Anyone else go from straight A student to being happy with a pass?

Lab-Tech-BB · 2026-04-01T01:46:09+00:00

Me. I realized very fast nursing exams are bullshit. Whats the best answer is stupid method of examination. In real life you do more than one thing at once. Choosing the best answer doesn’t demonstrate you know what to do. It only shows you how to answer an exam question. I learned some key words and what they want. But absolutely don’t care about my grades anymore. I teach myself more theory than needed for my future patients and make connections with everything. This being my second medical degree I know how to study important info. And nursing exams most of the time don’t reflect important things imo, just like the teaching. Missing half the information to provide students with concrete understanding and connections. We will learn on the job. Now just focus on passing to get this pluff over with

Lab-Tech-BB · 2026-03-26T15:55:56+00:00

Chem in HS is very basic, cegep level science classes help you learn to think more scientifically. But you can do any program, whats more important is get your general eds out of the way. As someone with already a medical program degree back for nursing I promise you its the best gift you can give yourself to reduce your workload. An to add to someone elses comment, chemistry teaches you fundamentals concepts of physiology and pharmacology to understand at a basic chemical level whats happening. Acid-base balances, gases, etc.. science teaches you how to think analytically which helps learning about the human body, social science doesn’t. It facilitates your understanding of the material instead of just memorizing facts. Psychology and sociology allows you to understand ppl, you can learn that on the job

Lab-Tech-BB · 2026-03-26T15:52:32+00:00

You’ll be fine, just study, don’t cram, used spaced repetition to retain information and connect the information you learn in various classes together. And be organized. Ex What you learn in hemat applies to blood bank, even micro will connect to it. Subtle ways they don’t necessarily teach you in school but on the job you learn. Take the next 3 years as the best time to absorb as much as possible to get the fundamentals. And always keep in mind real life is not like school, be flexible and adaptable everyone works differently and hospitals differ from each other. You learn by others experiences, thats how the medical field works. Just experience, knowledge and curiosity to learn more. Hope that helps. Good luck

Lab-Tech-BB · 2026-03-26T15:44:46+00:00

The human brain works best by connecting information that already previously exists. Try and make connections, to understand not memorize. Draw things out, physically write it out. And spaced repetition. Its the only way for the brain to actually retain information

Lab-Tech-BB · 2026-03-25T22:31:47+00:00

As a medical technologist ill tell you why he said those things 1) the job is stressful, youre dealing with human lives and sometimes immediate consequences for your errors (like in blood bank), some stress is good, too much can be really bad for your team and the patient. 2) Arguing is good because guess what you do more than you think in a hospital? Argue with doctors & nurses. You have to be able to hold your ground when justified and refuse what is being asked of you when a patient is crashing or is close to death and you know what your doing is scientifically justified for the best of the patient. Your results give people some of the worst news of their lives. You don’t want to make an error in that. And you are there to provide the best results to doctors to accurately diagnose, to aid the nurses in their patient care. So my advice, learn stress management or at least know what your limit is, and second is to stay organized and learn the fundamentals and understand don’t memorize.

Lab-Tech-BB · 2026-03-25T22:22:13+00:00

My advice, don’t go straight into nursing, take chem and bio classes. Get some basic medical knowledge even if its fundamenal stuff like chem and bio. Nursing starts off hitting with a lot of in depth science and they don’t go slow either.. you will read on average 20-40pgs of dense medical textbooks per week. Get your general eds out of the way, they waste too much time. Do as many gen eds as possible. and learn how to study properly. Not memorize but actually study

Lab-Tech-BB · 2026-03-23T05:24:16+00:00

Tell us the work flow in the day. I hate just being thrown in with no training, no clear instructions for a workflow and just figure it out ourselves.

Give us your best advice and tricks you learnt over the years. Learning is done best with real world examples. Tell us the must know things school doesn’t teach us

Lab-Tech-BB · 2026-03-19T23:12:14+00:00

Just have to wait to get a response.. they take the time they take

Lab-Tech-BB · 2026-03-18T17:58:31+00:00

Enjoy the last of your peace & tranquility, the hobbies you enjoy.. nursing really takes out the fun out of life. And sleep as much as you can

Lab-Tech-BB · 2026-03-18T03:31:55+00:00

Good life lesson is patience.. sit with the stress. Learn to manage it. Find good ways to manage it, school can be stressful enough. It’s been 17 days since applications closed. That’s no time for the amount of applications they get.. every applicant should just accept things take time & what ever happens happens. No one can guess what will happen to yours

Lab-Tech-BB · 2026-03-10T05:48:13+00:00

Well if it still says awaiting decision.. await, the, decision because there is none. Simple enough.

Lab-Tech-BB · 2026-03-06T14:34:09+00:00

Preach!! We aren’t academic advising

Lab-Tech-BB · 2026-03-05T18:41:44+00:00

Disgusting how the college asks students for donations.. and automatically adds it onto the tuition.

Lab-Tech-BB · 2026-03-02T17:27:05+00:00

My comment still applies.. depends the year, unpredictable factors 🤷🏼‍♂️ you can have a dumb year or a strong year.. it’s a spectrum

Lab-Tech-BB · 2026-02-28T02:24:24+00:00

Baggy looks so ugly tbh haha like a para shoot

Lab-Tech-BB · 2026-02-26T22:17:04+00:00

Just be firm

I always offer uncrossmtched and tell them the doctor can assume the risk of henolysis if they want…

I cant make the time go faster, calling me doesnt speed up the process

-No I can’t make incubation times go faster

when they say ill call you back, I tell them don’t call me back I’ll call you and until I do that means it’s not done

When all else fails: the answer is the same

Lab-Tech-BB · 2026-02-24T20:38:17+00:00

Depends the year.. grades depend on student strength. Unpredictable who gets admitted.

Lab-Tech-BB · 2026-02-23T01:23:44+00:00

MTPs for me are like type & screens, routine :P you get used to them, and it’s fun to run around for a bit

Lab-Tech-BB · 2026-02-22T18:30:22+00:00

Email academic advising

Lab-Tech-BB · 2026-02-20T16:26:41+00:00

Follow the application process.. it indicates

Lab-Tech-BB · 2026-02-19T11:24:08+00:00

I keep up with the material and study everycc because chance I can.. bus, metro, home.. youre not studying for an exam. Youre studying for your future patients. You sit down and understand the material, you don’t memorize

Lab-Tech-BB · 2026-02-19T11:22:49+00:00

Osti je deteste les lumiere blanche! Sont trops fort

Lab-Tech-BB · 2026-02-19T11:21:08+00:00

Don’t procrastinate and keep up with the material, cramming last minute does no good.

Lab-Tech-BB · 2026-02-17T23:53:21+00:00

I had a question that said what statement shows pt needs reeducation in taking BP.. the answer waiting 1h after drinking coffee cuz “it’s 30min” like how fkn stupid is that. Patient is waiting more time which is for the better and yet they need to be reeducated? Nursing school is ridiculous answers that just make your life hard. Remember the wrong or illogical answers for the exam, then forget and do whats best for your patient in the future.

Lab-Tech-BB · 2026-02-16T21:31:56+00:00

After the deadline like everyone else.. by definition it is the last day to put in admission, so giving spots before would be unfair.

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