What was the hardest course youve taken?

Bouncyball · Dec 28, 2012

I'm in my last semester of nursing school, but by far the hardest class I have ever taken was chemistry. I honestly have no idea how I passed that class. By my calculations, I should have failed with a D. The teacher let me pass by giving me a C. Only 8 out of 40 people passed that class. Only one person got a B, no one got an A. I spent hundreds on a chemistry tutor that semester. I'm so glad that nightmare is over!

pookyp, LPN · Dec 28, 2012

Chemistry. I dropped out. I just couldn't get it. Will take again in 2014. I just HATED IT!!

BloomNurseRN, ASN, BSN, RN · Dec 28, 2012

I struggled with Pharmacology. Our instructor did not specialize in it and she didn't write the tests so we never knew if what she lectured on would also be on the tests. Also, it was a ton of memorizing and that was just hard with a full class load. Best of luck in all your classes!

cassi_future_RN · Dec 28, 2012

Med Surg 1- I ended up with an A-. and the only way I did that was hours and hours of studying, I did prep sheets, printed powerpoints, highlight important things in the book, recorded lectures and would retake notes from it and the nights before tests a friend and I would stay at eachothers houses and do nothing but reveiw!

Skips, MSN, RN · Dec 28, 2012

Pre-nursing: chemistry

Nursing: Foundational Skills

I thought med-surg 1 was a breeze compared to foundational skills! But that's probably because it was totally new stuff we were learning. Next semester, I have med-surg 2. Hopefully it's not too terrible. (:

bellafsu89 · Dec 28, 2012

Biochemistry and Organic Chemistry 1 & 2. I took too many heavy science classes in one semester (Organic 2, Physics 2, Biochem and Metabolism all in one semester.) Made it through but it was rough! I'm hoping that my nursing program, which starts in January, isn't going to be as crazy as that was!

nurseprnRN, BSN, RN · Dec 28, 2012

I took a cardiovascular physics/physiology course in grad school that damn near killed me, very heavily physics and calculus, never my strong suits. It didn't help that my 8-month-old baby decided to stop sleeping through the night and got me up every hour all night long all semester. By the time I figured out that she was old enough not to nurse all the time and could cry it off (she learned to sleep all night again in THREE NIGHTS....oh god, wish I'd figured that out sooner) I had a 1.7 average and could barely see straight. They didn't let us carry any course grade of

Now HER kid keeps her up all night, and she's a professor. Of physics. Hah, the irony of it all! Payback! I told her to let him cry, he's over a year old, but no, she doesn't want to impose a rigid schedule on him. ... OK, then.

Michaela, RN · Dec 28, 2012

Chemistry was my most difficult prereq. Pulled an A off at the last second, but BARELY.

I'd have to say the worst nursing class so far has been Health Assessment. My teacher expected us to know every detail of every assessment, which I appreciate, but definitely worked to learn! :)

allnurses Guide · Dec 28, 2012

FNP3 in grad school was by far the most difficult fear-of-God class I took in grad school; you needed an 83 to pass and the class average on exams hovered around 82. Yikes.

DnvrOutdoorsRN, BSN, APRN, CRNA · Dec 28, 2012

Hands down, pharmacology. Lots and lots of material to go through on each test.

I had a unique way of studying for them, instead of looking at the effects, side effects, etc...I studied the mechanism of action. That way I could avoid memorizing the effects. Might not work for everyone, but my 1st degree was in Chemistry. :)

CT Pixie, BSN, RN · Dec 28, 2012

Pre-Nursing (pre-req) CHEMISTRY hands down! Hated it, didn't understand it..still really don't. I passed with an A- but have NO idea how I did it. Chemistry was the whole thorn in my side that kept me from going back for my LPN to RN program. I had attempted Chemistry at my local community college. The teacher taught us at the speed and intensity as if we were all PhD prepared chemists! Withdrew from that class before I ruined my GPA.