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Exactly!!! I can't go back, I can only move forward and learn from my mistakes !

Learning how to think like a nurse. I struggle with critical thinking. I know the material well, but on exams it's like I can't fully apply my knowledge. In my program there's four correct answers but you have to pick the BEST answer and I always seem to by pass my gut instinct and miss the question by choosing the 2nd best answer. Practice NCLEX questions and every resource they give you.

Thanks so much everyone for the advice, words of encouragement and taking the time out! I'm defiantly going to utilize my time off to analyze answering questions and practice practice practice taking quizzes and tests. I'm going in with an advantage next time so Im going to be prepared no matter what. I agree I shouldn't compare myself with other students but its hard to say that I didn't deserve to pass when I know exactly what they know but just couldn't pass the tests good enough. I really need to work on critical thinking and going with my gut instinct. Even my professor said its just test taking for me. I know one day I will be a knowledgeable nurse, this is just a minor setback! :)

Recently getting married in the summer, my husband and I were getting so excited for me to graduate in may 2013 and I end up failing by .50 points dde22. Needless to say I'm just 23 and graduated high school in 2008. I have invested a lot of time and energy into this program and getting in. I've been going to college ever since and I just feel so stupid that I've been going this long with no degree. Getting into the program was hard enough and sometimes I wonder why I picked such a hard career for me, however I like the challenge. Nursing is the career for me. After clinicals I feel like the best person ever and I love what a nurse does. I'm a hard working and I know I would be a great nurse. In a way to help me cope with failing, I'm glad I failed because in may I would be terrified to go out in the real world. There are a few students I wouldn't let take care of my families members or me because they dont know what the crap their doing and still passed. If I barely passed and next time I don't have to take pharmacology with it cause i passed that, do I have a good chance? Also I know the material just as much as anyone else but the tests ruined me. Any test taking tips you can give would be great an words of encouragement? I know I'll be a nurse next year, no words of negativity please!