Warisose

Hi all! I just want to say that I too am a nursing student in the hospital. I am also a student having some problems with care plans! I have turned two in so far and talk about red ink!! However, my instructor is wonderful. When she writes in red ink she writes suggestions and where to find clues. She is there to help us think critically. She is our instructor and mentor. We are not taking a test to see what we learned, we are in the process of learning. We students need to take it easy. Nothing will come to us as long as we are so upset. A good instructor won't give you answers, but will help you or tell you where to go to find what you need. Do the care plan as best as you know how. Use the resources you have and find more! Go ahead! Turn it in. Your instructor will show what needs to be included or omitted on the next one. I was so freaked out last quarter that I made myself ill. I learned to meditate! Anyway, use what you have, seek more info and turn it in. Look at the red marks as learning tools. Curious, are you graded on these? We are not thank goodness. But the care plans affect our overall grade. I don't know what I would do if they were graded each time! Hey, what care plan manual are you using? We are using Ulrich's. I am not sure I like it. I have ordered another care plan manual at Barnes and Noble.com.

Hey there! Sounds like you have a bad case of test anxiety. Lots and lots of people have that including myself. I think I am an intelligent enough, but I too freak out on exams. The last exam I got a lower grade on because I left a few answers blank, meaning to come back to them, and I gave some obviously wrong answers to some questions. I know the material too! I had an anxiety attack about 5 minutes into the exam. Ticks me off! There are nursing instructors that teach test taking skills especially for nursing students here at my school. They may have something like that at your school too. I am signing up!