Can I vent a minute? A&P finals...

crb613, BSN, RN · May 4, 2005

I know how you feel. I loved A&P I & II but now micro is the thorn in my side!!! Maybe you just need to ease up on yourself, so what if you don't do as well in this class....just pass it. I like you want to make the best grades I possibly can but, if 1-2 points below a B is the best you can do.......then you have done all you can & the world won't end. Sometimes we put so much pressure on ourselves that we cannot succeed, relax just do your best & that's all you can do. Good luck :)

Tweety, BSN, RN · May 4, 2005

I you study hard and do your very best, and still get a few points below a B, as hard as it is, you're going to have to accept this PASSING grade and move on......knowing that you're smart enough. Please don't let a C, after making the Deans list so many times make you feel like a failure and not smart enough.

Mark my word. It doesn't get any harder than this from now on. (Much more time consuming, but no more difficult, I promise).

So keep on keeping on and kudos to you for making it through!

RedSox33RN · May 4, 2005

I'm going through the EXACT same thing now, April!! Right down to my A&P II exam being on Friday. I must get above an 80 for the course though, or I have to re-take it - in a year (only offered 1x a year). I did great in all my other courses, made the Dean's list with my other college, and then when I took Nursing 101. Great grades in A&P 1, but A&P II is kicking me all over the place!

I got a 69 on the first exam, an 85 on the second, and shocked myself by getting 100 on the third. I took my 4th exam on Monday, been checking Blackboard all day today for the results (she NEVER posts anything on time!), and am hoping for better than a 69, because we do get our lowest exam grade dropped. I did great in lab - a 103 average there - but I can say, after reviewing allllll the stuff from exam #1 (the one I did so badly on), that I don't remember ANY of it. None. And it was, what, 4 months ago??? Very sad!

So, I'm sweating bullets, am sick to death of studying this stuff, and just wish Friday would get here. I'm studied out. I hate looking at my notebooks and re-writing notes (my preferred method of trying to imprint this stuff into my brain!) and checking Blackboard and all of it. I just want to skip over Thursday.

Best of luck to you!

**RosesrReder, BSN, MSN, RN** · May 5, 2005

Did you ever just feel not smart enough?
I have my A&P II final on Friday morning and I just really do not feel smart enough. I have struggled with THIS class all semester. It has been THE hardest class yet.
I did horrible in high school- I hated it and would have rather been doing anything else. I waited 8 years after high school to go to college- was on the Dean's list every semester. I was in regular college for 3 years and then decided to go to Nursing school, so I only had a few of the general classes left to take- A&P being one of them. I did GREAT in A&P I. I've been on the dean's list each semester in NS as well. But this A&P II is KILLING me!!!! Right now, no matter what grade I get on the final I will STILL be 1-2 pts below a B. Not only is that driving ME insane, but with the ultra competitive nature of getting into the clinical portion, it will most likely hurt me there too.
I just don't feel smart enough to know it and learn it. My mind wanders all over the place, like the TV is on and some one keeps switching the channel every 30 seconds or so.
The class IS hard, but it is totally fair- the problem is with ME.
Ugh!
Thanks for letting me vent!
(I wasn't sure if this is the right place for this, I apologize if it needs to be moved.)

I feel exactly the same way about Chemistry! I absolutely am convinced I was born with a chem deficiency. No matter what I do to study and get it through my head did not work. I passed the class with a B and let me tell you, to me it seemed like I Had to lose sleep over that class. I even had nightmares about that class :chuckle

Vent all you want, we are all here too do the same and encourage each other. Listening and offering each other advice is the best gift.

Tweege · May 5, 2005

Girls, Girls, Girls, Sounds Like we're all in the same boat. I can relate toootally! :rolleyes: I took my A&p II final yesterday, and my story is much like gentlemothers, identically like hers, I've been accepted into the National Technical Honor Society, and Who's Who, but have struggled through this semester. I hope to make an A, but it's possible it will be a B. Since mid term, our instructor spent 2 weeks lecturing on 2 out of 6 chapters causing us to take the last 2 chapter tests and the final on three consecutive days. Chapter 28 test on Mon. of this week, then giving us 55 homework questions due the next day(Tue.) on Ch. 29, which we tested on that day as well, then the final on the 6 previous chapters Wednesday (our midterm exam was on ch 18- 23). Talk about tough. Anyway, I made it, and I feel I did well. I know that personally, I have got to get over this feeling of having to achieve an A on everything, especially when I start NS this fall. I never tried in HS, 20+ yrs ago, so I never knew I could do this well, never thought I had the brains. I'm 42 yrs old, and it's time to get real. I will do my best with the ability God has given me, the rest is in His hands. The main objective for me has got to be to pass, now I just have to believe that :uhoh21: that's the hard part! Best wishes to you all, I know we will all make it if we just try!!!!!

hula nurse · May 6, 2005

I totally feel your pain! I just finished up A&P II and I just about pulled my hair out this semester! It was so much harder than A&P I. This summer I am taking Micro and I am afraid I will be stressing again. All we can ever do is our best and I will give you a quote from my mom's nursing teacher. "Nursing is 30% book smarts and 110% common sense." Just the fact that you have made it this far is awesome! Hang in there! :)

Did you ever just feel not smart enough?
I have my A&P II final on Friday morning and I just really do not feel smart enough. I have struggled with THIS class all semester. It has been THE hardest class yet.
I did horrible in high school- I hated it and would have rather been doing anything else. I waited 8 years after high school to go to college- was on the Dean's list every semester. I was in regular college for 3 years and then decided to go to Nursing school, so I only had a few of the general classes left to take- A&P being one of them. I did GREAT in A&P I. I've been on the dean's list each semester in NS as well. But this A&P II is KILLING me!!!! Right now, no matter what grade I get on the final I will STILL be 1-2 pts below a B. Not only is that driving ME insane, but with the ultra competitive nature of getting into the clinical portion, it will most likely hurt me there too.
I just don't feel smart enough to know it and learn it. My mind wanders all over the place, like the TV is on and some one keeps switching the channel every 30 seconds or so.
The class IS hard, but it is totally fair- the problem is with ME.
Ugh!
Thanks for letting me vent!
(I wasn't sure if this is the right place for this, I apologize if it needs to be moved.)

r_janice · May 6, 2005

I am finishing Micro, which is kicking my butt, and plan to take A&P I in the fall. I finished all of my prereqs except for A&P I & 2, and the pending Micro. I didnt realize I was saving the worst for last! My GPA is a 3.7 and Ive been doing the college thing for a 1 1/2 years. After taking Micro Im scared to take my A&Ps. Is it really that bad? :uhoh21:

hula nurse · May 6, 2005

Hello! If you can survive micro, A&P will not be that bad! Look over your notes everyday, just make it a habit. You will be fine!

:)

I am finishing Micro, which is kicking my butt, and plan to take A&P I in the fall. I finished all of my prereqs except for A&P I & 2, and the pending Micro. I didnt realize I was saving the worst for last! My GPA is a 3.7 and Ive been doing the college thing for a 1 1/2 years. After taking Micro Im scared to take my A&Ps. Is it really that bad? :uhoh21:

Sheri257 · May 7, 2005

"Nursing is 30% book smarts and 110% common sense."

I don't know where people get these ideas. Common sense only helps if you already have a great deal of knowledge. Otherwise, common sense can also kill a patient.

Case in point: After surgery, antiembolic stockings are a common measure to increase circulation and prevent clotting in the legs. However, if your patient already has a leg clot, and if you don't have the "book smarts" to know the signs and symptoms to detect it, the stockings could also cause a pulmonary embolism and instant death. This is where studying becomes really important because "common sense" could kill the patient.

There is very little "common sense" in nursing that also doesn't involve a great deal of knowledge. And you usually get most of that knowledge from books. If nursing really mostly involved only common sense, anybody off the street could do it, but they can't.

:rolleyes:

GrnHonu99, RN · May 14, 2005

I know how you feel. I loved A&P I & II but now micro is the thorn in my side!!! Maybe you just need to ease up on yourself, so what if you don't do as well in this class....just pass it. I like you want to make the best grades I possibly can but, if 1-2 points below a B is the best you can do.......then you have done all you can & the world won't end. Sometimes we put so much pressure on ourselves that we cannot succeed, relax just do your best & that's all you can do. Good luck :)

Same here!!!

I breezed through AP1 with a 97%, now i'm taking AP2 and Micro and while im doing well in micro im having a really hard time in AP2!! I know the material but our teacher is just awful. Our first test was last week and the class average was a 65%!!!! Seems to me if one person out of 150 got an A and the majority failed something is wrong! maybe if he actually lectured instead of just reading slides that come strait from the book, i can do that at home myself!! He never says anything worth writing down so I feel like class is a waste of my time and when I ask questions, I, and other students often get a nonchalant "ummm i dont know, good question though". Hes the teacher he should know or atleast say he will find out! AHHH...sorry for the vent...i just studied really hard for that test and only got a 77%...considering the class average I guess I should be happy...blah...sorry all...had to vent...

**RosesrReder, BSN, MSN, RN** · Jun 3, 2005

Did you ever just feel not smart enough?
I have my A&P II final on Friday morning and I just really do not feel smart enough. I have struggled with THIS class all semester. It has been THE hardest class yet.
I did horrible in high school- I hated it and would have rather been doing anything else. I waited 8 years after high school to go to college- was on the Dean's list every semester. I was in regular college for 3 years and then decided to go to Nursing school, so I only had a few of the general classes left to take- A&P being one of them. I did GREAT in A&P I. I've been on the dean's list each semester in NS as well. But this A&P II is KILLING me!!!! Right now, no matter what grade I get on the final I will STILL be 1-2 pts below a B. Not only is that driving ME insane, but with the ultra competitive nature of getting into the clinical portion, it will most likely hurt me there too.
I just don't feel smart enough to know it and learn it. My mind wanders all over the place, like the TV is on and some one keeps switching the channel every 30 seconds or so.
The class IS hard, but it is totally fair- the problem is with ME.
Ugh!
Thanks for letting me vent!
(I wasn't sure if this is the right place for this, I apologize if it needs to be moved.)

SEEMS LIKE WE ALL HAVE A THORNY SIDE WHEN IT COMES TO SCIENCES :chuckle

MINE WAS DEFINETLY CHEMISTRY! I COULD NOT DISLIKE THAT CLASS ANYMORE.