LPN Student, Cried and cried...

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If anyone can give me advice, I could really use it now..I'm in my first month of LPN school and I've been averaging an A im math, B in A/P but then FON hit...and I got an F. It's not because I don't study, it was those critical thinking questions that got me..I have the greatest Instructors, great class great everything but me! I feel like such a failure...I know now where I went wrong...but how do I get my confidence back? Now I'm fearful of every test. I literally cried and cried. Has anyone ever been through this? Did you bounce back? Did you graduate? Now I doubt everything about me...sorry about the pity me story, but it's just being honest...I'm afraid.

Can anyone offer encouragement?? thanks for reading and responding...

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What's FON

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I start on Mon so I can't really relate. But I'll tell your not the first and certainly won't be the last. At least you've learned what you did wrong and can go back in there and kick booty...lol. I'm sure it's hard, but try not to beat yourself up over it. Are they allowing you to redo the test or do you have to repeat the class again. That's my biggest fear of failing knowing that I'll have to do the class over again which will push my graduation date further.

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Fundamentals of Nursing?

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yes Fundamentals of Nursing..thanks

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yes, it's fundamentals of nursing...it was my first quiz in that subject..i see alot of your posts, so your opinion matters a great deal to me. I'm in my 40's and Ive wanted to be a nurse my whole life...im just really, as I said..afraid..

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there's no make-up it was just the first quiz..but I don't want a snowball effect...nursing school means so much to me..it's been my life long dream.

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Specializes in Med Surg.

Have you talked to your instructors? Ours are very strict, but also very approachable. They want us to be the best, but they also want us to succeed, KWIM?

I would make an appointment with the instructor who's quiz you failed and talk to her/him about where you went wrong. I bet she'd have some good advice for you.

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I had many of those moments, you just have to believe in yourself and failing in one homework or test doesn't mean its end of the world. Just keep doing your best because there are more exams or quizzes that weights more than what you have right now. Think positive, learn from your mistakes, and don't let your emotion create this fearful thoughts in your mind...

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Gotcha.

Do you know why you failed? Are you over-thinking multiple choice questions? Not grasping something?

It's the first quiz. Now, figure out what you aren't getting and take it from there.

:)

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yes i know now why i failed..i was over thinking the questions, my instructor told me to pick why all the choices are wrong, then the one that is left is your answer. thanks for your reply.

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you are so right...thanks so much.

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