Fealing very weak today

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Not physically....weak as in my abilities. I am having a hard time with the subject matter of my AP2 course and it is taking up so much of my time that I have basically neglected my PSYC and Nutrition class.

I have no idea what the problem is. I got an A in AP1 in the summer and I thought I would not have a problem with this one. I have the same instructor from AP1, same type course (online), three of my kids are in school (as apposed to the summer), and this is Fall so I should have more time. Only, I don't! I'm not sure if it's because we switched books and it's more info or what. I know there are more review questions for each assignment so maybe there is more information. To me it just looks like a lot more photos and diagrams. At the beginning of the week we did the chapter on blood. It started of rocky but I ended up ok. I had a big review (about 8 pages of essay) due on Monday, so I started reading last week of course, the lab due on Tuesday it was easy, and quiz the same day. I only missed one possible point from all that so I felt pretty good about it even though at the time I still felt like I was neglecting my other courses. I have read some of the first chap. of Psy and the only thing that is due weekly is a discussion posting which I have done. BUT....I have not even started on my study guide (due once a month over all the months chapters-it's essay Qs) and I have not started on my journal (also due each month and essay over a random topic). We also have quizes but they are not due til the end of the month either, though I would have liked to have done some of all of it. Nutrition, I have read the first chapter but I have not done the weekly quiz (which is also due at the end of the month). There is no other work for this but I should be on Ch 2 by now. Both of these courses are easy to me but I just can't seem to get to them for the AP.

Please don't say I shouldn't be on A.N., I should be doing my work. I am worked out for the day (though I'll probably eat dinner and work later after my mind clears). My two little ones were in mother's day out today so I have been reading AP all day. I try to make notes as I am going along and the cardiovascular system is so in depth that I feel like I have not gotten very far. I still have a few pages of reading and I am supposed to have a quiz tonight. Maybe this is all over my head. I just don't understand it though. I know it's hard but with the above in mind (more time, A in the other, kids in school) I don't know how I am spending all day everyday on this. I am basically doing necessity cleaning and haven't been able to really cook anything in the last two weeks.

Sorry for the vent....I just feel so depleted today.

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Dont feel bad, I took it over the summer and that sounds pretty much like my life. 3 kids home from school, necessity cleaning only and no other classes thank God, because A&P2 took up my whole life. It was harder than A&P 1 for me too. I admit that I did have a difficult teacher so that was part of the problem.

It sounds like you just started so dont get too discouraged. When is your first exam and do you know what the test will be like? Multiple choice, short answer, essay?

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Thanks. The exam is in about three weeks, I think...can't remember off the top of my head. But the Cardiovas. system is nest week and I think it's over 40 pages and I don't feel like have half of the heart yet. It's mainly all the action potential, synapse, stuff that is hard for me. The anatomy part of it I have and even physio and patho part of it to some degree. It's just all the depolarization, repolarization, ions, etc stuff that is getting me and like I said about the other subjects....

The exam will me multiple choice, matching, and fill in the blank. I don't think I did very good on my quiz tonight but thankfully it was only 10 points.

Thanks again.

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I also can relate to the "neccessity cleaning", and kids. I'm afraid that it's going to be like this for the next three years! Hang in there. Sometimes you just need to vent, let off some steam, give yourself a break and then go back to it later. Also remember that your capable of doing it, you already did A&P 1. Sometimes it just takes a while to click and it all seems so overwhelming and then seemingly overnight, you go from feeling confused to knowing it. I would ignore A&P for a day or two and work on my other classes, then go back to it. Also I learned today in one of my classes that studies show people learn better in 30-45 minutes increments of concentrated study with a 10-15 minute break inbetween. Maybe try setting up a study shedule like that and see if it helps. Good luck. Keep us updated on how it's going. Things always look better in the morning.

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I did ok in my quiz. I received and 80%. Not great but better than I thought. I am feeling better today but I am questioning if it is a good idea or not to apply for NS in Jan. or hold off. It's hard to know if what I am having a problem with here is going to hinder me in NS. It has knocked my confidence.

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If you apply in January, will you then have to take more academic classes while your taking your nursing classes? At the schools I'm applying to you can apply to the NP before you finish your academic classes (such as A&P) although the chances are better of you getting in if you have them, because you recieve points for them. While it's technically a two year program where you can take all those classes and your nursing classes (and clinicals) all at the same time, they strongly advise you not to. When I apply to start NS in the fall, I hope to have all my academic classes completed. Since I have a family it just wouldn't be possible for me to do it all at once. My two years of nursing school will consist of only nursing classes (which from what I hear will be plenty to juggle). So...If you'll have everything else done. I think you should go for it. If you've still got classes to take other than nursing ones maybe it would be better to concentrate on them first and then enter the actual nursing program. Good Luck

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I don't know exactly what you are going through since I don't start my first A & P class until next Tuesday, but I have been overwhelmed by a class before.

It is okay to feel weak and overwhelmed by all the information you are trying to stuff inside your head. Taking a break is a good start. Take a breath and then get back at it when you are refreshed.

Good luck!

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Thanks again for that advice.

I will have all of my classes done to enter the LVN program. However, I would like to just continue on with the RN portion 6 weeks later. From what I have heard, you just enter in to that portion at this school you don't really have to worry about getting a spot. I will not have English, which will have to be done in the LVN portion because it's a pre-req for RN and I will not have an elective or Sociology. I will do Micro before theLVN portion, so that will be out of the way. So it basically boils down to three extra classes over five semesters of NS. The problem with waiting is, it will be another year before I could apply if I don't in Jan. The other school I'm interested in is about the same way, except it would be a little longer because they start in Fall not summer.

I feel like I have a very good chance of getting to the first (it is the college I'm at now) one in Jan. but I also want to make sure I don't overwhelm myself. However, I do feel much better about AP2 today. The reading was horrendous but reviewing the teachers notes was much easier and I realized how much I really did pick up from the chapter. All of my other classes are super easy. I may just have to settle for less than perfect in this one (not that I am not going to try hard though).

Thanks again!

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