students who don't seem to study and do so well

hiddencatRN, BSN, RN · Feb 23, 2011

(although I do get post test anxiety, once I am done I am one of those people checking if grades are up every 5 mins. lol)

LOL @ post test anxiety- I had that too. Totally chill before the test, annoyed by the frantic whispering of facts before (most of which would never be on the exam because they were ultra specific- I learned early on how to figure out what was IMPORTANT to know and it usually wasn't the fine details but the broad strokes), but then once the test was over I was happy to hash it out verbally with everyone who was waiting outside the classroom. When I started school I swore I wouldn't do that but I got sucked in and it was addicting, lol. I ALSO think it helped me bond with my classmates a little. And I also refreshed constantly while waiting for the grades and HEAVEN FORBID the professor took more than a day to post the grades.

I generally did take good notes in class because writing down exactly what they are saying helped keep my attention focused on it and helped me remember it (AND when classmates would try to do the "omg they NEVER told us that"...actually, they did cause I have it in my notes...). But I almost never read the textbooks, didn't like study groups except to feel included, and ended up doing really well in school.

I have tons of sympathy for the students who try so hard and just don't get it and struggle. I never talked about my grades or how well I was going out of sensitivity to those who were struggling or who were doing OK with way more effort than I was putting in.

I have NO sympathy for the classmate who cheated her way through school, was obnoxious in general, and who is the ONE person I know of in the class who failed the NCLEX.

To the OP: unless you see this person cheating (like, actually see, not just hear rumors or suspect) and unless the lateness is really disrupting to the class, I would not worry about what she does or does not do. That's effort you can put towards getting the NCLEX style down.

~Mi Vida Loca~RN, ASN, RN · Feb 23, 2011

LOL @ post test anxiety- I had that too. Totally chill before the test, annoyed by the frantic whispering of facts before (most of which would never be on the exam because they were ultra specific- I learned early on how to figure out what was IMPORTANT to know and it usually wasn't the fine details but the broad strokes), but then once the test was over I was happy to hash it out verbally with everyone who was waiting outside the classroom. When I started school I swore I wouldn't do that but I got sucked in and it was addicting, lol. I ALSO think it helped me bond with my classmates a little. And I also refreshed constantly while waiting for the grades and HEAVEN FORBID the professor took more than a day to post the grades.

Yep, that is me to a T!

I also get annoyed by the facts in the classroom before the test. Like mins. before and it is usually the same person and she is going into more detail than Doctors probably get into. I will be thinking, it's a 15 question test over 40 pages of reading, their is no way we are going to need to know the exact mechanism the exact part of the DNA that the virus mutates in HIV. We need to know it's a retro virus, it attacks CD4 Cells, and how it's passed, the stages and when we treat and nursing care. My friends and I will discuss after class too. We don't usually do this in a big group although people will always ask us what we put for this. But when the groups get to big you walk out feeling confident and than when you hear that everyone put something else you start to doubt, so we stick to our small group to discuss it.

lsk40 · Feb 25, 2011

We have people like that in my class but they study our teacher just reads to us so they just study at home

cheezwhiz · Feb 25, 2011

I started level one at the end of january of this year. it's been only a few weeks since school has started and there is this one girl who is in my class. she's always late to school and has been absent twice already. she also sleeps during the lab times. i know the professors told her not to be absent anymore because absences are important. the other day, we had an exam for one of the level 1 classes and she was in class but she spoke to the professor and allowed her to take the test another time. everyone knew she wasn't ready for the exam so she told the professor something. everyone says it's unfair as to how she took a spot for someone who really may have wanted it. recently, we had validations and she never ever practiced in the labs, yet she passed. i thought it was unfair. sure, she may be smart, but all of us try so hard and yet she seems to just pass with flying colors.

lol. awesome post. awesomer classmate.

hows tastes that haterade?

cogath · Feb 25, 2011

Most of my program is self-study. The teachers only cover about 20% of the material in class, and less of that in our Patho course. I can't imagine how anyone who doesn't study will pass or do very well at all, but I'm sure some people out there manage it somehow. I study quite a bit, but I have learned what works best for me, so I don't spend my life studying. Also, I try not to freak out as much as I used to, or as other students do. It's better to stay calm and just work you way through your material, sometimes I think nursing school is designed to be super stressful (i.e. last minute changes, added material, etc) to teach us to cope with stress on the job.

coast2coast · Feb 25, 2011

my thoughts exactly cheezwhiz !

That Guy, BSN, RN, EMT-B · Feb 25, 2011

I think this one more accurately describes the progression of the OPs thread. Starts off good then OH noes!

And yes the guy was fine. He went on TV the next week and talked about his rather silly sense of dancefloors.

hiddencatRN, BSN, RN · Feb 25, 2011

I think this one more accurately describes the progression of the OPs thread. Starts off good then OH noes!
And yes the guy was fine. He went on TV the next week and talked about his rather silly sense of dancefloors.

He was on Tosh.0 and they made a music video out of this- it was hilarious.

chicagoing, ADN, RN · Feb 25, 2011

Taters gonna tate. Cute :)

I think the OP is not going to return to this thread.....

cgravier · Feb 25, 2011

haha love that guy

lol. awesome post. awesomer classmate.
hows tastes that haterade?

Trilldayz,RN BSN · Feb 26, 2011

I'm soooo like almost everyone on this thread. I don't like hearing my classmates whisper right before (and after) the test! I like being in my own zone. I don't freak out days before the test and I still have time to do what I want and *rock* the tests. I was accused of cheating once, but my professor had my back LOL. I don't do well with haters either. I was just blessed, I guess, that I don't have to sit there, highlight, reread, make notes, group tutorials and/or memorize every word in my texts.... all I have to do is read it ONCE and it sticks. That's it. I don't even review the day before the test. Just like the poster who draws during class... I'm a drawer and chronic texter in class haha. Just can't focus in lecture.

talvarez2114 · Feb 27, 2011

omg trilldayz,sn i wish i was like you i feel like i have to be reading all the time, i always feel guilty if i'm out doing something and i'm not reading but im just not that gifted. i do have a friend that hardly studies and passes everytime, im by no means jealous of anyone who can pull that off, i do sometimes get frustrated though because i feel like i should be doing better since im studying my butt off.