Just failed my first nursing exam

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I just got my results back from my first fundamental nursing exam and I failed. I cannot believe it I studied for two weeks straight knew all the material did millions of practice questions and still failed . Even during the test I felt great because I knew the answers but every question I got wrong there was a better answer. I am freaking out now and feel I put myself in a hole o can't get out of. People around me all passed and I failed. any advice ?

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Go to your teacher and ask if they can go over a few questions and see if they can explain how to get to the right answer, and see where you went wrong.

FYI nursing questions are pretty much, "well this answer choice is right... But this one is better". So maybe find out why certain answer choices are better.

Main point: ask your teacher ASAP while The info is still fresh and before your next test.

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Specializes in Critical Care, Education.

This is not an unusual occurrence at all. One of the biggest challenges of nursing education is learning to think like a nurse. It's designed to develop skills that will be needed for actual patient care, where ambiguity is the norm there are generally no clear-cut answers. You'll get there. We all did.

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