i think its starting to get to me

I had this attitude when I first started nursing school. I'm naturally really good at communication/normal psychology/healthcare education, which was what our fundamentals was mostly about, so I kicked butt in my very first nursing course and got an A!

I am one of those students that "squeaked by" with a C in my med-surg clinical last semester. It was not for lack of trying, and I've made several posts around the forums about how emotional taxing it was for me and how much I cried during the semester if you want to go to them from my profile. It's changed my viewpoint of how I see grades. I can stand my ground with 99% of my classmates and I provide safe, efficient care backed with evidence to my patients in clinicals. That's enough.

C = Nurse. I understand entirely why your grades are important to you. They are also important to me. However, I think at some point you might be faced with the fact that it's okay to not be perfect in nursing school. There are going to be courses that you excel in, disease processes that just "click" for you, and procedures that you complete like a pro. In that same breath, you ARE going to feel like an idiot at some points when you blurt out the wrong answer to a seemingly easy question, attempt skills for the first time in clinicals and just can't make the information from a topic in lecture stick in your head.

It's okay if you're trying and you care. That's what's important. I'm really glad that you care, but I hope that you don't beat yourself up too much. As someone who did for a long time, I can tell you that it won't make it better.

Good luck.

It's Med Math...I fell behind from being really ill for a week, and am getting caught up in everything, but the math has shorted out my brain.

OK, so it's really a combo of everything. I'm in panick mode because it's mid-semester for us and I'd really like to have a little breathing room for the end of the semester in case I REALLY screw up an exam later on down the road. We only have four exams in Math and they're worth 35% of our grade. Definitely a great example of ONE "oops" taking away most of your "atta-girls."

i recommend buying a med math book and keep practicing and practicing. sooner or later you will get the hang of it. just don't get confused with the distractors in the problem. dosage and calculations is basic math so don't get intimidated.

good luck!

angel, rn

I no longer have A's in the core non-fluff nursing classes. That doesn't mean I don't know my stuff. I do, but the tests are still difficult nevertheless. As long as my GPA is not too low for grad school, I should be okay. And for those who don't plan on going further, grades are not a deal breaker. I see many people who are great during clinicals and will make great RNs who may not get the best grades.