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Thanks for your input, I appreciate it. Our clinical instructors pull these questions from a "bank." I have been underlining key words, but I guess I am reading too much into it or over thinking it. I am a logical thinker as opposed to a critcal thinker. We always have 4 multiple choice answers or select all that apply. It's making me crazy because I know the information and the people in my study group are getting "A"s and "B"s and I'm failing. Anyway, thanks for the input!

I just started 1st level clinicals 4 weeks ago and I am failing. It's not that I don't know the material, it is the test questions/answers that are tripping me up. The questions/answers have trick words in both that I think are tripping me up. I had a 3.9 GPA coming into clinicals so I'm not a dummy. I have talked with my instructor and I already knew my problem was deciphering the questions, so no real help there. I am hoping someone can "turn on the lightbulb" for me as to how to read and understand these questions. I believe they are based on the NCLEX style questions. I have Check-Offs coming up and if I don't start passing these tests, I will have to withdraw from the program and reapply in the Spring...I don't want to have to do that. If anyone has any tips or helpful hints i would greatly appreciate your input. My next test is Tuesday.