Schoolcraft Nursing Students (previous students help appreciated!!)

[heartoftexas2]

I am currently in my first year of the program at Schoolcraft, and many of the staff are wonderful but almost reserved when it comes to any content related to test questions. Studying and reading is obvious for the courses, but it almost seems like a missing puzzle to have practice or at least repetition with the actual test questions? The questions at the end of our book are not the same as on the exams, and I know many of my fellow classmates feel the same, almost like we are self teaching, and sitting for 5 hours and not gaining anything from the lecture? Don't want to waste time, as it will only get more difficult and less time with 7 week classes coming! I consider myself a dedicated student, but can't believe the struggle just through fundamentals! I've worked in hospitals/nursing homes for almost 5 years now as a PCT and CNA, and love it, and I can relay all of the content, but its like the exam questions have the intention of losing you! Any suggestions second year or graduated students can offer would be GREATLY appreciated by myself and other classmates! The ones passing in the 90s (couple students) have mentioned they've had their family/friends recently come thru the program so they have a leg up on not just the material, but practice, content and the exams/ what to expect, because it seems to be the questions getting us all! Thank you so much!

[THELIVINGWORST, ASN, RN]

Girl, get LaCharity's priority delegation book. It will help with answering test questions

[Compassion_x]

Look up how to answer NCLEX questions. It will help you throughout your nursing education. Do it and you will not regret it.

[coco423]

Hey there! 2nd year nursing student at Schoolcraft. I find that the practice questions from the book are nothing at all like the tests, but the exam content definitely comes from the book. I've gotten through the program so far by literally reading every chapter assigned, even though it is definitely a lot of reading. And honestly I feel like the quality of the lecture totally depends on the instructor, not sure who you have. Feel free to send me a message if you have any more questions, hope it helped a little :)

[DeniseElsinger]

Another SC second year here. I know of several other second years, myself included, who feel like the majority of their time outside of class is spent teaching themselves. There were two teachers in particular that I had from first year where the lectures were not very informative so students would bring in their books and either read or follow along in an attempt to combine the text and the lecture.

I just finished my first 7-week class and it did not go as well as I liked even though I used different study methods each time (the ones last year apparently weren't working) and virtually every resource available to me. To study for the final, I took out my notes and compared them to the book while writing down the important ideas from the book. There was such a huge difference that I couldn't believe I never noticed it before.

I still haven't been able to pinpoint what the difference is between the practice questions they offer during the lecture, the questions online, NCLEX prep questions, ATI questions, and their exam questions. They were all amazingly different to me. The sample questions they provide during lecture are cake and fool you into thinking you know your stuff. On the other hand, their exam questions sometimes require you to know several different concepts, apply them, then take it one step further.

I would recommend meeting with the learning coordinator as she can help teach you how to break down the questions. They also have a very particular way they feel that the tests need to be taken. It works for some people, but I haven't been able to get it to work for me just yet.

Good luck, and feel free to message me if you would like. I know they tried to start that mentor program but I don't think it ever got off the ground. Personally, I feel it is very helpful to have someone a year ahead of you to help answer all the little questions that come up so if you can find a connection like that with someone, take it. (I'm happy to offer up myself, too.)