North Lake/El Centro - Fall '06!

Fun2, BSN, RN · Nov 22, 2006

Thanks for 'listening' lol..... Sometimes it's just good to get it out. :)

I'm not sure what is wrong....instructors/books/students....whatever the problem, it's a big problem.

:specs: I'm working on the study guides now....and will study on the way to/from McKinney tomorrow...whatever it's worth.... At least I haven't failed a test yet...I've been blessed for some reason!

Our test 5 is only in 2 weeks, final in 3 weeks. :eek:

a_clay · Nov 22, 2006

Fun,

You are doing great. Don't think otherwise. Just remember that little quote on your page "If what you're working for really matters

you'll give it all you've got." - that's all you can do. I'm sure you will make it, just have faith in yourself.

Amy

I have a 100 average in 1119, and of course 1460 won't be finished until after next week's clinical & careplans are turned in.
Lecture is a whole different story. The class average is "C". We have lost 1/5 of the students, and we just had a test today. I hate the fact that this test wasn't before the drop date. So many people didn't do well at all on this exam! I feel so badly for them.
I have an 83 average....sounds good until you realize that ECC's program states you have to have 78-83 for a C. :angryfire I don't think there is a way to study. I think there is something wrong when 3.77/4.0 students have a C average. I've read, I've did study guides, I've reviewed with other students, I've not even read all the chapters for a given exam.....and still come out with around the same grade.
Hopefully, this last test will be better for me, and will increase my average going into the final.
I sure hope I can handle 2nd semester...if I don't bomb the 5th test and the final exam!
I hope this doesn't freak anyone out. There are a few people making A's, so it's not hopeless.....but the class average is C.
C = Continue! So....back to studying I go!

Fun2, BSN, RN · Nov 22, 2006

Fun,
You are doing great. Don't think otherwise. Just remember that little quote on your page "If what you're working for really matters
you'll give it all you've got." - that's all you can do. I'm sure you will make it, just have faith in yourself.
Amy

Thanks Amy. That quote is sooooooooo true too!

I can't decide if I want a beer or a cup of coffee.....LOL What a blaw mood I'm in!

Fun2, BSN, RN · Nov 24, 2006

Amy, you may not see this, but you're in my thoughts & prayers today. :sniff: :crying2: :scrying:

Katie...Your 1st semester didn't have such a bad average did it? I'm wondering if it is because of the contradicting Potter & Perry Fundamentals book we have. It's awful. :confused: :stone

mysterious_one, ASN, RN · Nov 24, 2006

I also think the Potter and Perry book is terrible, I wouldn't say it's contradicting, but it's just terribly written. For this last test, I pulled out my A&P book and studied from the Iggy book about the Acid Base stuff. That Potter and Perry book just doesn't apply it to practice. And that's what we get questioned over.

Our class average is a little higher, and I believe this is only because we were in the pilot group and had a little less stress then the rest of you guys. We didn't have to take the 1119 course, so we had a little more time to study, though you really don't know what to study. I am focusing more on doing a lot of NCLEX type questions, and that helped me tremendous on my last test. But who knows I might have just been lucky.

Here at El Centro , we also had a letter go around , that some students in the other semesters typed up, which is about the 70 rule.( 2 tests below 70 and you out.) It will be send to the director and states something to the effect that we all believe that it should be dropped, because it could just not be fair if a student pulls an average of say a 80 - 95% on all his other tests (just an example). So many students have dropped just because of this new rule they put in effect. I hope this letter will make a difference.

Sorry , i hope I make sense, I am little upset about this issue. :specs:

LKG6 · Nov 24, 2006

Katie...Your 1st semester didn't have such a bad average did it?

I don't remember our class average but there were about 18 people who failed 1st semester lecture.

Katie

klg1971 · Nov 24, 2006

I am so frustrated with this last test as well.....I had a 'B' average....now I have a 'C'. Barely a C, but still! I understand this program should be challenging, but shouldn't we be getting the tools (decent lectures) to be able to understand the material instead of self teaching? I am hoping with my background (psychology/social work) and a little more hard work (since I am completely done with everything else) I can get an A on the next test to pull my average back to B. Thanks for letting me vent! I just don't know what else to do.

:bluecry1:

Fun2, BSN, RN · Nov 24, 2006

I know in one place, the books says that all 4 (resp/met - alk/acidosis) can have dysrhythmia. In another place, it only says three of them. Ok...that is only one minor example, but I have seen several places throughout the semester that is contradicting. Overall, yes, the book sucks. :cool:

As for lectures, I like the instructor that we have. I would love to have her for a clinical instructor for OB! However, I do not necessarily like the lectures.

We still don't have the notes from the last 4 chapters, and we were not given the time to write/copy down all the Powerpoint slides. Wednesday before last, she didn't talk loud enough for her voice to be picked up my voice recorder, and this past week, I left it in my car.

(Oh and add the fact that they have Mrs. M teach some of the lectures, but Mrs. J makes the exams. That doesn't help the situation either!) :uhoh3:

Most of the time, I do not have the information read before the lecture. So, the answers I give in lecture, which are mostly correct by the way, are just from my knowledge or common sense. So, my question, if I can answer questions in lecture, and I can answer all types of NCLEX questions correctly, what is the problem? :uhoh3:

I am soooooo very thankful for my grade, but that grade does NOT reflect my studying habits, nor my common sense.

mysterious_one....I agree about the "70" rule. :uhoh3: Crazy.....

Fun2, BSN, RN · Nov 25, 2006

After looking at the syllabus, I realized it said 78-82 is a C, 83-89 is a B, and 90-100 is an A.

So, I still have a B. Hopefully I can hang on to it.

klg1971, I hope you can get your points back up too. This SUX!

a_clay · Nov 25, 2006

Fun,

THANK YOU SO MUCH because I needed all the strength I could have gotten. I just got home from the airport a little while ago. Honestly, yesterday with my mom's funeral was the hardest thing I have ever had do in my ENTIRE life. I honestly don't think I could have dealt with this if I was in nursing school this semester. I do believe everything happens for a reason. She looked so peaceful and I hope now that peace is what she is experiencing.

Amy

Amy you may not see this, but you're in my thoughts & prayers today. [/quote']

Fun2, BSN, RN · Nov 25, 2006

I'm glad she looked peaceful. Was she ill, or was this not expected?

I hope that you can gain strength in time, and know that memories last forever.

Fun,
THANK YOU SO MUCH because I needed all the strength I could have gotten. I just got home from the airport a little while ago. Honestly, yesterday with my mom's funeral was the hardest thing I have ever had do in my ENTIRE life. I honestly don't think I could have dealt with this if I was in nursing school this semester. I do believe everything happens for a reason. She looked so peaceful and I hope now that peace is what she is experiencing.
Amy

AllyRN82, MSN, APRN · Nov 26, 2006

Here at El Centro , we also had a letter go around , that some students in the other semesters typed up, which is about the 70 rule.( 2 tests below 70 and you out.) It will be send to the director and states something to the effect that we all believe that it should be dropped, because it could just not be fair if a student pulls an average of say a 80 - 95% on all his other tests (just an example). So many students have dropped just because of this new rule they put in effect. I hope this letter will make a difference.
Sorry , i hope I make sense, I am little upset about this issue.

One of my friends was actually the one who typed up that letter (in 2nd semester). I do hope it makes a difference if not this semester, then the following ones.

Fun, you will find your "niche" with studying. It took me a while and I'm still not that great at it but I am in a "comfortable" state. I don't read at all except when I really need clarification on something. I know everyone has a different way but that's mine. Reading is so time consuming and repetitive. You will survive these next tests! If I did it- anyone can! lol. Studying for nursing school is very different than what our pre-reqs were like! I'm sure you've found that out already!