Anyone ever been in this situation

[jaznia15]

It pains me to even write that I am in this situation at all, but the LAST semester before our practicum I find myself needing to make an 85 on my final to pass my peds class. I am sooooooooo nervous. It sickens me that I was 3 points away from not having to take this test (if we were satisfied with our test scores we could exempt). I knew attending this school which labels a "B" as being a 83-90 was going to bite me in the butt. Test avg was 81. I'm studying everyday but the teacher is so unpredictable with her test. I studied my butt off for the last one learning foundational concepts thinking this would help me on the test. Well turns out if I had just listened to her lectures instead of buying a $90 review book for PNP (I'm going for FNP) then I would've gotten those little 3 pts I needed. I'm trying to look past that and do good on this test. She's surprisingly giving a study guide for this final, but sometimes those really are no help for her test. I take full responsibility for my part in this mess. I was the same way in nursing school, the closer it got to the end the more burnt out and "over it" I got. I've been listening to lectures EVERYDAY, taking notes upon notes. I've never studied for a test so hard in my life. Her last final (in Adult 2) I thought I had straight bombed and made a 90 (still a B grrrr). That was probably the most nerve wrecking test in my life and I had only needed to make a 70 on it. But, alas, let me stop the debbie downer party. If anyone has ever been in this situation please offer advice. I think knowing that if I don't make this grade that I won't graduate has me more torn up inside than anything. My classmates are no help, most are like "you know you are going to ace that final" and just blow me off. Even one of my overhouse supervisors (who is in the cohort behind me) said the same thing when I questioned him. They don't realize that there is no GUARANTEE that I will blow this out of the water. I've prayed and I'm studying. Is there anything else I could do or any study strategies anybody knows that might help. I've decided to relisten to lectures and re-look at the self-study material. Don't think the book will help much seeing as she lectured almost verbatim from the review book I purchased (which led me to the purchase). This is the 5th semester of my 6 semester full time program which has been pure HELL. I hate to think I wasted the last 18 months of my life just to have to retake this course and graduate a year late. I don't think I would even attempt to finish this degree up if I don't graduate this May. Its been just that STRESSFUL.

[emsguy, MSN, APRN, NP]

My FNP program is standard grades except....anything below an 80 is an F. so you can only get an A or a B.

[Palliative Care, DNP]

Loyola University New Orleans, the minimum grade that is considered passing is an 83%. Anything less than that is failing.