KrisRN0710

It's funny you say that I think IV's are what scare me the most too!

I wonder if many others future nurses, or current nurses doubted their skills before graduating? I am in my final year and at times I find myself doubting if I am competent enough to be a nurse. I know it's obvious to feel doubtful when you are in a situation you haven't been in before. I also know I have made it this far for a reason! I just worry about have I learned enough yet in my ASN program to be responsible on my own with patients. I suppose the comfort level as a new nurse will come more once you find a job and becoming orientated with your own floor. Most new nurses are put on orientations with a seasoned nurse for a while too right? I know a lot of my fellow classmates feel the same but there are others that seem to think nothing of it. It could also be that clinical instructor who watches your every last move too! Either way is it normal to be nervous in your final year and will it get better?

There's nothing I loathe more in nursing school then studying your tail off for an exam and not scoring great. Im in my last year 3rd semester and for me the NCLEX style testing has been the biggest challenge. I hate the fact I will study until I'm blue in the face and the testing questions throw me off. I will ramble on about what i've learned and apply it on the floor at clinical but getting a question wrong on a test when your test score determines your success rate is aweful. I wonder how many great people who would have made terrifc nurses have failed their program because they could not adapt to the NCLEX format. It's a shame! I never had to take a critical thinking course prior to NS so that may be my problem, and the fact I am such a factual test taker. Fingers crossed for my last year and everyone else in the same situation!

Thats the same at my school too...The hospital you become hired at is supposed to teach you. I think thats aweful..starting IV's is 90% a nurses job why should we wait until employment? I also find is strange how we don't learn phlebotomy. I learned it for my medical assistant degree so even though as a nurse we don't usually draw blood (unless from a port) you better believe if I have the supplies on hand i'll draw my own specimens if time permits! Why wait for the lab to come up?

I know what you mean...I have a girl who wears shirts to class that say things like talk s*** get hit." I'm like how "nurse" like!

Just wanted to add that I finally passed my math for meds, and the 1st semester. I did get the help that I needed, and focused extremely hard. Next semester is my new mission and I am determined to ace it!

I am a first year ADN nursing student with hopes to obtain my BSN right after. I am a registered medical assistant, worked in an Internal Medicine office for a year without a single nurse on staff, and realized I wanted to become a nurse more then anything. I got A's in all my MA classes, did many tasks nurses do in the office setting, and continued taking my pre-req's for nursing. I was lucky to be accepted into the first college I applied for, out of state unfortunatly, as Maine where I was residing had a huge wait list. So my husband and I packed up and in less then a month moved to NY to allow me to achieve my dream of becoming an RN. I already have so much knowledge the lectures and clinicals this first semester are review for me. Problem is I'm offically not passing right now. Our tests are NCLEX style to prepare us for the real test when we graduate. I know the information and study really hard but can't pass the questions. I also only got a 70 out of 100 on my math for meds test. We had to self teach ourselves off a CD without a lecture on it. I have never been good at math. Now I am sitting with tutors until I can re-take the math test, and if I don't pass it I can't advance to semester two when we go to the hospital. I also am sitting with the learning center to get help with test taking skills. I bought an NCLEX review book and will be practicing out of that as well. I just feel so upset about this, I did not set out to fail. I made my family up and move and I'm blowing it all. Everytime I take a test I feel so anxious as if my life depends on it. My peers all are getting grades and making comment like "You don't even need to really know the information to pass you just have to study the question." This sounds crazy to me however, I am the one struggling to pass. I know I can become a great nurse, I have no other life plan for what I wan't to do...Sorry this is so long..but does anyone have this problem? Advice or suggestions that helped you?