mcpvilchis

Congrats and good for you. You should be proud of your grades you worked hard for it. I just failed my first exam, 76% and passing is 80%. I thought I did everything to prepare for the exam, I did the unit review tests, ATI practice tests, reviewed notes and listened to the recorded lecture. The worst part of it all is that I felt really good after the test. I don't know where I went wrong. I knew going to nursing school was not going to be easy, especially when I still have to play mommy to two school aged children but I am doing the best and it does seem like I am. My quiz grades are good but his exam just took all the wind out of me. Any studying tips you would like to share?

I am a 1st semester nursing student and got a 76% on my first exam and passing is 80%. I did everything they recommended to do, take workshops, use the on-line unit exam that are NCLEX style and I even did the ATI practice tests. Where did I go wrong? I feel like all the wind was knocked out of me. I WANT to be a GREAT nurse and nursing school is my life now. But now what? Disappointed Nursing Student

Our school also uses Calculate with Confidence and it really helped me, tons of practice questions. Most people are familiar with ratio-proportion, as was I, but I just learned the formula method which is (D/H) x Q, which is Dose Order divided by On Hand then multiply by Quantity. However, if you use this method make sure you know how to convert measurement units as D/H must have the same measurement units, of course. For example Dose order 400 mg po, on Hand is 200 mg/5mL (Q). Start by 400mg/200mg =2 then multiply by 5mL = 10 mL . I hope this help a little and good luck to you.