I am in trouble!!!!

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Specializes in PACU.

I know i failed my first A&P test(blood and the heart) I just didnt study em=nough + i thought the test was gonna be very hard. but it wasnt , the teacher gave us a chapter outline along with a study guide and that was exactly how thw test was set up. i could have done a lot better, but maybe next time.:o

It's only one test. Look at it as a lesson learned & then kick some tail on the next one! ;)

Like Amy said.. it is just one test. Learn from this incident and move on... and be sure to study, study, study from now on... anatomy is one of those classes that you CANNOT cram for.

I'm not sure why you wouldn't study if you thought it was going to be hard? Wouldn't it be the other way around (don't study if you think it'll be easy)? I figured out the A&P professors love to scare you with stories about how many people fail. You're best to dig in, and embrace the subject with fascination and curiosity, and rehease what you know over and over, and do what the others said; don't cram at the last minute. I hope you do better next time.

Specializes in Informatics.

I just failed my first A & P test too! I'm looking at it as a clean slate. I got behind, and it was just impossible to catch up. I've already read the chapter which will be covered tonight. :)

Specializes in LTC & Private Duty Pediatrics.

Miss JKm & Others:

- You need to set up a routine - so that it becomes habit.

- For a 15 week A&P course -- you'll need 3 hours per day study/memorization time. This is in addition to any writeups, transfer of notes, study-guides, or note-card making.

- With that in mind. Set up an hour or so in the morning, an hour or so for lunch and the same for dinner. And...repeat this cycle every single stinking day. Even on days you have exams -- you come home from exam and start on the next chapter.

- If you can't stick to a routine ... or don't have the discipline to do so. then you need to re-evaluate your situation and decide if nursing is for you.

- The reason I am being so hard today. We had a review last night for A&P 102 exam (heart/blood). The only purpose of last night's lecture was review. We already had the notes/outlines/etc.

- Well, half the students are writing like mad. The other half (the ones who studied) just highlighted their notes or just wrote down the topic headings.

- If you prepared properly - your home-built study guide matched exactly what was being covered. My two lab partners & myself had pretty much the same study-notes --- even though we developed them independently from each other.

- Anyhow. A 30 min review ended up dragging out for 2 1/2 hours.

John Coxey

Specializes in MS Home Health.

I would have loved to have three hours per day to study LOLOLOL. I was married with kids and working full time. I think not everyone has or needs three hours per day. I was lucky to get 1 to 2......did fine. JMHO.

Just keep trying and figure out what works for you with your lifestyle and challenges.

renerian

I thought the same thing, renerian. I have two kids and I'm taking 16 hours (3 of the 4 of my classes are science classes). If I spent that much time I wouldn't have time to eat, sleep, take care of my kids, clean the house, etc... I have a 4.0, so I must be doing something right.

But I agree about the part when others in class not studying and end up taking up the teachers time over stuff that everyone should already know, that gets annoying.

So now you know how this teacher tests. You will do better next time! Good luck!

Remember that one of the unstated purposes of courses like A&P is to weed out students who won't cut it in nursing school. You'll want to be careful about studying these sciences. If there's a tie in points to get in, its the grades in these courses that are the tie breakers. Besides, who wants a nurse who doesn't know the difference between anterior and posterior. Would you?

Kathy

Specializes in ICU, psych, corrections.

The high score on our Cardiology exam was a 72...LOL. I got a 66 and most of my classmates that I reviewed with scored somewhere around there. The average was a 64 and the low was somewhere around the low 50's. Our Neurology exam was pretty similar except one person scored a 98%...ruined the curve for everyone!!!! LOL

Specializes in Telemetry, Stepdown.

Don't feel bad, I remember failing my first a&p test with a D. After that I got a feel of what the test was like and pulled an A out of the class. You can do it!!!

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