why is med/surg a hard class to pass??

[2bmalenurse23]

Hello everyone,

I am a new nursing student set to begin the clinical portion of the RN program spring 2012. After reading a few threads I see that people have a really difficult time when there in med/surg adult health rotation, why is this??? I have A's in both A&P I & II, B in chem I & A in chem II, C in micro, and actually enjoyed the challenge of the classes because they were interesting to me, but I hated. Micro. What should I expect in medical surgical nursing?? And why is it so difficult to pass???

[SleeepyRN]

Oh, and these same people got A's in A&P as well. But it wasn't due to true understanding. The instructors did them a disservice by only making them memorize things for their exams.

[scrubnurselj]

ChevyV, (1st three sentences) well said!