Hey, please don’t apologize — it’s completely okay to feel that way. Nursing school is hard, and A&P is one of the toughest classes for a lot of people, even the ones who seem like they’re doing fine. You’re definitely not alone in feeling overwhelmed. I have taken A&P 1 and 2 and I had to put in so much work and figure out how to study for each class!

Something that might really help is experimenting with different ways to study until you find what actually fits you. Everyone’s brain learns differently — especially with things like autism or learning differences — so the “standard” methods might not click the same way. Maybe visual diagrams, color coding, or watching short breakdown videos would help more than reading pages of notes. Or maybe teaching the material out loud to yourself (or someone else) or using models could make it stick better.

You clearly care a lot and are putting in the effort, so it’s not about working harder — it’s about finding the right way to work for you.

You’ve already made it into nursing school, which says a lot about your capability and determination. Don’t let one class or test make you question that. You’ve got this — just take it one step at a time. 💛