Tomorrow is my first patho test. I'm not really nervous I'm just not prepared. I definitely didn't study as much as I should have but I think it's because I was mentally unprepared and didn't know how to study. So instead of trying to get through it, I just avoided it until like the last 2 days and now the test is tomorrow and I've probably studied about 4 out of 10 chapters. And to top it all off I am so tired and so just want to go to bed and I should be staying up and studying but I just want to go to bed at 8:00. I'm debating going to bed now and then just getting up early and studying, but I think I've said on here plenty of times how I feel about getting up early. But still an hour earlier to study with a fresh mind may be better than staying up late and trying to power through it with a dead mind. I've done pretty good on most of my quizzes I've gotten mostly 80's and 90's. And now that I know how to study for the test I'll be more prepared for the next 5 tests. Plus some of the students in the semester ahead of us said she grades on a pretty steep curve and that no one in her class failed last semester, so that makes me feel a little better. Anyway I'm gonna go either study some more or go to take a nap or go to bed but either way I'll post my grades as soon as I know it. Pray for me!!
So today I was reading Sophia's blog over at All Things NP , she's a NP student at Penn State. As I was reading about her interview process with Penn State & her rotations & her Sim Man day I started thinking, I am nowhere NEAR as smart as she is. I still struggle with what lab values are correct, much less IF they're off then why??!! I know that I don't put in as much time studying as some of my other classmates do and all of this makes me really doubt myself. When will this stuff start to really click? When will I start to KNOW this stuff? I wish I could spend more time studying than I do & in all honesty I probably could, but I also have a very busy life. I know that's not an excuse as everyone has their own "stuff", but I was seriously thinking as I was reading over her blog that I really need to buckle down & start reading a bit more. I definitely need to start studying more. I mean, I'm doing fine in my classes but P...
Good luck! You can do it!
ReplyDeleteI know for me I love studying in the morning much better than studying at night. But then again I'm the morning person during clnical at 6am smiley and happy and telling everyone "good morning"!
ReplyDeleteI will keep you in my prayers, make sure to let us know how you did.