Nursing school is all about adaptation. Keeping up with the course load, managing your personal life, relationships, work and everything else can be a delicate balance. Figuring out the way that you learn best is an integral part of studying effectively, and not only learning, but retaining the material. What works for some people, may not work for all. Using resources such as YouTube videos, flashcards and more can really help to solidify information. I personally do not like reading textbooks. I find that I do not retain the information, therefore I have had to come up with a system that worked for me which is by creating my own course study guides and using other resources and material to fill in any blanks.
To create a study guide, I begin by using the course PowerPoints/voiceovers lectures. I will type up an extremely detailed word document of all of the information from the lecture., basically word for word. I find this to be helpful, even with information that I feel that I have a good handle to get repetition. I then send the typed Study Guide to my iPad (or you can print it) and bring it to my live lecture. I then notate on the Study Guide by hand, using different colors for different sections, disease processes, etc. This allows me to get another, different type of exposure to the material. Finally, I will study 
the material section by section, or color by color. Nursing school exams are notoriously difficult and simply memorizing the information isn’t enough. We must retain, understand, and then be able to apply the content to clinical scenarios in order to demonstrate competency in certain areas.
I also use supplemental material such as flash cards, YouTube videos, doing practice questions, and formed a study group with my fellow classmates. Utilizing the textbook can be an amazing resource, but it is important to understand that there are many other ways to learn and study material for nursing school, and still be successful. Once you find what works well for you and your learning style, stick with it!