I need help answering nursing questions!

[pearlbubbles]

Hello,

Today I took my first Adult I exam and did not receive the grade I wanted. However, I studied a lot an prepared for the exam. When I walked in there, I felt that it wouldn't have mattered how long I studied or how well I knew the material because it was all so random. If any of you guys have helpful tips, they would be greatly appreciated! I used to get great grades and now I feel like I am struggling in nursing school, which I don't like. I would like to try my hardest to get an A in a nursing course and I feel that I am just struggling answering nursing questions on exams.

Here is how I studied:

- read every chapter we needed for the test while taking notes in a nursing care plan template that my teachers provided (I tried to do this before the lecture of each topic)

- read the Saunders NCLEX comprehensive book (just the sections that we were covering along with answering the practice questions)

- More practice questions from the Med-Surg success book and the online Saunders

- Teach the disease to a friend while she also asked me questions about certain meds or nursing interventions (she acted like she was the pt)

- watch online youtube nursing or patho videos on the disease

- attend weekly tutoring sessions provided by my school

I really don't know what else to do because I did everything my teachers suggested we do. I want to meet with them to go over the test so I can try to do better on the next one but right now I have to wait until after our group test review to even set up an appointment.

[RunBabyRN]

Learning how to answer nursing questions is one of the hardest parts of nursing school. It seems like most of the answers are correct, but which one is the MOST correct? Think of it this way, if you could only do one of these and leave, which would leave the patient in the best shape? Which one will keep them from dying? Remember that safety is #1, above all else.

The NCLEX study guides might be your best tools for this. I'm not sure if Kaplan has a book on it, but their techniques for NCLEX questions were SOOO helpful for me.

[Squidelle]

what semester are you in? can you give an example of the sort of question you have trouble with?

In general,reading material thoroughly and doing plenty of questions and looking at rationales is whats going to help

[tiffany91]

Hi! Reading your post brings back my nursing school anxiety. [emoji87] I just graduated in August. What kind of exam was it? A professor made exam, HESI exam, etc?