Fever4RN

Ok, so I never mastered this skill, and anyone I talk to tells me I must master this in order to get all the "required" reading done in all my classes. So tell me your secrets. I am finding I have to read slowly in order to just comprehend and grasp the concept. I can't do this anymore as the work is piling up and there is much to learn. So question is, how do you master this "art/skill" and "retain/learn" the information that is so vital?

Wow! Thank you so much! This is so awesome...I love this site You all are so encouraging and I know how hard you worked to get where you are and I respect the hard work you do daily...I am in awe of you all...you are making a difference

Also seeing an advisor on Monday...I am going to do whatever it takes...You all are awesome and you should be so proud of yourselves! I respect your hard work and all you have to put up with and all you have gone through! Much Much Respect!

This is awesome...I am sharing your words with my class mates nekozuki :)

Thank you so much! Trying some new things...

Wow! I couldn't believe it...I really was shocked. I prepared and studied, that is all I do. Just last semester I was President's List! In fact just got my certificate in the mail, and don't even feel worthy to hang it. Here's the thing... I knew the topics the test was talking about. I understood them and I felt prepared. So for me that is the scariest thing of all. There are no words to describe how I feel because class avg was 78% and I got 70. I feel so inadequate, and I want this so bad. I have been praying that this is for me, because this is all I have ever wanted. I am an older student and I have been a hair stylist for 23 years. My kids are all grown, and I always said when they were grown I was going to go to school for nursing. This has been my first college experience, and I got all my pre-reqs done in a year. 12 classes in 12 months and 12 A's. 4.0 student for the first time ever. In high school I was a C at best. I was so proud that I finally felt like I could do something, and now this. This has shaken me, and I would be lying to myself if I didn't admit that it has released some old demons in the way I look at myself. (like...there she is. there is the girl from high school...that kind of stuff) Here's the thing, I even felt good after I took the test. I felt "iffy" on 14, and we could miss 13 to pass. But my "rationale" was surely I didn't miss all 14, so I felt good about it. We go back in and I was right I didn't miss all the 14 I had checked, but I kept missing others that I didn't think twice about...This test was over "Nursing Process" (ADPIE), Asepsis, and Pain Management. I missed mostly ones in Nurse Process... Well, I'm not giving up, but I have to say I am extremely nervous about my test this Monday in Pharmacology. I guess my question is, considering that I have devoted my life to this, and I do take it seriously, and I do study (all the time!), is there hope considering I failed this first test, and I am below avg of alot of ppl who are distracted with young children and jobs...I'm just feeling inadequate...Please Help! PS> I have sooo much respect for the nurses out there...WTG!

Me too! I start on January 16th and I am feeling a lot of the same things...hoping I don't forget anything :)

Don't be down on yourself. Take those classes over and it will wipe the other grades away. Once you do that, continue your path. All of this will make you stronger. Start thinking positive thoughts and remind yourself that you can do it ... Good luck!

I took the accelerated AP summer class and it was intense! I loved it though...I think if you are focused just on that as I was then you will do just fine. I did very well in it. A great help is to know the "root words" in the back of the book...good luck!