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Congratulations! What did you use to study the second time around?

Anatomy was the course I struggled with most, so I understand where you are at! If I have learned one thing from nursing school (I graduated in May) is that it requires a lot of sacrifice. It took me a long time to realize that, but once I did I was a lot more focused on what I needed to do to succeed. I think some of the commenters on here have been harsh, but they are realistic. I wouldn't look at what needs to happen next for you to fail and try something else. Rather, it's what you need to do moving forward to get the grade you need. Talk to your professor, dedicate more time to studying, find people in your class to study with, look for a tutor through the school that you are at, find resources online (there are a million free and fun resources to help you learn). From what it sounds like, multiple people are struggling and you guys could team up together. Another thought is to ask someone who is doing well what their study tactics are. Everyone learns differently, but there's no harm in trying! Unfortunately anatomy and physiology really is the foundation on what you will be learning these next few years, so it is key to not only passing it but understanding it. Tips that helped me: -Print power points and bring them to class each day to take notes on - laptops and computers are nothing but distractions! -Write out your notes (writing in notebooks always helps me retain the information) when you are studying -If you are a visual learner, draw and label what you are learning on a piece of paper, or draw on a friend or family member -Set goals on what study material you want to accomplish each day, and make sure your last 1 or 2 days before an exam is left for reviewing, not learning new material -Quiz yourself! You never know what you actually KNOW until you apply it in practice questions Another thing to keep in mind about transferring schools and dropping/failing classes is that every thing that occurs throughout your education is documented on your transcript. It's not going to look very good if your transcript shows you moving from one school to another because of failing courses. My employers both for my nursing assistant position and *future* RN position required my transcript, so this is something that future employers will look at. That's why I recommend you sticking it out and really buckling down these next few weeks. I definitely do not want to make this a pessimistic post because I believe that if this is something that you really want, you will be able to eventually succeed! I'm sorry this is so wordy, I just wanted to be realistic to your situation, while instilling some help! My last piece of advice is to maybe contact a nursing mentor at your university. This can be someone to guide you, give you advice, and hold you accountable for these next few years. Good luck to you!

That is great advice, thank you so much for being so helpful! I am glad to hear that I am on track to where I should be prior to taking this. Congrats on passing your NCLEX, I hope that I will be able to say the same thing in just over a week!

I have taken all QTrainer's except 6 & 7! I did pretty poorly on the first 3 question trainers, as it was all content review. After doing content review (especially pharm) I noticed increasing scores, especially on my Qbank's. However, I feel like I spent too much time on content review and not enough on spending time on the Qbank, which is starting to scare me. My QT 4 was a 55% and my QT 4 was a 59%. I feel like I'm so close to feeling comfortable to take the exam, but not quite there yet. All of my Qbank scores have been a 57% or above, for some reason I am doing a lot better on those! I am not good at SATA's either so that is great advice!

Thank you so much for your positive post! I take the exam the 25th and your post sounds very relatable to my experience so far. I took a Kaplan course for a week after graduation and have been nonstop studying for over a month. If you don't mind me asking, what were your QT and Qbank scores like? I know Kaplan recommends over 60% and I am in that ballpark. I was just curious! Thanks