Help with A&P situation

Pepper The Cat, BSN, RN · Nov 22, 2016

Also remember in real life not every pt will present the same.

I remember an occasion where diabetic pt was becoming disoriented and confused. Night shift just documented that and did nothing more.

Day shift comes on, does the am glum. Pt's sugar was in his boots. Once we got it back up, confusion cleared.

Reason night shift didn't do a blood sugar? He wasn't diaphoretic. So it couldn't have been low blood sugar causing the sudden onset confusion.

I also remember a student we had. Smart girl, we were told. A+ student. Ask her the signs of hypoglycemia she would rattle them off.

But reverse things - give he a few signs of hypoglycemia she could tell you what was happening. She never learned how to apply her knowledge in a real life setting.

neuron · Nov 22, 2016

You keep posting different versions of the same question hoping to get the answer that you want. Your failure to adapt to this testing format in a prerequisites course will come back to haunt you in nursing school and on the NCLEX. You and your classmates bemoaning the test format as "unfair" because it not verbatim from the notes is nonproductive. Go study instead of wallowing in the negativity.
I can verify that all the advice previously given too you, if implemented, would have solved your problem long ago. I struggled with the same test format in AP I that you have described over and over again. I was sitting at a 2.4/C+, googled around and read some advice on this very site on how to adjust to the format. (The same advice, more or less, that was rehashed to you across your numerous posts.) I implemented said advice and busted my tail for the rest of the semester and brought my grade up to a 3.3/B+. This semester in AP II with the same instructor and test format, I only need to score a 40% on my last exam to earn my 4.0 for the course.
So don't take the golden advice that was given to you over the course of this term. Do not adapt. Continue with your sense of entitlement. You will have the same issue on your last exam as your previous exams. You will be giving the grade that you've earned based on merit and not on a curve. Good luck.

Funny how you judge. I have made no rude comments to you nor anyone else. I came here in hopes of getting advice, not to get attacked. I have made a good come back since my first exam. I have gotten an 'A' my practical. Plus an 'A' on the last exam. That is getting off my behind and studying.

I asked about the question (even if I got an 'A' on the test), maybe I should have clarified the grades.

AliNajaCat · Nov 22, 2016

Let us review.

I need some advice on how to handle a situation. I am taking A&P 2. Currently getting a good grade. The issue is that on my last exam, I missed a couple that I feel were out of line. One of the questions involved something that was not covered, but similar to what he did cover. It wasn't exactly (as the meaning being conveyed in the notes) as covered, so it threw me off. I got it wrong, now I feel worried on the next test, what if the professor tries to do it again. Even 2 points helps in this class.

I feel like I can't trust this professor on the next exam. This bothers me. I read the notes, and the book, this concept was covered but the wording was switched to completely change the concept and meaning. I already have a bad relationship with this professor, for early semester woes. For the most part, everything has been professional since, but just not to 100% normal.

Should I express my concern?

{{Dang, I can't make those bolds go away, and I didn't ask for them in the first place. Sorry.}}

OK, so you were only concerned about one question. We told you you will see more and more, not fewer, questions like this, that will ask you to apply a broad range of knowledge integrating what you learned before into a novel situation, so it will not be exactly as before. This IS 100% normal.

If one such question throws you off, I'd recommend you consider getting one of those big thera-balls to work on your core balance, because you will be thrown for a loop a lot more than this in school, and even more so in practice (I loved the example of the person who could rattle off the sx/sx of hypoglycemia, but if presented with a few of them, couldn't connect the dots.)

quarterlifemess, ADN, RN · Nov 22, 2016

Funny how you judge. I have made no rude comments to you nor anyone else. I came here in hopes of getting advice, not to get attacked. I have made a good come back since my first exam. I have gotten an 'A' my practical. Plus an 'A' on the last exam. That is getting off my behind and studying.
I asked about the question (even if I got an 'A' on the test), maybe I should have clarified the grades.

You are back peddling on your original question but it doesn't matter. I stand by what I have posted as is and will not edit them as you continue to change the parameters of the original question after the fact.

You were given advice on the same question over and over. Do you not realize this? My advice is in line with other posters but because you don't like my wording, I'm considered rude and judgemental? I'll take it. :roflmao:

LessValuableNinja · Nov 28, 2016

If you're expecting the questions on the exam to be worded the same as your notes, or to be in your notes, you're in for an awakening if you get into nursing school. In many courses, memorizing everything possible in lecture gets you a B or C. Memorizing everything in lecture, the syllabus, and the cosmos, and being able to apply 37 concepts to 1 question, a hundred fifty times, gets you an A on that exam. Depends on the school obviously, but don't expect to just memorize things exactly ad it is in your notes. Almost everything in nursing school after the first couple months is applying many concepts to one question. That said, if you actually want advice: Be humble, use office hours, and simply impress that you want nothing more than to do a better job at understanding and applying concepts and are hopeful for advice on how to do better. A humble request for help is much more effective than unqualified analysis of a professor's question writing abilities.