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Sounds Fishy! Think about it, most nursing schools have 9 - 15 chapters on each exam every 2 weeks, plus you have class and labs, and you are able to study for 2 - 4 hours and bust all A's. one chapter can take 8 hours to comprehend, memorize all of the rationales. Sorry like I say to all who read this thread 6 -12 hours minimum. If you study for less you will barely pass or fail like many do. All your professors will tell you the same. The only way to bust out all A's is if they are pulling from all bank questions or you have the exam, or the professor tells you the questions. You can have 7 choose all that apply options on exam, the chances of getting all of these right are nearly impossible. Now as I move on Study, study, study, no other way around it.

You must be using banks!!

Like my professor said if you are not putting in 6-12 hours a day in your are going to fail. I did not believe him at first but if you truly look around, those who are truly stressed out beyond belief are because they are not studying enough, in fact I was one of them. Now when I take a test I expect to get an A, why because with time in comes quality along with quantity. You have to break it down, it can't be done in 4 hours. If you are studying less than your school is using mainly Test Bank questions than you will get an easy A or B. I laugh when I hear someone say they got all A's in nursing school, I say crap - most likely the school used all test banks for questions. If they are not using test bank questions you better put in 6-12 hours or you will most likely fail! Nursing school is a beast! You gotta study like your life depends on it period. The stress level will decrease substantially!! No other way around it nursing school takes no prisoners you conquer it by studying period!

Use any resources that you can find, there are a lot of them online. Study questions from your book but focus on rationales. What makes nursing school so hard is that often they just tell you to read the book and that's it - most likely you will fail this way - I focus on rationales, signs and symptoms, Interventions. This is the key to passing. Also study like crazy, if you are putting in 2 - 4 hours a day forget about it, 6 - 12 minimum. You blow 1 hour checking emails and surfing the net. Make friends in class you be surprised what resources people have.