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How many times or programs did it take for you to get your BSN? I just failed my fundamentals exam 1, and granted I didn't read all the chapters, I'm trying to implement that, but we just took our first med dosage quiz (50 questions), and I got a 36.14 out of 50, but the instructor has to go through it because the computer things we made mistakes, so he has to manually grade it. 2 people got a 45 out of 50 out of 47 students. Some got the same-ish score as me, some got a little higher than that around early 40s to 43 out of 50. I have a med pass off check in skills lab, we don't know if we passed the quiz except those who got 45 out of 50, and the med pass off check is a lot of information. I don't feel like I'm ready.

Our class has 3 exams. Minimum is 75%. I have a feeling nursing was either not for me, or I'm going to be spending a majority of my life trying to get through a program in different states and that's something I really don't want to go through.

How many programs did it take you to finally get what you wanted? What did you do when you failed an exam? Our instructors use power points and this is my second semester, so that's what they use to instruct.

On 7/24/2020 at 5:34 PM, Beldar_the_Cenobite said:

This is a very late reply, but I eventually passed my test I think on my second attempt. I do have a question. I'm barely passing peds and some of our chapters are 50 pages long alone. The most I've seen so far. How do you read all of that? Word for word? Our teacher doesn't teach.

Yes, you read it all. More importantly, you think about it and understand it. Your teacher doesn't have time to read it to you, and your teacher can't think about it for you. Think of the teacher as a guide ...but you must climb the mountain, yourself.

My strategy was always to focus on the big picture. If there's some depth to your understanding, you can often guess the details correctly. I've never been a fan of memorization.

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