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I went to school in Arizona. Yea if i failed first semester i would have had to wait longer than a year...but in 3rd semester i was able to get back in because some people failed 2nd semester so there were spots open. It was very hard for me to actually sit down and dedicate a certain amount of time to studying. I recorded all of my lectures and listened to them again. Sometimes i would stop paying attention in class, not by choice but my mind just drifts off...so when i would come home and listen to the lecture again i would always catch stuff that i didnt take notes on and my powerpoints would be full of writing. If i didnt understand how something related to the topic i would look it up or ask someone in class or the instructor..thats when i started to succeed. i NEVER read the book...just used it as a resource for clarification or NCLEX style questions for every chapter. Another thing that i found was successful is if we are going over cardiac i would listen to my lecture again and then i would go to the NCLEX book and read the cardiac section and questions because it summarizes everything and makes you see what is really important to know. For the NCLEX..i didnt study from my books/notes AT ALL! i just did the NCLEX 4000 practice questions in study mode...i do suggest investing in the CD it is only $40 and has thousands of questions that i used all throughout nursing school. It took a WHILE for me to figure out what works for me...this may not work for you but those are just some tips. Good luck to you!

now thats DOUBLE hot haha

Just do NCLEX style questions and if you dont know a topic or what something means look it up. THATS IT. I took it 2 weeks after graduating and passed with 75 questions in 55 minutes! Hard as heck and lots of alternate type questions and select all that apply but i did it! I just did a ton of questions the night before :) I know this doesnt work for some people but it worked for me!

Do you have any idea how much easier it is to get a job as a CNA once you are in nursing school??? you will be able to network during clinicals, with clinical instructors and other students. Dont be too hard on your self.... Also, being CERTIFIED (CNA) and having a LICENSE (RN) are two comepletely different types of employment...jobs are out there!! yes they are. I just got one, actually i got TWO and had to choose between them. all my classmates, every single one (of 30) got a job.

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Jobs are there! I just graduated and got two job offers within two weeks of graduating and so did my fellow classmates! Not all but most. And trust me, i am nothing special :)

I enjoyed nursing school for the most part. I couldnt believe it when it was over though..check off's were the most stressful things ive ever done and putting in an IV when your instructor is hovering over you is not my cup of tea. i was so over it at the end but i felt like i was a part of something great and there was no one else in the world going through the same experience as the people in that room sooooo that made it easier bcus we were all in it together! It is soooooo worth it though. I just passed my NCLEX and i am an RN and got my first job in tele. I cant wait to start...what a great identity it is to be an RN.

thank you :) In a way being a newbie is helpful because it is always easier to teach someone from scratch rather than try to relearn what you already know and how to do it the right way. At least thats what i observed in school.

That is a pretty good average to have so good job on doing well!! At my school we had to pass with a 76% (i think that goes for most schools) so anytime my average was 80% or above i was happy lol I loved my classmates in the beggining too and most of us liked eachother there were just a few who were absolutely unbearable. It's not until towards the end when you start to see peoples true colors lol i think most of it was stress, nursing school is a two year long stressful situation!! well good luck on your final! enjoy your break and get some rest!!

Nursing school is not like anything I have ever experienced before. It is the hardest subject but the easiest to study (because you WANT to know how to take care of your patients). I couldnt stand half of my class towards the end of school because they were a bunch of know it all's and made me feel dumb.I failed one of the semesters by like 2 points (1 test question)and got right back in to another semester 2 weeks later (what a lucky ducky i was) I got a job as a CNA half way through school because i really felt like i needed some experience in patient care. After graduation i was 1 of 3 people to take the NCLEX first ( i was really over school by then and just wanted to get it over with) I passed with 75 questions in 55 minutes and thought it should have been harder which made me think i failed, initially. I got my RN license and two job offers 2 weeks after graduation and now i am just waiting to start my new grad orientation. I really miss school though..dont really know what to do with all this free time. Good luck to all the future nursing students, you will have a blast!

Well lets just say that in anatomy and physiology it is all about patho and how the body works. There is only ONE right answer. In nursing school, all answers are right but what would you do first. What is a priority? What is going to make a bigger difference? I have seriously developed sleeping problems because of those questions They wont all be like that, some will be knowledge based, black or white kinda questions but...there will be some that when you look at it, its like WHAT THE HECK WHEN DID WE GO OVER THIS?? and you probably didnt. but the instructors expect you to use your critical thinking skills and knowledge from day 1. As far as being excited about going through nursing school as a cohort...you will love it! and I have developed very strong friendships with some people in my class, specifically my clinical group. and you are right..no one else in the world is going through the same program with same teacher at the same time except for the people in your cohort and you can relate to everyone. I am 21 and i am one of the younger students in that class but my study group consists of a lot of mommies in their 30's and 40's and even 50's which have families and even full time jobs ( i am not the typical 21 year old that likes to party i am more on the studious side, well at least in nursing school) anyway it is a fun journey but you will develop some negative feelings towards some people later on, maybe end of 2nd or 3rd semester.

1. the very competitive nursing students. you may have been the smartest student in your anatomy class but now there are about 50 of you sitting in that classroom. each and everyone striving to be at the top of their class. a few of them are going to shine brighter than you. it is a very annoying feeling. you will develop some negative feelings towards them and try to find a few aspects of life that you are better at than them. well don't. befriend them, if anything they are a great resource 2. the students who study less but get better test scores. i sat down to take my very first test in nursing school and i was stressed. i studied every single day since the lecture, i felt like i knew everything. the girl who sat next to me was also stressing but only because she crammed the night before. i got a 70% and she got a 95%. how is this fair? several people have told me that not everyone is a good test taker, i’d rather have a nurse that studies a lot then crams, etc, etc. umm no. she clearly knows what she is doing and her test scores prove it till this day. 3. the complainers. your instructors are people too, with their own personal lives, kids, hobbies, friends and some are still completing some sort of upper division courses for higher education. teachers don’t get paid well; they don’t do this for money. they obviously love nursing and teaching. they are the most compassionate bunch of nurses you will ever meet. and guess what? at some point they have all been nursing students. it has recently become a pet peeve of mine, when i noticed a trend of several students constantly complaining about how much they dislike their teacher. if you don’t like something, tell the teacher! it's as simple as that. 99% of the time there is a fair rationale as to why they put that question on the test or why they gave you projects back to back or why your clinical schedule is so crappy. and the other 1% of the time? well, human error, don’t hold a grudge. and please don’t complain about teachers to other teachers, so incredibly unprofessional. they are collegues. 4. know-it-all's. there will be at least one. the know-it-alls are in a completely different category as the competitive people or the people that get better test scores than you. if you state that you are unclear about something they will pull you aside and explain it to you in their own individual way. i know it sounds like they are trying to be helpful...but it won’t feel like that. it will feel like they have officially taken on the role of a teacher without anyone asking them to do so. when coming to class you almost expect them to jump up there and start lecturing. they correct the teacher, they interrupt lectures but most of all they think they are better than everyone. there were a handful of them in my class and it got to the point that when they would start talking i would deliberately ignore every single word they were saying, important or not. and the whole entire time, the only thing i wanted to remind them is that we are in the same classroom, learning the same subject; at the same level of nursing school so please do not act like you are above all. so if i could go back and do it again knowing this what would i do differently? i would ignore their behavior because two semesters later, they have been put in place several times by instructors and one of them failed a semester. (disclaimer: i am by no means happy that they failed out i am just trying to stress the point that even if people act like they know it all, they clearly don’t know it all) 5. those who don’t have to work while in nursing school. you may come across a few people who constantly talk about how they are so grateful that their significant other is able to support them while they go to school. they can’t bare the thought of having to work while completing their education. and they will verbalize this every single day, after every single test. and here you are working full time because that is the only way you can support yourself. some call them fortunate, i call them annoying. 6. the ones who already work in the health care field. it’s a tough economy out there. in case you haven’t heard….not many places are hiring new grads. the only worry in my mind at this point is passing nursing school. sooooo with that said….why is it so important to tell everyone, everyday that you have a job lined up for you because the clinical manager loves you oh so very much. if you say it once, that’s great j if you say it again after you are asked, that is awesome. but if you announce this to the whole class during the discussion of what they will do after they graduate… then that’s just boastful. not a single person would say, “hey good for you, look at how fortunate you are” and if they do they are lying. anyway…well this is my little rant. whether you are in nursing school or waiting to enroll in a nursing program…this is what you should expect. i promise…there will be at least one person in your class that falls in each category…can’t wait to graduate so that i never have to see these people again!

It is not unfortunate! If you study a lot then you deserve to know it all and you actually DO know it all. It's people that ACT like they know it all that get on my last nerves haha! You should be very proud of your "study ethic" it takes a great deal of discipline

Thanks everyone who did not take my post too seriously and realized that I was just venting...had i know there was a whole thread dedicated to venting i would have posted it there! I really shouldnt have to defend myself for all the things that I am frustrated about...however, i just want to emphasize the fact that i do not dislike all the people that know it all, that are able to go to school full time without having to work..it's just that it breaks my heart when i see people struggling in school because they have to support their family by working full time..and then having the students that dont work brag about it in front of them, consistently. Or the students who study hard and dont do as well on those darn nclex style questions and then someone telling them OH ITS EASY. and THATS what trully gets to me. I re-read my original post several times and i dont beleive in any of my categories did i say "ALL" people in that category annoy me. So lets be nice now :)

How sad and concerned I am for you of your inability to comprehend what you are reading. Maybe you should re-read my post and try another comment. k thanks :)