ncbutterfly

Thanks again everyone!! My dh talked me into staying in the class. He said what the worst thing that could happen, you fail. And I was like duh, yeah!! And he said just to stick it out and if I have to take it over at least I will be acclimated to the subject matter and maybe would do better next time. So that is what I am going to do. I have talked with other students in class and got tips on how they study so I am going to try their tactics and hope and pray they help me.

Thanks steph and Bobmo. My grades are great. I got all A's in my other pre-reqs except 1 B in Psychology. I only have one more english, micro, and an elective left to take. I really believe I know my stuff, it is just the tests are hard. Another student is struggling with this same question. She did better than me by 7 points, but it is still only 2 points from a D and she is worried that with a C she won't make it, so that is why I am super stressed. It just sucks, because when I woke up this morning I didn't have too much worry on my mind. I knew I would ace this test and that 71 would be replaced with my final. But now, I just don't see how I can do it with only 3 tests left of the semester. BTW, I have a 100% in lab. I think I am going to talk to her Wednesday, she teaches at our satellite college on Tues. and Thurs., and see what she says. I know she isn't supposed to hold my hand, but some direction would be helpful, ya know? Thanks again for listening and giving me advice. It really helps.

Thank you all for responding. I wish my dh would get home already so I can cry on his shoulder. :*(

At my school we are on a different grading scale than most. It is the standard as in grade school. So a 71 is a D and a low one at that. When I woke up this morning I never thought my day would turn out like this.

I am in A&P II this semester and I am really struggling. I have taken two tests and I made a 71 on each. The last day to drop is June 28. That would be good if I had another test to add to it, but my teacher is going to be on vacation so another test will not be taken after that date. I have tried the tips on here about studying two hours, re-writing notes, and studying from quizlet, etc. but my teachers tests are so hard. I went in this morning thinking i knew this and I would make a great grade. Then when I got the test I was totally bummed. If I drop, I will have to wait a whole other year to apply for my college's nursing program since they only start in the fall, now fall 2014 hopeful. Any advice?

In home care CNA in NC and I make 8.75/hour!

Taking A&P II this summer too. My A&P I lecture final is Thursday, had my A&P I lab final today. We start summer semester May 17. So only two weeks off and then we hit the ground running again. If you pray, say a prayer I find a second shift job soon, so I can keep going to school.

My A&P I final will be May 3. So two weeks until the end!! I was hoping for a B, but I bombed the Muscles test and I am thinking I can't do good on the rest of the tests. I have lost my confidence. Trying to get my mojo back, but if I end up with a high B, I will be fine with that. I have already registered for Summer and Fall, so I should be finished with pre-reqs by the end of the year. Wishing you all well.

I don't remember if I posted here or not but I passed mine on August 13 in NC. I started my in home aide job yesterday and I LOVE it!

I am a donor. My mom donated a kidney to her sister and it has saved her life for over ten years now. I recently donated blood and I asked others in my class if they had ever donated. One girl told me no and that she never would because they don't pay her anything to take her blood but yet they make money off it. I thought that was such a sad and backwards way of thinking of things. I often wonder what she would think if someone she loved needed blood and it wasn't available because someone was as crass in their way of thinking as she is. :*(

Oh and one other positive experience I remembered. My grandma died unexpectedly after breaking her hip. She had her hip replaced and had just been moved to a rest home when on her first and only night there she had a blood clot and died. It was sad and very unexpected. Well my Paw had found out a month before that he had skin cancer and was being treated without my grandma knowing. So we took turns taking care of him and taking him to his appointments. Turns out the cancer metastasized and was in his liver, lungs, and other organs. On the morning my Paw died I had a dream that him and my Grandma were walking hand in hand in heaven. This was about 6am. At around 10am my sister showed up at my house and I knew was she was going to tell me before she said it. I told her what had happened and we both broke down in tears. I believe they told me they were together and not to worry about them. BTW, he died 2 days shy of the one year anniversary of my Grandma's passing. Oh and my Paw did talk to people a couple of weeks before he died that had passed on. He was in his bedroom and would look at the ceiling and talk or just smile. My aunt and mom were in the room when he said "I didn't know you would be here." When I tried to ask him about it he told me he didn't want to talk about it. I have a lot of experiences and share them with my family but they all think I am nuts.

I wanted to share a near-death experience that I had a few years ago with my uncle. If this is the wrong spot please move. My uncle had been up in the mountains fishing and felt like he had indigestion all day. My aunt was with him and she dropped him off fishing while she went shopping. She came back at the agreed upon time to pick up my uncle. When he met her at the car he told her he wasn't feeling well and then proceeded to have a heart attack. After he was stabilized enough he was transferred to a local hospital. While my uncle was in the hospital my aunt developed pneumonia and was hospitalized in the same hospital as my uncle. The family was taking turns staying with them both. It came my turn and I was going to stay the night. I was really anxious since I hadn't stayed with him before and didn't know what to expect. When I got there he was coughing up blood and said he couldn't breathe. He was in horrible shape. They had done all they could and didn't expect him to leave the hospital. All night I was helping him to urinate or switch out those long spit bags that hang in the room that he used to spit blood in. I just knew he was going to die before morning. I was really scared and prayed and prayed for him. I was also wide awake from the adrenaline of being so scared he was going to die on me. He had gotten settled for a few minutes and I sat down to look through a magazine and pray. Then I remember waking up and there was someone kneeling at my uncles left side. I asked them if everything was alright and they said he was fine and for me to go back to sleep. Then I woke up and my uncle was sitting up in the bed with a smile on his face and he started talking to me. He wasn't coughing up blood and he had the oxygen mask off. I was astonished at his turn around and ashamed that I had fallen asleep. Then my uncle said, "That was the cadiallac of services." I said what? and he repeated it, "That was the cadiallac of services." I asked him what he was talking about and he said that man had come in and ran a "thread" through his arm and it went into his heart and he was healed. I so was confused but thrilled that my uncle was better. So when the doctor came in we asked what they had done to him and they said no one had come in and done anything. He must of been hallucinating. But I saw that person too. So they asked the nurse and she didn't have any idea what we were talking about and the doctor assured us if anything had been run to my uncles heart it would of been done in the operating room and not in the patient room. We also wondered if an iv had been changed or removed and it wasn't since it was in my uncles right arm. So a few weeks later we were discussing it and we both believe we had been in the presence of an angel who saved his life. All we remember is that someone was there and we don't remember a name or a face or any features. I do feel truly blessed at witnessing this and I have witnessed other things but they have been not so nice things so I won't share those.

I sweat like crazy. I am just doing my CNA clinicals and have found that wearing a thin tank top helps absorb the moisture and cools me off when I get a few minutes to chill. LOL.

Congrats to you. We had to do our skills in front of our instructor and I was so nervous on my first skill, assisting with a bedpan, I placed the bedpan wrong. She let me do it again and I placed it wrong again. We are doing clinicals starting Wednesday for 10 days and then we will be back in class for 6 days and then it will be test time. I am ready to get it over with and I pray I pass the first time.

In NC the answer is A. We do not have to wash the chest in a partial bed bath just the face and arm, armpit. I use two wash clothes and one towel. One of the wash clothes has soap and the other one doesn't. HTH! :) Oh and make sure when you are cleaning the hand you clean the fingers and in between the fingers.

:ancong!: I took my skills test today as part of our classroom work and failed it. I was mortified!! I placed the bedpan wrong, didn't open the curtain when I was finished, touched the bedpan with both of my gloves, didn't raise the bed to waist level, and didn't tell the client that I was leaving to provide privacy. Now I am scared to death that I will fail the state test.

Wow!! My class is 12 weeks long for a CNA 1 in NC. I go for 4 hours a day, 4 days a week. We are doing the skills in front of our instructor today and the rest of the week, and final on workbook tomorrow, and abbreviation test on Thursday. We will go to clinicals on June 1 for 10 days. Then back in class for 6 days. Good luck to you.

I have no idea on the state, but I did the skills today in class and I ended up in tears!!! I am debating on whether I am capable to go to state or not. I had to do the assists with bedpan and placed it wrong, didn't raise the bed to my level for proper body mechanics, didn't tell the client I was going to leave and give them privacy, I touched the bedpan with both of my gloved hands and not just one hand, and I didn't pull the privacy curtain out of the way when I left. I was so nervous I forgot everything!!! When she told me I didn't make the 15/19 only 14/19, I cried!!! I couldn't believe I was being such a big baby. She let me redo the skill but I still placed the bedpan the wrong way and didn't pull the curtain open when I left!!! I took a deep breath and did the other skills ok. I forgot some things but I would tell her when I forgot and she passed me. We start clinicals next week and I worried I am not ready. Good luck to you.

Please make your own thread and share personal ghost stories. I love them and have had a few experiences myself.

I love my Echo smartpen. Best investment ever. Come home plug it in the computer and it downloads the recording and all your notes.

I'm starting Monday, April 4th and I am so excited. I hope things are going well for you.

Everything I would of said would of been the above. I am in my first semester of pre-req's and I was trying to rush it too, but A&P is VERY time consuming. Especially if you are the sole caretaker of your child. Don't rush, just do your best or you may burn out. BTW, I didn't have to have Algebra to graduate high school or Chemistry and I really regret it. I am starting from scratch on all this stuff. Good luck to you.

I agree with this. You need to keep on keeping on if this is what you really want. It sounds like you may be taking too many classes though. Will it be the end of the world if you don't get in next year? I am in my first semester of pre-req's and I was trying to cram all them into semesters, it isn't going to work for me. So I am going to slow down next semester and it will be another year until I can apply but my sanity and my time with my kids is more important. Good luck to you.:)

Sending (((hugs))) and prayers for you whole family.

I am finding the aandp.com site is helping me tremendously. I don't know if your book is by Elaine Marieb or not but mine is and all the information is on the inside cover of the book. There is a code to put in to get on it for free, but if your book is used you need to buy the code. I am not sure how much it costs but alot of students in my class say it is worth it. Good luck. BTW, the 80 is great. Like I said, I made an 86 and I was thrilled with that.