The Neurodivergent Nursing Student Survival Guide

De: Dr. Orlando Rivera, Mercedes Rios Scott

Narrado por: Rebecca M Nowak

They said you were too emotional, too slow, too distracted, too much. This book says they were wrong.

If you’ve ever sat in a nursing lecture holding back tears, wondering why your brain refuses to work like everyone else’s… this book is for you. If you’ve blanked on an exam you studied all night for, shut down during clinicals, or been told you’re “not nurse material”—this guide is your lifeline.

It's also for:

• The ADHD brain that hyperfocuses on trauma care but forgets deadlines
• For the autistic student who thrives on routine but breaks under chaos
• The dyslexic learner who builds knowledge through movement, not memorization
• For every neurodivergent student navigating a system that wasn’t built for them

This isn’t another motivational pep talk. It’s a tactical, radically honest survival guide that speaks your language.

Inside, you’ll find:

• Tools for managing executive dysfunction, time blindness, and shutdowns
• Study methods that actually work for non-linear thinkers
• Sensory support tips for chaotic clinical environments
• Real talk on burnout, breakdowns, and bouncing back
• Advocacy scripts for accommodations and self-protection
• Letters that say what no professor ever did: you belong here

Written by a nurse, medic, and educator who lived it, this book isn’t polished—it’s real. It’s for the ones who stim, fidget, freeze, feel everything, and keep showing up anyway.

You’re not too much. You’re exactly what nursing needs.

Buy this book. Because you’re not here to fit the mold.

You’re here to break it—and become the exceptional nurse only you can be.

©2025 Orlando E Rivera (P)2025 Orlando E Rivera