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Post by mystyfan on Sept 14, 2009 21:29:29 GMT -5
Arrgghh... I really feel like a shortbus seat warmer today.
See.. I am a first year RN student and just took my first REAL nursing test today. I am taking nursing fundamentals, Pharmacology AND informatics this semester which is the triad of doom apparently.
I THOUGHT I did 'alright' on this first test, but we got our results today and only THREE people out of our entire class passed the test. I was in the other 90 percent. Now, I studied and all, but this test covered 10 chapters (yeah...10 chapters on a first test which by the way was taken on the 2nd week of class ..I kid you not)..and the study guide was VERY vague as to what to focus on, and the questions were either vague or inferred that you already knew complex nursing procedures already .
I think the main problem with it was the vague study guide, and the fact that most of this test was about theory or fluffy crap.
Someone PLEASE tell me I'm gonna pass this course... lol 0_o
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Post by Queen Shadowrama on Sept 14, 2009 21:47:52 GMT -5
Hehe, I'm not a medical student of any type, but as a biology major, I have definitely experienced my share of the "triads of doom" - organic chemistry, calculus, and physics. Kinda made me want to die, but I got through it, though it took a lot of work.
I've known a few people studying in the medical field, and I gotta say, it sounds like you're in for a lot of work. Like a sort of I-need-to-stop-having-a-real-life-and-read-my-textbook-even-when-I'm-on-the-toilet sort of work. Those first classes, like my organic chemistry class, are designed for culling the herd, so to speak.
But if you're serious about your major, and you know that this is what you wanna do with your life - work your a** off. Do everything you can to get your grade up - get help from your professor or T.A., and yeah, and have that textbook ready at all times for those periods when you're not doing anything. And pray for a curve, lol. With 90% of the class failing it, there's a pretty good chance there will be.
Keep at it, no matter how hard it seems. You can do it! ;D
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Post by mummifiedstalin on Sept 15, 2009 8:29:24 GMT -5
A nursing education is just about equivalent on the science side to what most doctors have to get in pre-med/medical school. So it's definitely signing on for a ton of work. When my wife was in medical school, she was beyond swamped. She had 8 hours of lecture during the day followed by usually at least 6 hours of studying each day packed on top of that, plus studying full-time on the weekends. She now says that if she knew what she was signing up for, she wouldn't have done it.
The one thing is that you do get used to it. You learn to become a more efficient studier, you get used to the long hours, and it just becomes second nature. You even learn how to have a life, just a busier one. But it takes adjustment. And remember, too, that a lot of those programs and courses will have "weed-out" tests and courses early on to scare away the people who aren't committed. Your "only 3 people passed" story is typical. That part won't stay the same...if it did, there wouldn't be any nurses.
(Plus, your avatar suggests you're a WoW player...might be time to cancel that account...heh.)
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Post by mrsphyllistorgo on Sept 15, 2009 11:57:06 GMT -5
Yep, medical and law school--they are both designed to toughen you up and teach you what to focus on and what to scan. Don't worry about memorizing every single thing--it's beyond most humans. What they're trying to teach you is how to pick up the important facts, analyze them, and use that to figure out answers to other questions. Think of tests as "flu-like symptoms", and it's your job to figure out what they mean.
You can do it! If there's one thing the world needs more of, it's teachers and nurses.
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Post by MonsterX on Sept 15, 2009 21:07:42 GMT -5
My wife is studying to be a nurse practitioner and she wanted me to ask you've taken undergraduate biology courses. Also, I'm supposed to ask how hard it is to get excepted into a nursing program where you're at.
Anyway, she is a strait A student but in order to do this she studies compulsively. When I come home from work I take care of the house so she can study all night. It's a lot of work.
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Post by mummifiedstalin on Sept 15, 2009 22:32:38 GMT -5
My wife is studying to be a nurse practitioner and she wanted me to ask you've taken undergraduate biology courses. Also, I'm supposed to ask how hard it is to get excepted into a nursing program where you're at. Anyway, she is a strait A student but in order to do this she studies compulsively. When I come home from work I take care of the house so she can study all night. It's a lot of work. Sounds like what I did to get my wife through med school. POWER TO THE SUPPORT SPOUSES! |
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Post by Bart Fargo on Sept 25, 2009 19:17:38 GMT -5
Well, this was a long time ago, but my mom didn't get her R.N. until she was 35.
In my college experience as a business major, we had the same thing happen in my accounting class. It started out with 35 people. By the last drop day, there were 15 of us. They wouldn't allow us to drop the course. Of those 15, only 1 got a D in the course. Everyone else got an F. I was one of the Fs.
We all appealed and got it taken off our records though. Next semester I took the course again and got a B in it.
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Post by bobjohnson on Sept 26, 2009 17:51:23 GMT -5
We can't tell you that you are going to pass your test, thats entirely up to you. I sucked horribly my first semester but I stuck with it and I do much better these days.
Hang in there, the first semester battle hardens you for the next one!
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Post by Chuck on Oct 1, 2009 20:16:44 GMT -5
My wife is studying to be a nurse practitioner and she wanted me to ask you've taken undergraduate biology courses. Also, I'm supposed to ask how hard it is to get excepted into a nursing program where you're at. Anyway, she is a strait A student but in order to do this she studies compulsively. When I come home from work I take care of the house so she can study all night. It's a lot of work. Sounds like what I did to get my wife through med school. POWER TO THE SUPPORT SPOUSES! Seriously: you guys are the best. They're right. Hang in there and listen to mummi. You can do it. |
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Post by dph on Oct 1, 2009 20:36:09 GMT -5
Well I'm not a med student either. However I am a senior graduating this December. Just a word of caution, get used to those vague study guides, college professors are not looking to give you anything or to do you any favors. It sounds harsh, and I really wish more of them understood these days that there is life beyond their class. It has taken me six years to get a Bachelors of Sciences (Ag Business), mainly because I have had to work full time to put myself through school. It's gonna be a tough ride, probably worse because you are going in the med field, but it the end it will be all worth it (even though I still don't have a job after graduation).
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