Barely passing....

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Specializes in Ortho-Neuro,labor and delivery, nursery.

Hello everyone. I just got a very depressing email from my teacher stating that I am barely passing patho with a 78. I've never in my life failed a class and I'm doing well in my other class. I'm always studying for that class, reading and re-reading the notes and the chapters but I'm still not fully retaining it. My teacher is fairly new (this is her second year teaching) and all she does is read off her power point not explaining anything to us. When you ask her to explain something she gets so flustered and frustrated and still doesn't explain anything. The last thing I want to do is fail and we only have 2 more test + the final to take this semester. Are there any good websites on patho that might be able to help me? Thanks

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Specializes in Med/Surg ICU, NICU.

I am so sorry that you are struggling with this class. It is very frustrating to say the least. I do not know of any websites but I do have a Pathophysiology book for nursing by Lippincott that I really like and it breaks things down in a way that I understand them.

I wish you the best!

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stay positive

dont stress yourself out and make your teacher do the same also

you are passing . barely passing is still passing

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Specializes in ICU.

There are some good posts/files/links over on the Nursing Student Assistance Forum. See:

https://allnurses.com/forums/f205/pathophysiology-p-fluid-electrolyte-resources-145201.html

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Tele.

Try this book from the series : Reviews and Rationals, Pathophysiology ISBN-13: 978-0130304506 . It also has tons of NCLEX type questions in it.

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Get the Physiology Coloring Book by Kapit (and another author I can't remember). It makes things easy to understand and fun! Each major concept is broken down into plates with text on one side and illustrations on the opposite side. I used them when I taught physo lab, they really, truly helped my students. After you color the plate and read the text you will understand the concept, garaunteed!

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Specializes in Ortho-Neuro,labor and delivery, nursery.

Thanks everyone for your advice. I feel a little bit better today after a good cry and some sleep last night. I'm exhausted and then that email just broke me down. Right now we're studying the same topic in Adult Health and Patho so I'm praying that I get this subject down. Our next test is broken up into 2 sections half take home and the other half in class so I hope I can get a high enough score to get over the barely passing hump. I have to meet w/ her on Monday along with several other students in the class so I hope all goes well. Thanks again

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