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I have 1.5 years towards my FNP, but decided it's not really what I want. Once I got into the clinical arena, it just wasn't worth the sacrifice. SO. I am looking at what I can do to not waste that first year of core classes. I do love teaching, actually my job (post-partum) is primarily teaching with not as much actual nursing care. But I know I don't want the pay cut of academia at this point, and I know that floor educator isn't really an option either, at least at my hospital. I really like a hospital environment vs. an office environment, from what I've seen. I'm leaning towards case management/health coaching or something like that. So, my question is, is it worth it to get the MSN? I know education will never hurt me, but will I actually need it for advancement? I don't *think* I want to get a degree if I can't see a benefit to it other than personal growth. My next job needs to be normal business hours, and I would like to move away from the bedside, but not necessarily the patient. I'm really floundering here, can someone help?? Thanks!

So. I'm going into the 2nd clinical semester for FNP and I barely passed the last clinical class. To be fair, so did most of the rest of the class since the average of the class was 80. Anyways, I would like to decrease this particular stressor in my life. I study (a lot), don't change answers on the test, don't take too much time, but try to be thorough when reading the questions... and still don't do well. I know the FNP program is hard, but I would like to make a comfortable B. I really learn best by taking sample tests/quizzes and using a study guide. Here's where the question comes in: what am I missing? The book that I have (Primary Care: The art and practice of nursing- Dunphy) has a study guide that looks home-made and gets horrible reviews. I was thinking of getting a different book that has a study guide. Any thoughts from you straight A peeps?

I'm at Dallas, and Denton is different, but I think (from a co-worker) Denton has clinicals during advanced assessment- I think it's just 9 hours or something. Otherwise, Family one and two are 90 hours a piece. Denton and Dallas seem to be different in the manner of teaching style, from what I can tell. The Dallas program is VERY self directed, with little actual teaching occurring, whereas the Denton program is a little more hands on (this from a preceptor who teaches at Denton). Either way, they follow the same curriculum and I would go to whichever one is closer for you.

That would be great, but this lady wouldn't do it. She doesn't even answer questions other than "I am not an expert and you are in grad school, go figure it out." Seriously. And this class is now over, so I was really just trying to figure out how to do better in the upcoming classes. The frustrating thing is that I KNOW this stuff. And I am smarter than the number I get back on that test, I've studied harder than that number represents. I just need some positive reinforcement on that I guess.

I work in North Texas and we have separate L/D, PP and AP units. PP does mom/baby as we are working on being baby friendly, but we stay away from pregnant people, lol! We do have one practice that incorporates midwives, but I don't think the other hospitals in the area allow midwives. HTH!

I don't go over the exams after. She has them on a table page by page and there's 30 people crowded around trying to see what they got wrong. I wouldn't be able to discern anything in that environment anyways, so I just always took the break instead.

So I took my final test for the first semester today, for Patho. And I totally bombed it. 76%, which brought my final grade to a 79.5, which this instructor thankfully rounds up to a B. Here's the deal... I totally know this material. I really feel like if we sat down one on one and the instructor was asking me about the material, I would pass. Obviously, this is not reflected in my tests. So can anyone tell me how I can test better. After googling how to take multiple choice tests better, I can tell you what is NOT my problem: I'm not overly anxious I don't take too long, I actually tried to go slower on this test-40min I don't change my answers, and if I don't know it, I come back to it without wasting time on it I underline/circle/box key words (always, increased, everything, except) I tried on this test to answer the question before looking at the multiple choice answers I do actually study. A lot. I do the study guide questions until I can practically recite them. What am I doing wrong? Thank you!