I have to take nursing math..again.

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I am really disappointed in myself b/c I tried REALLY hard but still fell a few points short of a C. We are graded on the nursing scale and in order to get a C you have to have three hundred and some points. Math has always been hard for me and I tend to get REALLY nervous on test which causes me to make STUPID mistakes....I think that contributed to me not doing well in this class. I wonder if I will be able to do this....am I smart enough to make it through nursing school and this math class. It brought my GPA down too...I am so bummed. Has anyone else been through this? I just feel all alone and stupid.:o Thanks for listening to me vent!

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Your not alone. Math is hard for me also. I don't start the actual nursing program until this fall but I have to take math over too. I took it last fall and failed it. Anything below an 80 and you have the joy of retaking it lol. I don't mind really, I know it will help me a great deal when I get to Pharm.

Edited to add: You are not stupid, a lot of people have trouble with math. It's not easy. Hang in there.

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2 ideas.

Find the smartest math student and ask them to be a study partner.

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Go to the schools academic success center. Math tutoring should be easy to get.

HTH

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Thanks for the encouragment, I guess I always feel like everyone else gets math so much easier than me. It's good to know that I am not alone. I'll be starting the nursing program in the fall too. I am going for my BSN, which means four years....:chair: hopefully I will make it...lol! How long will you be in nursing school? Anyway, thanks for giving me some encouragment!

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i'm starting a 18 month lpn program this fall, around here it seems to be easier to get into a rn program if you have your lpn first. once i get licensed as a lpn i will apply for some of the bridge programs. i'm not sure if i will do lpn-bsn or lpn-rn (adn). it will depend on how many prerequisites i can get finished while i'm in the lpn program.( i'm not sure how hard this program is going to be, plus i have to work part time. i plan to take at least one extra class each semester along with my nursing classes. if i can handle it). i only have a few left to take for the adn program so i will probably just go for that first and maybe get my bsn later on down the road.

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in my program Math has to be passed with 100 percent, you get 2 tries, then you get the boot from the entire RN program

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