Grrr!

So I got my pharm grade back yesterday (the fastest yet). I am not pleased. I know that the grade I got is nothing to sneeze at, and I don't want to come across as complaining. But I also know full well that the grade I got does not indicate my ability or the level of preparation I put into studying for the exam. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

Now I have to prep for the final, which is ATI. It isn't at all like what we've been doing. I hope that doesn't screw me up.

For the moment, my focus is on med-surg for the exam tomorrow. I'll have to worry about final preparation tomorrow afternoon.

Well, I am certainly not keeping up with this blog as much as I'd like. Quick summary:

I did well on med-surg, which pleased me. I did not do as well on pharm, which did not please me. Fastforward to now - pharm exam #3 is today, med-surg exam #3 is Wednesday. Finals are next Monday and Tuesday. It's down to the wire, and I'm hoping to pull out the hat-trick.

I'm also REALLY looking forward to some decent sleep.

Waiting

We took the second med-surg exam today. Now we sit and wait for grades to be posted, which is really the hardest part. Man, I'm type A sometimes!

Also, I've reached a level of exhausted lately that really annoys me. Sadly, it reminds me of my days with Lyme, so I'm going to get it checked out. I think it's probably just stress, but it wouldn't hurt to know if I need some antibiotic therapy again. I'm hoping against it though, because it's been 2.5 years since my last flare up! Oh well... high stress can make things happen.

Crunch time

So here we are with four weeks of classes left in the second semester. Holy crap, where did the time go?

Since I managed to hang in there and not fail pharm, I'm in a good position still to get a better grade than what I've got. It's going to take some focus, which I find comes in spurts during the summer months. But over the next four weeks I'm going to crank it out and really nail this semester down.

Med-surg exam two is on Wednesday. I had a great 4th of July weekend, but now it's time to strap in and go full speed ahead. I am bound and determined to hang on to my grade in med-surg. So today I will finish the readings and start on the questions from the cd. This afternoon I'm going to get a massage, and then I'm coming back to hopefully start using the NCLEX review questions as well.

And, go!

Reigning it back in

So I find myself having a heck of a time with pharmacology, which is surprising to me. I expected this to be my easy A, and med-surg to be my major challenge. As it turns out, those two classes are reversed.

Honestly, nothing is an easy A in this school. I work my butt off on a (mostly) regular basis. But there is something missing in my pharm preparation, and I can't figure out what it is. I read all but 2 chapters for the second exam (which was on Wednesday), and did all the homework, and got note cards. Yet somehow, as I walked out of the exam, I felt abysmal about it. I felt like I had failed.

As it turns out, I did NOT fail. The feeling of relief this morning is great. But I'm still not happy with my grade in this class, so I'm on a mission to fix how I study for it and bring the grade up to my standards. I don't have any idea on how to do that.

For now, it is enough that I have a mission. For tonight, I will map it out. In the meantime, I'm off to campus for a whopping 45 minutes in the simulation lab.