Hi, as the title entails, I am on the brink of failing my last semester of nursing classes. I have tried everything, reading textbooks, looking up NCLEX review questions, attended workshops on how to study (which was useless), test- taking techniques, etc you NAME IT! I'm in study groups too and the irony of it all is that my classmates turn to me for help... yet I still get the lowest grades for BOTH professional and medsurge II!
I bought another NCLEX review book last week, in particular because I have heard that my instructors have been pulling out questions from there for our exams. At this point, I'm willing to cheat just to pass this idiocy.
Medsurge II for the first exam I got a 78% but then I got 67% for my second exam and 66% for my midterm on professional. I studied SO hard more so, for my second exam and professional is supposed to be EASY T______T
I don't know what to do anymore... there's so much on the line, my parents have threatened to kill me if I don't pass and graduate at my appointed time in December. I am also due to transfer in Spring to the university level.... I have no friends.. literally anymore.. I'm so depressed and lost 7 pounds since this semester started.. One of my instructors hates me and is giving me B's and C's on my major papers.. while my classmates whom I help with their papers are getting A's, which I don't care at this point as long as I pass my classes. I'm honestly contemplating suicide... haha but really if this continues I'm going to die anyway of malnutrition and stress by the end of the semester. Please help...
OMG. I think the stress of everything is the most damaging to your grades at this point. I think you need to prioritize your life and work. Set a side scheduled time for studying every course alone, then go into the group study with questions or concerns from your "alone" studies. Most importantly, set a side a little time, everyday, to unwind (music, gym, dance class, bar, movies, mediation, or church....something to break up the studying). This helped me a lot in college.
There is alot of stress when it comes to nursing school I agree with the post above take some breaks. If not you will probably go crazy. I only have one person who I talk to about class and she is also in my class and we help each other out. She can relate to the same stress as me. That helps also to have someone to call on to just vent about everything thats going on.
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OMG. I think the stress of everything is the most damaging to your grades at this point. I think you need to prioritize your life and work. Set a side scheduled time for studying every course alone, then go into the group study with questions or concerns from your "alone" studies. Most importantly, set a side a little time, everyday, to unwind (music, gym, dance class, bar, movies, mediation, or church....something to break up the studying). This helped me a lot in college.