Ahh
Update for those following my progress, which I have to say is very cool. I feel as though I have more support here, and it's comforting.
So we wrapped up Cardiac unit Tuesday. Took our Major which is like a midterm, but at the end of each unit.
Our class is set up so that you must maintain a certain percentage in the class to move on to the next unit. My grade had slipped a bit during the holiday season, and it was borderline before the major. Nothing like THAT to add a bit more stress into this circus. I took the major and did really really well on the academic portion, but the skills portion of the major we had to run a megacode (a scenario that involves at least 3 heart rhythm changes, we do 4.) and for some reason, be it nerves, or just brainfart, I defibrillated PEA. Now for sure, I'll never ever do that again, so obviously learning something from it is a plus. However I failed the scenario because of that, besides that I ran it flawlessly.. But it is a critical fail.
Well, that one skill fail left me .2% shy of the cutoff. I am on what is called AP (Academic Probation). It's not so bad, being that we are only a couple months away from the finish line, but it means that after the next major after my grade is tallied up I must have above the cutoff line, and with two majors left that means I must have above the cutoff at both of those.
That's not too bad, really. Instructors and former students both admit that once we get past cardiac unit it's all downhill from there. It is a "cakewalk" now. WE actually only have 2 and a half months left. We start on medical unit next, after we take day two of ACLS on Tuesday, and then we go to Pediatrics... Then it's the final.
Instructors say they've never lost anyone after this point in the class. There are many people in the same boat as me, on AP. But I am confident it's just a hurdle. My grade will be fine.
The funny part is, there are SO many points in the gradebook that one test doesn't make much a difference, and even funnier is we DON'T really worry about the grades at this point anyways.
At the end of Major 6 ( the last major, in March) we will begin a couple classes studying for the final. When we go in to take the Final in April our grades are all the same, 0. Zero, yep. We must get a 75 on the final to pass the class. No worries... Right?
I'm finding more positives lately than I have in the entire 4 months already spent in the class. I've finally learned some ways of studying that work well for me in the class. I did better on this major than I have on any yet. And this was the largest, most important, and most content filled unit we've learned yet. My grade will be fine. I will be fine. I am really just pushing myself a little bit harder than I already was, call it 125% now, vs 115%.
Anyways. Things to take away from this for me are: I have finally learned a study habit that works for me in this class, I did really really well on this major, I am devoting every last bit of energy I have to this class... I am going to be just fine
ON top of the new material we begin learning Friday I will begin going back over all the stuff we've learned since day one, in preparation for the final. It's coming up quick, this class has flown by. I only have a couple more months!! I can do this!!!
