Is it impossible to get A's in NS?

[nursewannabe07]

I have been thinking about grades and how at the ripe old age of 36 I really want to do great in NS. I have my dh and all my family 100% in my corner. I have however encountered people who just seem to want to find something wrong with my choices. The most recent thing I've heard is it's impossible to get A's in nursing school, especially with a family (I have 4 kids too). I don't believe that to be the case. I think that when I want something this bad nothing is impossible. That being said, I have never been to nursing school and don't know what to expect. I say I can do it and I will do it 1) to give God glory, 2) for my own personal satisfaction and 3) to prove the naysayers wrong

Is it impossible? I know it will be very hard, but is it impossible?

Blessings

[Daytonite, BSN, RN]

It can be done. The thing that you will find is that the questions on nursing tests tend to be what are called application questions. You need to apply some prinicipal of nursing in order to figure out what the correct answer is. This requires some deductive thinking. If people are not used to doing this, they will be unsuccessful in answering these harder test questions. Nursing instructors like to use these kinds of questions because they are of the type on the licensing and certification exams. The other reason "A"s are seen as more difficult to obtain is because a lot of the nursing principals you are learning are going to be new to you and you don't have much of a previous framework of knowledge on which to organize them. Unlike a survey course where you can get away with memorizing facts, nursing requires you to also be able to apply those facts to all kinds of situations. Today's nursing profession is a "thinking" one which is why most RN programs are associated with, if not taught in, colleges and universities.