Anyone get A's in nursing school?

crb613, BSN, RN · Mar 6, 2006

I have made a lot of A's, some B's, I graduate in May.....and I just want it to be over! My goal....pass the exit Hesi & the Nclex.

Bumashes, MSN, APRN, NP · Mar 6, 2006

Shame on them! :angryfire I think that they're small minded people who couldn't get good grades themselves, so they have to put others down to make themselves feel good. Forget them. I'm going in with a 4.0, and I'll tear heads off to keep my A's. Everything is possible. People like that burn me up. I think it's horrible to discourage people like that. Before I got into nursing, I went to school for four years towards a bachelor's in elementary education, and I remember a good story for this. As an experiment, one school decided to take low achieving math students, and put them into a curriculum of higher level math. These were fourth graders if I remember correctly. Anyway, the first day of class, the teacher came in and told the students that they had all been selected because of their exceptional mathematical ability. They were told that they were the cream of the crop, and that they were going to receive a more fulfilling and special math education than the rest of the fourth grade that year. All they were ever given was encouragement. Those kids worked their butts off that year. And GUESS WHAT? Not a single one of them failed! :yeah: Sure, not all of them made A's and B's, but they all passed a math course that was designed for kids two grade levels higher than their own levels (Most were at a third grade math level before this class). What does that tell you about the effect a teacher's opening comments can have on a student? Those instructors must have gotten their degrees from a cracker-jack box. Nowhere in my four years of teacher education schooling was I taught that it's a good idea to lower your student's expectations for them. In fact, that was a severe no no :nono: . So, I say to you, try your hardest, and to hell with those morons! :lol2:

CseMgr1, ASN, RN · Mar 6, 2006

I made the Director's List (in Peds and Leadership Nursing) during the first two quarters of my Senior year. I made a C in Advanced Med-Surg the last quarter, but let me tell you, I was PROUD of it, for it was the HARDEST course I ever took in my life!

Race Mom, ASN, RN · Mar 6, 2006

So far...I'm doing really well! I have maintained A's on all my tests, but there are so many of them, that I'm dreading each one more and more. So many people are failing them. We had more students fail the med calc test this semester than any in history. I'm absolutely sad to think that we may lose a few this week when they are given there second and final chance.

I want us all to succeed.

But, down to business...I LOVE my A's! It is such a great feeling to get those kind of results! I just hope that I can keep it up!

Off to studying!

Lisa

LeashRN · Mar 6, 2006

4.0 for the first 2 of 4 semesters, and graduated with a 3.8 - I only ever received 2 B's.

It can be done - you can do it!

Alisha

Kim O'Therapy, BSN, RN · Mar 6, 2006

IMO, the difference between nursing school and med school is a matter of quantity, not difficulty level.

:yeahthat: :yeahthat:

Achoo!, LPN · Mar 6, 2006

I have been able to maintain A's for midterms, we'll see if I can keep it up :)

flbratgirl · Mar 7, 2006

Yes it can be done but the main thing is to relax and enjoy what you are doing. Nursing school can be one of the best times of your life and you will form friendships that will carry you through. We were told the "horror" stories and decided our class would debunk the myths. We learned, and shared and participated in the community and even worked as aides while attending school and managed to graduate with honors. The most important thing that our instructors kept telling us was to learn the rationales once you understood how, why becomes self evident aeb once you learn how blood flows through the heart/body you can recognize the symptoms of left and right heart failure by backing up the flow. Memorization is just rote but understanding the processes affords you insight into the disease processes and enables you to formulate implementations and plans of care to maximize outcome. Learning something new should be a joy. Find someone that feels that way and studying seems easier. Take time to have a life cause in the end it will help you to save one even if it is yours. This is doable.

MaddiesMommyRN · Mar 7, 2006

Hello. I am two years out of school. Going into nursing school, I had a 3.0 GPA. I thank my lucky stars that I even got in, because these days I know I wouldn't. Anyway, I got a 3.6 GPA in Nursing School. The instructors try and scare you to death telling you how hard it will be. I did have to study quite a bit but it sounds like you have that down pat already. So, yes, I did get quite a few A's. With that being said, now being an RN for almost two years with some real world experience, the grades that you do or don't get in school won't even matter when it comes to how good of an RN you will make. In my opinion, nursing is a lot of common sense, once they lay the foundation in nursing school. I am sure you will do just fine. But remember, those A's won't mean squat once you pass those boards and have that RN behind your name. Good Luck to all of you! :nurse:

LoveTheNICU · Mar 7, 2006

I went into nursing school with a 4.0 and scholarships to maintain.... One required me to have a 3.75 in order to keep receiving the money. Because our courses are theory and clinical combined, one class can be 6-7 credit hours, when I was carrying 16-17 at a time. If you do the math on that, it means I COULDN'T get anything but A's in order to keep my scholarship money. That being said..... I graduate in 64 days and have straight As up until this point, and I don't believe that would have changed even if I was not having the financial incentive. I do work hard and study quite a bit, but it can be done. At the same time, there is much to be said for the fact that GPA can have little to do with the quality of nursing care you provide. I was working with another student with a high GPA last week, who proceeded to royally screw things up time after time from a technical/clinical standpoint. She may have been able to tell me how to perform a certain type of dressing change or what the symptoms of CHF are, etc. but could no more actually DO the dressing change or hear rales and see pitting edema than my 5 year old neice! Just keep in mind that grades are not everything (but I know to some, they are alot;) )

RN2BLAL · Mar 8, 2006

I have always made A's and now I am cutting like 88% on my tests, which is way better than most of my classmates, some are failing. I am happy with my grades although I would love to cut in the 90's. I guess it also depends on what else you have going on in your life, like work, kids...or whateverelse. My plate is pretty full and I don't have time for group study so basically I just do what I can to make it through the tests.