this is my first semester .. and i am failing my fundamentals of nursing class my first test i got a 86 2nd a 66 and today on my 3rd test i got a 69 .. i have a 73 average..... i talked to my teacher and she says if i get high b's on my nest two test i can get a average of a 78 or so ,,,,, in my class .... then i sould need to do well in the hesi counts 15% of overall grade
i am so stressed out i don't know what i am doing wrong ... the first test we took was knowledge based and now that we are actually applying the knowledge i can seem to get it together ... monday i have a apt with the learning center at my school ( which i am embarrassed to go ) i have worked so hard to get here and my heart sinks with just the thought of me failing ..........is anyone else in this situation ? have u received any advise you can share with me ? anything that can help me pleases let me know :) thank you
ps: in pharm and skills and clinical iam doing fine :paw:
I agree with everyone else! Practice NCLEX style questions as much as you can. When I take a test, I also try to think like a nurse. Remember the ABC priority. That alone has helped me answer a number of questions. I also take all the practice questions at the end of each chapter and on the companion CD-Rom. Fundamentals of Success (book) has also helped somewhat. What I have learned is that everything in nursing is priority-based. I can usually narrow it down to two right answers and the one that is the greater priority is the correct one.
I can also sympathize with the pass rate - at my school you have to achieve a 78% or greater to pass.
My advice if you are struggling with the application questions on the tests, read the short chapter in Saunders NCLEX book on test taking strategies.
On one sheet of paper write a list of the test taking strategies and every time you do practice questions use this list to determine which test taking strategies would be helpful to the questions you get wrong. Practice questions from Saunders with these test taking strategies until they become second nature for you to think through them with every question. Look at the chapters in Saunders that correlate with material you are studying in class and do the practice questions.
If you feel you're struggling to complete all your reading and pull out the important information then maybe take a look at
my first test i got a 86 2nd a 66 and today on my 3rd test i got a 69 .. i have a 73 average..... i talked to my teacher and she says if i get high b's on my nest two test i can get a average of a 78 or so ,,,,, in my class .... then i sould need to do well in the hesi counts 15% of overall grade
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I agree with everyone else! Practice NCLEX style questions as much as you can. When I take a test, I also try to think like a nurse. Remember the ABC priority. That alone has helped me answer a number of questions. I also take all the practice questions at the end of each chapter and on the companion CD-Rom. Fundamentals of Success (book) has also helped somewhat. What I have learned is that everything in nursing is priority-based. I can usually narrow it down to two right answers and the one that is the greater priority is the correct one.
I can also sympathize with the pass rate - at my school you have to achieve a 78% or greater to pass.
Good luck to you!!