, this person didn't ask for any help just kind of you 594 00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:57,480 know was wowed and and she says this was wowed by the way that I 595 00:36:57,480 --> 00:37:01,360 taught and she was she said that Doctor Z, you worked for me and 596 00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:04,080 I know I don't work for everybody but I did work for 597 00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:06,960 her. Not only that she had taken the 598 00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:13,040 exam 21 * 21 * 200 is I mean we're approaching 4000 plus 599 00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:16,000 dollars plus programs, all the other programs that you took 600 00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:19,360 plus schooling. Imagine the amount of debt that 601 00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:21,760 was incurred over this 40 year journey. 602 00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:27,040 And after taking the course, I think she was in the course for 603 00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:29,680 the course was about a month. She studied for another 604 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:34,280 additional month and a half to two months and she passed and 605 00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:37,880 became an RN after 40 years and 21 attempts. 606 00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:41,120 That was very memorable to me because of the hurdles that she 607 00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:45,080 had to to overcome. I've had other people that 608 00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:50,840 suffered suffered brain injury, traumatic brain injury where 609 00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:55,040 they were in a coma for for months on end and came out and 610 00:37:55,040 --> 00:38:00,600 we're so wowed by the field by by you know potential you as 611 00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:03,080 future nurses or you that are practicing nurses. 612 00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:08,880 That was it was so moving to her that she was taking care of so 613 00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:10,520 well that you want to go into the field. 614 00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:14,760 And lo and behold, after, you know, being in a coma and 615 00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:18,640 traumatic brain injury and having, you know, adopted four 616 00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:21,880 children and things of that nature, working a job as a 617 00:38:21,880 --> 00:38:25,960 single mother, passed your exam, you know. 618 00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:32,160 And then my record to date is one of my students took it 26 619 00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:36,480 times, used all types of resources, finally came across 620 00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:39,280 and collects high yield and was like Doctor Z, you work for me, 621 00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:41,000 there's Brittany. You work for me. 622 00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:48,640 And that was, it was it was amazing to see somebody after 25 623 00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:51,560 attempts on the 26th attempt pass their exam. 624 00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:54,200 I mean these are, these are journeys of resilience. 625 00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:56,840 These are people that that really stuck out to me, I guess 626 00:38:56,840 --> 00:39:00,120 because, you know, I love my students that come out of school 627 00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:03,040 and they're like Doctor ZI started watching you while I was 628 00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:06,040 in school. And I came out of school and I 629 00:39:06,040 --> 00:39:09,360 was, I took your course and boom, I took the test like a 630 00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:13,240 week later and I passed. And I was just like, wow, that 631 00:39:13,240 --> 00:39:14,480 shows me that you were proactive. 632 00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:16,960 So those stories as well stick to me. 633 00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:20,800 So it's just, I mean there's some that really stick out to me 634 00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:24,080 and then there's some that I mean, but every one of them is 635 00:39:24,080 --> 00:39:26,880 truly special. We love reading them. 636 00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:31,360 I get, you know, text messages and and emails from from, you 637 00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:33,880 know, the companies, from staff that are like Doctor Z. 638 00:39:33,880 --> 00:39:35,800 Look at this, look at this, read this, read this. 639 00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:38,240 And it's just, it's it's heart warming it. 640 00:39:38,240 --> 00:39:42,040 It again shows me my purpose. So those are my my most of. 641 00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:46,760 Does it feel real? You know what? 642 00:39:46,760 --> 00:39:48,280 Sometimes I do have to pinch myself. 643 00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:53,680 I was very programmed to go into residency and and do come out 644 00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:56,120 and, you know, work in the hospitals and start a clinic. 645 00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:58,840 I was just what was what was programmed into me. 646 00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:02,320 And now people see me and they see the real me. 647 00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:08,200 And I think that there you know, I I had to I. 648 00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:11,000 I'm a very different type of an individual. 649 00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:14,520 I like to express myself. I like to keep myself very 650 00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:16,480 simple. You know people that know me, 651 00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:19,000 I'm a hoodie and a hat type of a person. 652 00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:22,960 You know, I do have piercings and tattoos, but I do pride 653 00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:26,840 myself in my education. So I think that nowadays it's so 654 00:40:26,840 --> 00:40:30,680 cool that people can express themselves whether you know how 655 00:40:30,680 --> 00:40:37,000 it may be in their life and and they can still have such a great 656 00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:40,160 profession. So yeah, it is very surreal to 657 00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:42,800 me. I I still pinch myself every day 658 00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:44,720 that and I say this all the time. 659 00:40:44,720 --> 00:40:48,720 I get to do this, I get to this. It's because of the belief from 660 00:40:48,720 --> 00:40:53,080 my staff, the students, people that have gotten through the 661 00:40:53,080 --> 00:40:58,440 course that speak so highly of us schools that ask us to speak 662 00:40:58,440 --> 00:41:04,640 and do keynote speaking, people that just believe in in who I am 663 00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:09,640 and what we provide, what N + I yield provides so very humbled. 664 00:41:10,720 --> 00:41:14,560 So to kind of wrap it up, what and I know you've kind of talked 665 00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:17,880 about it throughout, but what is some key advice that you want to 666 00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:22,040 offer to anybody that's working towards taking their exams soon? 667 00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:27,280 Yeah, that's advice, the biggest piece of advice. 668 00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:31,320 And and it may not be just one thing, because I think there's a 669 00:41:31,320 --> 00:41:34,240 culmination of different things that need to be taken into 670 00:41:34,240 --> 00:41:37,520 account. When we are taking a board exam 671 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:42,680 is first and foremost you have to remember your purpose. 672 00:41:43,240 --> 00:41:45,160 You have to remember why you started. 673 00:41:45,560 --> 00:41:51,680 It is very easy to delineate from what your initial goal was 674 00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:55,760 when you start to get stressed out, anxious, overwhelmed. 675 00:41:56,400 --> 00:41:58,960 So take a step back. I tell my students all the time, 676 00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:03,360 every day that you study, take a little post it note or in the 677 00:42:03,360 --> 00:42:09,520 corner of your notepad. Just write down, you know, 1235 678 00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:14,240 reasons why you started your journey and and use that as your 679 00:42:14,240 --> 00:42:17,760 motivation to overcome any obstacles. 680 00:42:18,720 --> 00:42:21,360 The second piece of advice is that this is a board exam. 681 00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:23,680 This is nothing like you've seen before. 682 00:42:24,720 --> 00:42:26,320 It's nothing like you've studied for before. 683 00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:29,760 So you know, I tell people all the time, it's not a final exam, 684 00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:33,040 it's a board exam. This is everything that you have 685 00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:36,040 learned or should have learned in the process of your 686 00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:40,080 education. So your approach has to be very 687 00:42:40,080 --> 00:42:43,400 different. And I think the last big tip 688 00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:45,440 that I will give is don't compare yourself. 689 00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:49,240 Your journey is your journey. It doesn't matter. 690 00:42:49,640 --> 00:42:53,360 I don't care if you know, for me, I didn't care if somebody 691 00:42:53,360 --> 00:42:55,960 passed six weeks out of their second year of Med school and 692 00:42:55,960 --> 00:42:58,360 passed step one. I had to go through all four 693 00:42:58,360 --> 00:43:01,640 years of Med school to pass step one, and I had to fail it five 694 00:43:01,640 --> 00:43:03,320 times. But my journey was my journey 695 00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:06,800 made me appreciate everything that I earned throughout that 696 00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:10,200 process. I didn't let anybody put me down 697 00:43:10,200 --> 00:43:14,040 or hold me back. It's it's easy for friends and 698 00:43:14,040 --> 00:43:16,240 family to be like, well, what's going on? 699 00:43:16,240 --> 00:43:18,640 Why aren't you passing or why haven't you taken your exam yet? 700 00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:21,360 Or when are you going to take your exam and and that kind of 701 00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:23,960 messes with your your mental health, your mental state of 702 00:43:23,960 --> 00:43:26,680 mind. Stay strong, utilize all those 703 00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:29,840 tips that I just gave you you know then I mean realistically 704 00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:35,600 and not to even sound like so redundant but needs, I mean 705 00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:39,560 literally take care of your nutrition, exercise if you can 706 00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:43,680 you know eliminate and or decrease your alcohol, you know, 707 00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:45,680 obviously don't smoke. I'm never going to say otherwise 708 00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:48,640 and get good sleep. These are things that are going 709 00:43:48,640 --> 00:43:51,880 to help you feel good the next day and as you see progress 710 00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:53,960 you're going to feel more and more confident. 711 00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:57,320 So these are things. Don't compare yourself because 712 00:43:57,320 --> 00:44:00,560 your journey is your journey and when you pass it's going to be 713 00:44:00,560 --> 00:44:02,280 the most rewarding experience ever. 714 00:44:02,680 --> 00:44:07,240 So just stay focused and and continue on and everyone will be 715 00:44:07,240 --> 00:44:09,640 just fine. Just find what works for you, 716 00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:14,240 Don't overdo it with resources. Find one thing and stick to it. 717 00:44:14,240 --> 00:44:18,720 And again, it's may not be me, but definitely fine. 718 00:44:18,720 --> 00:44:20,360 There's so many great resources out there. 719 00:44:20,360 --> 00:44:24,000 Find what works for you. Thank you, Thank you for 720 00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:25,800 sharing. Absolutely. 721 00:44:25,800 --> 00:44:27,880 Thank you for for the interview. I appreciate it. 722 00:44:27,920 --> 00:44:30,960 I love you on your own. On your own podcast I. 723 00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:33,160 Know, right? I love having people understand 724 00:44:33,160 --> 00:44:35,560 who I am and where we started because a lot of people really 725 00:44:35,560 --> 00:44:38,440 don't know where NCLEX, how you came from, and who I truly am. 726 00:44:38,440 --> 00:44:40,840 So with that, I appreciate you interviewing me. 727 00:44:40,840 --> 00:44:44,960 Nicole and I look forward to listening to this podcast.