lpn students, please tell me how you di it, or how you are doing it

kitty222 · Aug 2, 2011

thanks everyone for telling me the truth, it's been a month since I've started studying really hard and haven't cheated or even looked to the other side when doing a test, i haven't failed any test thanks god, im doing pretty good now, Ive learned my lesson ..im now catching up on everything i didnt learn before and watching videos about procedures on youtube since im more of a visual learner....so far so good

toshaann5 · Aug 3, 2011

Hi, i wanted to know if its only me, i loveee being in nursing school , and i can't wait to start con clinicals which i start next month, but there is something bothering me... I can't concentrate in class i dont know why, i think i haven't learned a thing in 7 months in nursing school, dont get me wrong i have learn simple things but not enough. I am really lost, like if i dont cheat on tests i wont pass the exam, and its rediculous because i love medicine, and i am really smart actually, but i just dont get anything, i dont understand, everything seems so difficult, please help me, tell me how to study, how to learn things, be open minded and ready for the clinicals, i want to learn , i really ewant to learn, i feel so dumb like if i dont know anything, am i the only one? i dont want to cheat i want to be able to pass the exams on my own, another thing is that i have the mental health ATI at the end of this month and im so scared that im not going to pass it. By the way my every monday exam are all based on critical thinking and they are really hard. Please help me and dont judge me . Sorry for the bad spelling...

I felt the same exact way my first year of LPN school. I knew that i was smart and i was passing the test and everything, but i felt like i wasnt retaining the information as well as some of the others. My mom is a cna and works around alot of nurses and i would always ask them how am i suppose to remember everything i remember because it was stressing me out and they all said "no nurse knows everything, you're not going to remember everything that's why you have to constantly read your book and review your notes and med cards to stay brushed up on it and sooner or later it'll come back to your remembrance". And i wouldn't recommend cheating on the test because you can't cheat on the NCLEX(all my instructors tell my class this) If you're religious (like me) just have faith and pray on it, don't overstudy, and if you're one of those people who doesn't talk as much during breaks during class use that time to be studying. I HAVE FAITH IN YOU good luck:D

Lifeofanurse · Aug 6, 2011

Good for you!

I'm a visual learner too so lectures are difficult for me. Now that I've gotten some good clinical time I've gotten to SEE many things that I just read about..that REALLY helped. Good luck to you...and keep those eyes on your own paper!

RangeinPlace · Aug 7, 2011

Hi 2byoungnurse, I was wondering how it worked out for you? Did you make it through the LPN program? I would love to know... Thanks :nurse: