I failed my first test in nursing school....

r_janice · Jun 28, 2005

Everything will be fine. Try not to overstudy. Dont be intimidated by the retake. Look at it this way: if 98% of the class failed, dont kick yourself in the a$$ its not your fault you failed. Take a little stress off of yourself and blame your failure on the professor :chuckle (if everyone failed it had to be the professors fault, right?!)

Good luck. Hope you do better. Let me know how the retake goes. :)

michw2 · Jun 28, 2005

I failed a test for the very first time last night.... now it wasn't just me eveyone in the class failed but 2 people so i dont feel that bad but i am still pissed off at myself... i studied so much and it just seems as though i studied all the wrong stuff... i am so frustrated! we are retaking it tonight.... and i am so stressed i barely slept last night b/c i was up thinking about this dang retake for tonight.... i got up at like 8am and ihave been studying all day... it is now 2:15 and i have to retake this thing tonight at 5:30..... grrrr i just needed to vent thanks for listening!

take your time and read the Question Carefully.thats what it is, try covering your answers, read the question think about what it is asking you, If the answer is there go with it. Hope that helps

suzy253, RN · Jun 28, 2005

Absolutely--take your time & read the questions carefully. I totally 2nd that.

Then think to yourself what are they asking. Try to think of the best answer in your mind then look at the choices and see if your answer is there.

Always think of patient safety first.

ABC's...airway, breathing, circulation

Most of all, go easy on yourself. You have to get used to the exams and what it is they're looking for in an answer.

Good luck!!!

Rosa2Little · Jun 28, 2005

I failed a test for the very first time last night.... now it wasn't just me eveyone in the class failed but 2 people so i dont feel that bad but i am still pissed off at myself... i studied so much and it just seems as though i studied all the wrong stuff... i am so frustrated! we are retaking it tonight.... and i am so stressed i barely slept last night b/c i was up thinking about this dang retake for tonight.... i got up at like 8am and ihave been studying all day... it is now 2:15 and i have to retake this thing tonight at 5:30..... grrrr i just needed to vent thanks for listening!

If you have 29 people in your class (just guessing) and only 2 pass, that means your teacher's pass rate is less than 7%. Maybe it's not the students...

Good Luck tonight!

leopold · Jun 28, 2005

If everyone fails it's a teaching problem.

I have discovered that you have to learn how to take tests in nursing school, it's an art. Read the questions very carefully. Be careful of words like usually, always, never, sometimes, probably, etc. Double check values (i.e. B/P, pulse, resp, O2 -- my teacher's values are completely different from the ones in the book -- sometimes we get three different values for one thing). As you take more tests you will become more skilled at it.

We had one test at the beginning of the term where they were talking about a clean procedure and one of the questions was about different aspects of it, with one of the answers being don sterile gloves (none of the other answers had anything to do with gloves). Half the class (not me! I changed my answer at the last minute!) -- we were babies then, chose the sterile gloves, it just went right over their heads. Now of course, we would never make that mistake. If there is a word in your notes that your teacher didn't go over in class, look it up. It will be on the test! If your teacher mutters something under her breath it will be on the test! OK. I'm getting a little over the edge now.

Don't fry your brain trying to cram in tons of info. You will start losing info. Prioritize, focus, look for weird stuff.

Tweety, BSN, RN · Jun 28, 2005

Good luck!