Depressed!

[nursemommyof3]

We have 4 tests and our final. Test 3 put me in the hole in points. So I have studied for test 4 since spring break, including every day for the last 2 weeks for hours a day. I didn't do much better. I have to make a 89 out of 100 points on my final next week. I'm so upset. Less than two weeks before pinning and graduation. I have to call my employer and tell them I'm not going to be an RN and can't take my spot. I have to call my mom and tell her. I'm a C test taker, but excel in clinicals, which sucks. I've never gotten an A on a test in NS, maybe one B. I feel like I've failed everyone. I'm a class officer, and it just sucks to think that my name will be taken off the pinning program, and I won't give my speech, and all that.

[CHATSDALE]

some people just have to learn to take a test

knowing something and showing someone else what you know can be difficult but it is a learnable skill

take practice tests...picture yourself being a winner

[nursemommyof3]

I've envisioned myself graduating since day one. But after all the positive thoughts and studying and saying I can do it during the last two weeks, and then not passing, it sucks. I really don't know how I'll do it. All that positive stuff didn't work the last time, why will it work this time? I'm trying to think hopeful like, but I need to be realistic for myself and my family.

[Chscruggs]

Well, the way you're talking you already failed!

So as a man thinketh, so is he.

I don't know who said that, but it's good advice and I want you to start thinking like you were a nursing school graduate.

Getting a grade of 89 is NOT impossible.

NOW GET TO STUDYING!

This comes from the Bible Proverbs 23:7. There is a lot of good stuff in there.

[krenee]

Maybe you aren't studying as efficiently as you could? Something I like to do is vary the ways that I study, so I'm getting the information in different ways to help it stick. I read, I write, I read out loud, and I record myself reading and play it back while I'm doing other tasks. Maybe try something new, and yes, put in lots of time but with lots of breaks too. I don't do 20 minutes, but I do 30 minutes at a time and I always get up and do something for 5-10 minutes in between. It seems like a time-waster when you're so worried, but it helps. I do something mindless, like play a game on the computer during my break, and of course stretch!

Good luck, don't give up! Several times I've needed a certain score and gotten EXACTLY the score I needed. It seemed like a miracle but I believe God was watching over me!

Kelly