I freak out on the exam

[Worriedfreak]

I am sooo frustrated. I love nursing, the books are not hard to understand. But when it comes to the exam I freak out, running out of time, misread questions, don't see the options and very often chose the wrong answer. I know at least as much as my friends, and often I do much worse than my friends. when I review th e exam questions, I can't understand how come I didn't chose the right option.

Please LMK if you if you have any suggestions.

Thank you,

worriedfreak

[button2cute]

Hello,

I would like to know the answer of this question, please.....Why do people get assistance after they are failing instead of getting assistance prior to failing a test?

I mean so many students wait till they get theirselves into a hole prior of getting assistance.

My philosophy is sign up for help prior to failing and at least you can drop out after passing several of tests or drop out if you believe you do not need it.

I had twenty of my classmates and myself signed up for tutoring and teacher's assistance. We all were passing the class with Bs and other students signed up as well into the semester. It was 60 students wanting tutoring and the school had to provide it. Our instructors became involve because the demand of tutoring among the students. An instructor that resist to tutor the students because her time was too precious and lazy. Well, every student passed the spring classes who were involve in the tutoring sessions. The instructors were pleased and it made them step up to the next level of teaching with us. Therefore, everyone can benefit with any type of assistance prior to failing, discover the method of taking tests and to have successful semenster.

If you had trouble with tests, papers, assignments and what ever...go sign up ahead of time each semster...it does not cost a thing a cent....it is the college red light special....Free.

I know I am being silly...I just do not understand why people wait till they are failing before seeking help?

Please explain it to me.

Nursing questions are not like the traditional questions of true and false; essays; matching and fill in the blank. It is about critical thinking, taking the information learned and applying it to a situaion. Look at the question first and find out what the question is looking for. Do not read in to the question, or add information that is not needed to answer the question and find the information in the paragraph that correspond with the question ....what is it looking for. Apply the information to the question. Two of the answers are not even close to the answer of what the question is looking for. And then you have two questions left and they are similar....however there is one distinct characteristic that separates them and only one that answer the question of what it is looking for. Then you have your answer....yahoo.

In addition, purchase several of nclex books to practice questions on the topic of the class notes. Hint....your instructors in nursing school grab test bank questions and some are in the nclex book. At leas you will have fifty percent chance of making a correction choice this time around.

Have a nice day.

Buttons

[NebbyLPN]

I was just reading something on taking exams just the other day. One of the things that was suggested was that you need to keep yourself aware that you are anxious during the actual test and to not let your mind go faster than your pen or pencil. This one thing accounts for more errors on tests than any others. So, if you figure out that you must have read a problem wrong because you really knew the right answer (you realize this after you get the test back), you need to slow down your reading of a test question a little. Also use the point of your pen or pencil to focus on key words in the question. Before you answer a question ask yourself, what is the question asking. Sometimes instructors will give a lot of unnecessary information in a question to see if students are reading closely and paying attention to what is actually being asked. Hope that helps some of you.