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:banghead:Is it normal to feel lost in nursing school no matter how much I try to stay on top of things I cant help but feel lost. I am in my first semester and its coming to an end im doing excellent in clinicals but horrible on my exams. I am so stressed any good study tips. Any suggestions for passing the hesi exam.........am I alone with these feelings...............

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I find it's helpful to try to have a balanced life outside of school. It sounds opposite of all the talk about nursing school, but it's mandatory for me to not just be a nursing student. I keep a really organized planner, and I plan my study sessions like I would a regular job. I do put in a lot of time, but I work really hard to keep it quality study time. I used to think I was studying (hoours!), but really I was half there.

With one bad exam comes the label, then another makes it worse. It's really important to keep the label you have for yourself positive. Instead of taking a bad grade personally, decide that whatever you're doing isn't working. Completely redesign your style-at least do something differently.

Take practice tests, too. Even ones that aren't necessarily the same as what you're studying, but at least the same subject. I take the ATI test at my school, but I use NCLEX practice questions related to the topic I'm studying to help with the actual test. I'll have to know the stuff eventually for the NCLEX, so why not.

I hope you find a method that works for you! We each are so individual with the amt of time we have to study, other things in life, etc. I suggest taking an honest look at yourself and decide what you need to do differently, and keep that up when you start scoring higher grades.

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:banghead:is it normal to feel lost in nursing school no matter how much i try to stay on top of things i cant help but feel lost. i am in my first semester and its coming to an end im doing excellent in clinicals but horrible on my exams. i am so stressed any good study tips. any suggestions for passing the hesi exam.........am i alone with these feelings...............

yes, probably all of us felt the same way at some point during nursing school.

bookmark the websites on this thread. they will be invaluable to you. many of them originally came from an lpn study site:

for advice and college information on how to study/take nursing exams explore the links on these threads:

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