Dazed and Confused

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I'm currently enrolled in the ADN program at Kaplan College. It seems that it should be pretty simple because all the classes are already predisposed and it seems like clock work because they have done this many times. However, I feel that I am lost! The school is leading me down the path to want just pass, I come from a household where B's are not accepted and now I feel brought down because I don't exactly know what is going to be covered in each test or class session. I've been learning through my Nursing Strategies class on how to make myself understand the curriculum and become more of an independent student. Am I the only one who is as lost as I am, do others share the same confusion and what did you do to help yourself succeed? I don't just want to pass the course and be able to take the NCLEX, I want to be able to come away with a good education, I know I'm paying for it big time!!!

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Specializes in ob/gyn med /surg.

i don't know anything about kaplan adn program. is there a peer advisor you can call? how do you get the clinical hours needed for BON? are you a LPN allready? i wish you luck, i send hugs your way. please keep me posted on how you are doing.

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I always felt overwhelmed like I would never know it all, and well it's true you can't read everything and you can't know everything. My biggest help was talking with instructors about what they want us to know and what we will use most in our nursing practice. My advice to you would be to really connect with instructors they live to teach :) And get use to asking questions that will continue for the rest of your nursing career! You will do fine, relax enjoy the ride that is nursing!:redbeathe

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Hey! I totallyunderstand how you are feeling... But what my instructors say is- If you are a got to have an A student... GET OVER IT! You can not be perfect. You must have common sense and critical thinking... C=RN:) C- means CONTINUE!:) Good luck to you! Its hard to always be an A student then make C's... But its the average in Nursing Schools.. Especially ADN programs b/c they are so fast track! I wish you the best:) > And even though C's are average... I still pray you will have A's:)

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Specializes in Neurosurgical, Trauma, Medical ICU, CVR.

First....I am sorry for your feelings of anxiety and confusion. But you just pretty well decribed me in nursing school! I have an ASN and I honestly think the first year we were made to "sink or swim". And please don't think that what you are experiencing will leave you being anything less than wonderful at your choosen profession. I passed it all the first time around.... but not nearly with the grades that I had expected myself to have. I was your standard "overachiever".

You are aware that you are having problems, you are seeking out other avenues to further yourself and you are not taking the "just deal with it" attitude lying down. Believe it or not....you are doing what the rest of us do during a shift. You are getting a good education, it just may not all stick the first time around. You will learn a lot more once you graduate, I promise. Just keep your chin up! And your Xanax in hand! You can do this.....and you will be great at it! :yeah:

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Hi! I am about to graduate from high school, and I plan to earn my ASN. I searched for online nursing programs, and I did discover the ASN program that is offered at Kaplan University (online). However, after I consulted with Admissions, they told me that this program was only offered to residents of the state of Florida. Unfortunately, this means that I am uneligible for that program.

Where are you from? I realize that you are attending Kaplan College, so, perhaps, this makes a difference. I only wanted to inform you of this information, so that you may make the best educational choice possible.

-Summer ~~ = )

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Specializes in OB, HH, ADMIN, IC, ED, QI.
Hey! I totallyunderstand how you are feeling... But what my instructors say is- If you are a got to have an A student... GET OVER IT! You can not be perfect. You must have common sense and critical thinking... C=RN:) C- means CONTINUE!:) Good luck to you! Its hard to always be an A student then make C's... But its the average in Nursing Schools.. Especially ADN programs b/c they are so fast track! I wish you the best:) > And even though C's are average... I still pray you will have A's:)

You may want to ask the instructors who say, "You can't be perfect", if they want a nurse to take care of them when they're critically ill, who hasn't quite got it all down. We are the first line of defense patients have, and need to be one step ahead of their physicians, so we recognize problems and take the initiative necessary (by knowing what we're talking about) to call them at any hour about a change in a patient's condition or adverse response to a new medication that requires their intervention......

How dare they discourage someone who wants to be a high achiever! (You may print this and give it to that instructor.) :nurse:

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