I had a long talk with myself over it. I admit, I was lax about this test. I was too busy dealing with my other class, work has been nuts the last couple of weeks, I had done well in class and clinical, and the fact that I'm a nurse has so far proven to be to my advantage in class and clinical. I own up to it: I was getting cocky...and it bit me.
Of course, the next day I was in the panicky "My God, I'm going to fail the class!" mode. But I talked myself down off of that cliff--I know I'll fail if I keep that attitude up. So off I am to focus on the next test and to keep doing my best. I'm not the first person to fail a NS test nor will I be the last. Having done so well all those years, the fact that I've failed a test is embarrassing and humbling...but apparently it didn't kill me--the world keeps going on.
My old classmates wouldn't believe me if I told them I failed, though.
Mind you, it could have been worse because I could have really bombed it. With the test included, I'm running an 83 for the class so far. Not great--it's a C--but passing, and I can still bring it up to a B. I'm not going to worry about the A. I'd like it, but I really want to focus more on the hands-on part of clinical, since there's a lot of clinical skills covered in there that I haven't practiced much being in psych nursing.
June 29, 2010
June 28, 2010
Learned my lesson
I had a long talk with myself over it. I admit, I was lax about this one. I was too busy dealing with my other class, work has been nuts the last couple of weeks, I had done well in class and clinical, and the fact that I'm a nurse has so far proven to be to my advantage in class and clinical. I own up to it: I was getting cocky...and it bit me.
Of course, the next day I was in the panicky "My God, I'm going to fail the class!" mode. But I talked myself down off of that cliff--I know I'll fail if I keep that attitude up. So off I am to focus on the next test and to keep doing my best. I'm not the first person to fail a NS test nor will I be the last. Having done so well all those years, the fact that I've failed a test is embarrassing and humbling...but apparently it didn't kill me--the world keeps going on.
My old classmates wouldn't believe me if I told them I failed, though.
Mind you, it could have been worse because I could have really bombed it. With the test included, I'm running an 83 for the class so far. Not great--it's a C--but passing, and I can still bring it up to a B. I'm not going to worry about the A. I'd like it, but I really want to focus more on the hands-on part of clinical, since there's a lot of clinical skills covered in there that I haven't practiced much being in psych nursing.
Of course, the next day I was in the panicky "My God, I'm going to fail the class!" mode. But I talked myself down off of that cliff--I know I'll fail if I keep that attitude up. So off I am to focus on the next test and to keep doing my best. I'm not the first person to fail a NS test nor will I be the last. Having done so well all those years, the fact that I've failed a test is embarrassing and humbling...but apparently it didn't kill me--the world keeps going on.
My old classmates wouldn't believe me if I told them I failed, though.
Mind you, it could have been worse because I could have really bombed it. With the test included, I'm running an 83 for the class so far. Not great--it's a C--but passing, and I can still bring it up to a B. I'm not going to worry about the A. I'd like it, but I really want to focus more on the hands-on part of clinical, since there's a lot of clinical skills covered in there that I haven't practiced much being in psych nursing.
June 26, 2010
So it finally happened...
I failed my first nursing school test. 78% is passing; I got a 76%.
It was in my assessment class. In reviewing the test, some of my incorrect were stupid mistakes on my part. Some were due to reading something as being correct in the book only to have it be incorrect on the exam. And some were the fact that I'm practicing as a nurse in the real world and the test is, of course, in the ivory-tower world of nursing. As I rapidly learned, it's been a while since I dealt with nursing test questions. Ironically, the fucked-up question--the one missing a key piece of information in it, was one I got right. Damn lucky guess there.
Oh well.
I'm bummed but I'm taking the failure rather well...I guess because, as I've been saying for ages, there's not as much pressure on me this time around--I can fail out and still be a nurse. And I'm focusing on relaxing and enjoying it more, as well as enjoying life more instead of making school a 24/7 thing again. I'm not stressing so much over making the As becaue I'm not as competitive over the grades--I graduated once with honors and that's more than a lot of people have done.
I still intend to see my instructor and have her go over the test with me in detail, and there are a couple that I do plan to argue. But for the most part...I think I'll be OK with this. I must do better on the next test, though.
It was in my assessment class. In reviewing the test, some of my incorrect were stupid mistakes on my part. Some were due to reading something as being correct in the book only to have it be incorrect on the exam. And some were the fact that I'm practicing as a nurse in the real world and the test is, of course, in the ivory-tower world of nursing. As I rapidly learned, it's been a while since I dealt with nursing test questions. Ironically, the fucked-up question--the one missing a key piece of information in it, was one I got right. Damn lucky guess there.
Oh well.
I'm bummed but I'm taking the failure rather well...I guess because, as I've been saying for ages, there's not as much pressure on me this time around--I can fail out and still be a nurse. And I'm focusing on relaxing and enjoying it more, as well as enjoying life more instead of making school a 24/7 thing again. I'm not stressing so much over making the As becaue I'm not as competitive over the grades--I graduated once with honors and that's more than a lot of people have done.
I still intend to see my instructor and have her go over the test with me in detail, and there are a couple that I do plan to argue. But for the most part...I think I'll be OK with this. I must do better on the next test, though.
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