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How fair is it?
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Posted over 5 years ago I am currently in my second semester in nursing school. The classes are OB and Peds and Med Surg. One of our teachers in OB and Peds is actually a writer for questions on the state boards. So of course her tests are extremelly hard, and hardly anyone ever passes them no matter how much u study. Just how fair is this? I think that it's pretty messed up. I guess I'm just stressed, but boy it doesn't help at all. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago Seems to me this would be a good thing in preparing you for the state boards. Some nurses have a real hard time passing them. You would have an advantage in knowing alittle about the type of questions you will face before you get there. Just keep trying. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago Back in the dark ages, when I was in college for nursing, I had one of the first nurses to ever receive a doctorate in nursing. Dr Blakely was on the Ohio Board of Registered Nurses and wrote questions for the boards. She was the absolute best instructor, was extremely difficult to pass her tests, but she taught me to think like a nurse and the majority of our class passed those boards with flying colors. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago Does she go over the tests with the class afterwards and explain the rationale. Do you understand why you got the questions wrong? |
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| Posted over 5 years ago we will have a test review this Thursday which is awesome. I just needed time to vent to get over the dissappointment. I really appreciate everyone's insight and support. |
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| Posted over 5 years ago After the test review, make an appointment to see your instructor. Ask for suggestions on how you can improve your performance. With my students, the most common problem is learning how to read the questions and understand what it is really asking. My test questions don't ask for black and white answers or definitions very often. They ask the student to critically think: what is the first priority? How do you know teaching was effective? What are the critical interventions? What nursing diagnoses apply to the problem? What assessment data is most important, and how do you interpret it? |
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| Posted over 5 years ago I definately agree with theala. Meet your instructor. This shows her that you are a hard worker and is interested in learning more and making good grades. She will remember you when she posts the final grades. I remember when I was in pharmacology and the Dean of the Nursing School was teaching this class. After the first test I realized that I was not going to pass the class. So I met with her and she agreed to meet with me every Friday to help me pass the class. And I did! So don't be afraid to help her help you suceed. Good Luck! |
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| Posted over 5 years ago This nursing school im in ask really hard questions on the exams. It's good in a way because it's nclex type questions and it gives us an understanding on what to expect. Our school had 98% passing rate on the NCLEX. I -did really well in my first semester. Now that im doing med-surg, peds and psych lets see where I get. Whatever questions they ask just think of a rationale on why would you do that instead of something else |
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| Posted over 5 years ago we had a teacher- that ws similar- we as a class made an idea to her- if we could have like a 30 min review of our notes every day before the test... she- allowed that and it made it alot easier on us to handle the tests at the endof the week. |
