A&P.. What am I doing wrong

[brandyl123]

I just want to say this website is a blessing. I feel I can't really talk to anyone else about this unless they are right there with me going through this. I took my first lab test tonight, and I had to fight the tears in class, because my mind went blank!! We had like 89 questions total each station was timed 3 minutes and I freaked when I couldn't answer some of them. I realized I started to panic, I guess because I was being timed. I did well on the cell part, but messed up badly on all the body terms, body planes(which I new), identifying all the tissues and got mixed up with all the parts on the skin and bone model:uhoh21: So you can say I pretty much failed or got a low D. I walked out of there got into my car, and just started crying:crying2: I am so not feeling smart anymore. My mom of course wants to bring up how I have gotten almost all A's in other classes but none were like this. I feel like a failure, I am starting to feel like my brain is not cut out for this, and it makes me so mad:madface: I wanted this so bad, I might even be accepted to NS next fall, and now I am having the hardest time with this class. Sorry so long, please someone tell me how you study. How many hours a week should I be studying. It also makes me feel bad a lot of people on here say lab is easier than lecture, I find it vice versa. Well thanks to all of you who took time out to read my long post.

[sunnyday1]

One thing to remember is when reading you need to test yourself and be able to explain concepts to others. It doesn't matter how much you read if you are not learning the concepts and key words.

I also use open labs and ask LOTS OF QUESTIONS. I know I have asked same questions from the instructions multible times but repetition is so important and that is how you learn. Never forget that your professor and instructors get their paycheck from teaching and making sure YOU get it.

[Daytonite, BSN, RN]

In some schools where there are long waits for places in nursing classes, they deliberately design the work required of the students in A&P to thin out the herd. A&P for some students is the first time they are confronted with having to plan and organize their study of a subject rather than having an instructor spoon feed it to them. As one poster said previously, she studied whenever she wasn't doing things for her family. No TV. This is the kind of dedication it takes to pass this kind of class. It is going to get much more intensive when you get into your nursing classes. The thinking is that if a student can't figure out how to pass an anatomy test, how in the world are they going to figure out how to organize their work day as RNs?

Aspiring nursing students. . .your instructors are going to be constantly assessing your work ethic and performance when you get into your nursing classes. Prospective employers are going to talk to your nursing instructors and ask them what kind of student you have been because it gives them an idea of the kind of employee you will be. If you procrastinate, whine and complain that things are too hard, give up easily, skip classes, or stand to the back of the line when it comes time to volunteer to do things, this information is going to be noted by your instructors and transmitted either directly or by not commenting on it at all to your prospective work places. Nurse recruiters are very sharp at reading between the lines of reference letters! I have been actively involved in the hiring and orienting of new grad nurses and I'm telling you the truth here. Those of you who take your studies seriously will be the ones who will succeed. The others just disappear and find other things to do.