Holy cow it feels so good to get an A again.

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.

I have posted on here a few times about my grades falling in Med/Surge really bad. So I won't repeat the whole story, but I got the worst grades every and managed to pass the class by getting the exact 77% required with not a point to spare. It wasn't that I didn't understand the material and all the errors I would see on test review were stupid errors, I think because I wasn't getting any sleep. My 3 F's I got in that class were all nights I pulled an all nighter. (just goes to show how important sleep is)

So anyway, just started our Peds/OB class right before spring break. Our first Peds exam I got a freaking D it was 20 points and I missed 5. Our instructor said beforehand that most students do bad on it and not to be discouraged if we do (I hate when they tell us that) so I got a 75% D on it, most of the class did do bad on it but I just felt like, here we go again. So anyway, I missed class on Tuesday, we had a 39 question Maternity exam (we have a Peds exam and a Maternity one weekly) and then we were supposed to have a Peds exam yesterday but got called off for a snow storm. I had been out sick, had a 2 day migraine finally had to go into Urgent Care to get treated, and I didn't really get to study much for these exams. My husband who works our of town in the winter came up for spring break so I didn't study much when he was here.

ANYWAY........................I do have a point, so had 2 exams today I got a B on the Peds one and an A on the maternity one, just barely, it was a 94.8% and the cut off is 93. But HOLY COW, when you get in a funk it feels so nice to start seeing better grades again. One of the 2 I missed I realized right when I walked out! LOL

Sooooo I had to get that off my chest. No one would understand better then people that have gone through it before. I was even so happy to get the B. After going through all that with med/surge and the first test here I really was in such a funk.

Lesson learned, NEVER GIVE UP!!!!!!!!! Figure out what the problem is and work to fix it. I know my biggest problem with med/surge was lack of sleep and then getting my first F and then Second I just got so discouraged.

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:yeah: Congratulations on your A! It sounds like you have worked hard and really do deserve it. Thank you for your encouraging story!
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congratulations! and i so agree about the sleep, the last test i was up real late studying, studied for it more than my others, and still did quite a bit worse. i think sleep makes all the differences, because i was up late i was panicking about not getting enough sleep then panicking more because i was panicking and it just was not a good thing! i like to say on nights before the tests, i usually study no later than 8 PM, then i do something i really enjoy, whether just laying around, getting on facebook, hang out with friends, whatever. then at 10 PM i'm in bed!

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Mi Vida - Congrats on your A and your B! Both are very well deserved, I'm sure! We are on spring break this week and I've had the worst time trying to get myself to study! Your post inspired me to get back to the books! Thanks so much and keep up the great work!

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.

Thanks everyone, it's just what I needed, I was feeling so down, I mean I was happy to still pass my last class, but I did so much better first semester that I was really loosing my drive. Now time to start studying for our next 2 tests next week and we missed a day of lecture from the snow storm so we have to learn that on our own. :|

tiffanyleigh0212 it really can make such a huge difference. Having the migraine the past few days really wiped me out. I have 4 kids and husband left back to Cali the day before it started, so I was so drained yesterday. I tried to study but knew that I was pretty alert in lecture the week before spring break and felt like I knew the material well enough, so by 9 I took an ambien (have bad insomnia and days I know I NEED a good sleep I will take one) anyway, was in bed and asleep not long after 10. I was up before my alarm went off, felt well rested this morning, did my tests and did great. Seeing my change from first semester (where I forced myself to get good sleep) and the first half of second (where I barely passed and often got no sleep to 2-4 hours of sleep) it's not hard to put 2 and 2 together!!!!

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Congrats on the good grades!

Last semester I JUST passed Fundamentals. So when I got a couple of good grades on the first 2 tests in OB/Peds I was happy. But then the last 2 tests have been ok (I passed but it was JUST passing) I decided to ask the teacher if I could see what I got wrong. And it was frustrating. B/C a couple of the questions I missed (which would have put me at a score I was ok with) were STUPID mistakes. Ugh. Like not reading the question right. I think I was getting an "attitude" saying "yeah- this stuff is pretty easy- I get it, I don't need to do too much".

So for the test we have Monday- I'm doing the set of questions my teacher gave us (didn't do that on the last test), and the questions that the tutor posts.

Cheryl

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Good for you! You should be very proud of yourself!

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Specializes in Psych ICU, addictions.

Congratulations! :yeah:

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
Congrats on the good grades!

Last semester I JUST passed Fundamentals. So when I got a couple of good grades on the first 2 tests in OB/Peds I was happy. But then the last 2 tests have been ok (I passed but it was JUST passing) I decided to ask the teacher if I could see what I got wrong. And it was frustrating. B/C a couple of the questions I missed (which would have put me at a score I was ok with) were STUPID mistakes. Ugh. Like not reading the question right. I think I was getting an "attitude" saying "yeah- this stuff is pretty easy- I get it, I don't need to do too much".

So for the test we have Monday- I'm doing the set of questions my teacher gave us (didn't do that on the last test), and the questions that the tutor posts.

Cheryl

Thanks everyone, it's nice to have a place to be able to share where people will understand.

Cheryl, that happened still on these 2 tests, had I read one of the questions right (it said stage and I automatically assumed phase) for labor, I would have even done better. I also messed up a math question for a stupid mistake. Had I taken my time and read through it I would have gotten it right. One thing I have started doing that has helped a lot on the dumb errors, I use a highlighter on my test, I highlight the key words and what is being asked in the question. Then after I always go back and match up my scantron to my test, (can't tell you how many times I caught myself bubbling wrong). Anyway, since I started doing this, I have cut down on a lot of the errors a lot. Not all the time obviously, but a lot better then what I was doing.

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wow 93% for an A? that's BS....but congrats on your test scores

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wow 93% for an A? that's BS....but congrats on your test scores

BS how? I ask because I know some nursing schools are stricter and some are more lenient. So wondering which way you are wow'ing LOL We are, 93-100 A 85-92% B and 77%-84% is a C.

Most our exams are 20-30 or 40 questions, so not a large margin to still get an A which stinks, but it is what it is. On our 20 point exams we can't miss more then 1 to get an A.

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Specializes in TCU, Post-surgical, Infection Prevention.

Congrats on your recent A! Although that scoring system is a little wonky. 70% is still a "C" - to me always and forever. The schools in FL used to do that and it would drive me nuts.

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