Help? I really need it...

[dianarawrz]

Hello out there! I'm starting my bachelors degree at nursing. The college I am is in Puerto Rico. I always believed that a nurse is a hero someone to deliver help, smiles and safe lives. I want to be one. But it has been impossible now... I am failing two classes and they are really important, microbiology and chemistry... I have studied so much... The results have been a failure. When I took the microbiology test, I felt so confident. I thought I would pass... Guess not. I feel like a total failure.. The friends I have passed the exam. I was happy of course. But knowing I am failing that class makes me feel like I'm worthless... I don't know what to do or what to study?! It has become a depression now but I just cover it with smile. Someone asked me if I had a bother career in mind. I said no. Become a nurse is what I want. I want to save lives and bring a smile to my patient even if something is wrong. I want to become a hero. That's why I chose this as my life career. But at the end... Looking back what happened. How can I become a hero, when I can't pass a single paper? I need advice nurses.. Help me.. What can I do.? What can I study other than my notebook and book?

[Kali_Dreams]

Don't give up!! Retake the classes and pray to God

[dianarawrz]

Don't give up!! Retake the classes and pray to God

Thanks...

[queserasera, RN]

The #1 mistake I see students make when studying is memorizing facts, when they need to be understanding full concepts. I don't know you personally but it may behoove you to begin making stories out of concepts and making them your own. So, say you're trying to study... DNA Replication! Instead of just remembering that helicase unzips DNA strands for example, you place that in a story

Helicase unzips DNA (breaks the hydrogen bonds between nucleotides) because it must expose nucleotides on each strand so that new free floating nucleotides can come in via DNA Polymerase and pair with the old strand. Once Helicase unzips DNA the DNA strand is called a replication fork. The two exposed sides of the DNA strand will serve as a template so that DNA polymerase III can read and lay down complimentary nucleotide base pairs. There is a leading strand and a lagging strand. The leading strand can be laid down as Helicase "unzips" and the lagging strand must be laid down in okazaki fragments since DNA Polymerase III can only work from 3'-5' direction (think only being able to read from left to right).

Which information would you rather have on an exam? By giving myself full stories of WHY things happen vs. whats happening I've really begin doing really well in my sciences.

[s.wilson84]

When I read your post it sounds like you are taking them both at the same time. If this is true, then that is probably the problem. Those are each classes that take HUGE amounts of work to understand the concepts and it sounds to me like you are doing too much at once. I would retake them only one at a time and I am willing to bet you see a big increase in your grade.