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i know the material better than anyone in the class....i teach it to them in fact when we are studying. i am great clinically speaking. i've been offered two jobs on floors that i've had clinicals on. but, i have failed the last class once b/c i can't answer nclex questions very well. i am now taking the class for the second time and i just failed the first test. i don't know what to do. please help me. i want this so badly.

I know the material better than anyone in the class....I teach it to them in fact when we are studying. I am great clinically speaking. I've been offered two jobs on floors that I've had clinicals on. BUT, I have failed the last class once b/c I can't answer NCLEX questions very well. I am now taking the class for the second time and I just failed the first test. I don't know what to do. Please help me. I want this so badly.

We start clinicals on the third week.

So, I went to orientation, first lecture and our assessment class. I am totally freaked out. There is sooo much reading that needs to be done. Okay, I can probably manage finding the time to do that. I can probably make the grades. But, when they told us in clinicals we would be bathing, feeding and possible shoving gauze three inches into someone's skin that kinda freaked me out. Seriously...how do they expect us to go in and take a history from people if we don't even know what is going on or what to ask? What if the patient asks us something we don't know the answer to? This is all making me feel very uncomfortable. I was hoping to work with children when I graduate. But, I have to be honest the thought of wiping a four hundred pound man's butt does not sound very appealing to me. I know that I would make a great nurse and I am sure when you are in the situation it is totally different then just thinking about it, but all of this is very overwhelming and making me seriously doubt myself. Any words of wisdom or just say something to help ease my mind PLEASE. Thanks so much.

I feel like all I hear is negative things about peoples experiences. I have a 4.0 GPA as of right now with all of my pre reqs. But, from what I hear from some of you that doesn't mean anything. I do have a child and husband and a part time job. I am sure that I can do this. But with everyone saying how nearly impossible it is and how hard it will be to find a job when you are done it can be very confusing. I hate to think that I am wasting my time and putting my family through a difficult time. I am extremely well organized when it comes to my time and ususally am able to figure out what the teachers are looking for after the first couple of weeks of school. Is there anyone that felt like nursing school wasn't that bad? Anything anyone has to say that is positive? I realize that a lot of hospitals are looking for people that have experience, but they also have transitional programs at the hospitals near my area. Please give me some words of encouragement. Thank you. Terrified Mandy