first nursing test: FAILED

[robert2010]

today I took the 1st nursing exam on history/ethic/maslow/therapeutic communication and failed! I thought I was going to Aced it but boy I was wrong. I got a 68, I studied so hard, and I missed questions that I shouldn't of missed. I love the medical fiedl; I have been working in the field for 16 years. but I want to be a nurse, I hate to think of the fact that I have to drop nursing bc of the low grades! I dont want to! I made a 100 on the math part. I even decreased my working hours from 40 to 25 hrs/week. Have anybody gone through this? so what you do to make a better grade next time? instructors said that tests are just going to get harder and harder!!!!

[iThInKiCaN88]

thanks for the advises, we are having test remediation next week, we're going over the test to see where my weakness was. first week of nursing I was still working full-time but now I work part-time and we were doing alot of labs on the first & 2nd. week of of school that took alot of reading time away. next test i know I have to work harder so I can do better. thank you again.

her robert i know what ur feeling i cried mi eyes out last night but u know in the end ur doing it for ur self so what u need to do is say im okay with a D but next time in going for a b or an A monday s remediation so just know what u messed up on and improve ... im telling u thins from a nursing student in clinicals tues n wedns and class mon and fri allllll day lol

[gaajr1, RN]

It's that time of the year...first test! I have mine on Mon in 10 chapters and have been preparing from day one. I'm trying my best to stay calm (even went for a workout) but the first test jitters are just different (fear of the unknown)! In a way, I want to get it over with so I know where I stand and what I should do in future.