Me: What do you think is the secret in getting the right answers in a MS test?
Friend: Anatomy and Physiology. Just consider the normal turning abnormal and you'll know.
Me: Ahhhh.....(great, I really need to understand that?!)
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Me: How do you end up knowing what drug to be administered?
Friend: I just remember stuff.
Me: So I guess I really need to read the Pharma book again.
Friend: No, not really, just know the basic stuff.
Me: Nah, I'll read the book again. Maybe around the long break.
Friend: Yeah.
Me: (great, I have to really read drugs again.)
Friend: I just remember stuff.
Me: So I guess I really need to read the Pharma book again.
Friend: No, not really, just know the basic stuff.
Me: Nah, I'll read the book again. Maybe around the long break.
Friend: Yeah.
Me: (great, I have to really read drugs again.)
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I guess I could say that in every nurse that likes one thing from the whole Nursing concept, one nurse would end up hating it. Ironically to me, I hate one of the most favorite concept of majority of the nurses. Ironically, I hate the most important concept there is on the side of the Philippine nursing. Medical-Surgical freaking shit. Or shortly known as MS....freaking shit.
I hate MS one way or another. I never liked it, and in a way, it never liked me too. Me and MS? We just never look straight in the eye. I could still remember the 1st MS exam I took. The whole Medical-Surgical Concept was interesting at me at first. The whole Peri operative stuff, members of the surgical team, consent and what not, trust me, I felt it was easy. But I never really understood at first the whole "MS concept.". I didn't realized back then that MS was more than what is happening on the Surgical room, it also deals with every freaking illness and diseases, and how to deal with them. And oh, the reactions inside the body and drugs too. I was quickly shock as I took my 1st MS exam. I felt lost, I didn't knew what I was answering. My mind had no idea what to choose from the options. Still, I finished it with confidence. At that point, I haven't really failed in a major way to my major exams. If I fail, still maybe 50% above. Oh boy, rationalization came and reality gave a big smack on my head. 36/100. That was the lowest score I ever got in an exam in my entire life.
I guess to be able to graduate in nursing meant that I did good enough to graduate. Yes, in a sense there were times I had to have my teachers to save my ass, regardless, I did what I needed to do to pass. I studied even when I don't study too much to get the passing rate. But if there is one thing I haven't accomplish during my college years, that is passing an MS exam. From 3rd year to 4th year, I failed all my MS exams. Every time I did my best and focus hard, the highest I only got was a mere 50/100.
Earlier this day, we had our MS Post-test at the review. I scanned a little on my notes, and I readily took on the test. I know that MS is my weakest concept, so I was just looking forward to get at least 50%. Rationalization went well, I started by getting the correct answers, but as usual, rationalization became more of a torture as it went along. I though I had the right answer, but no, its only the 2nd best answer. I though I rationalize well, but no, I rationalized wrong. As I looked to my friend's paper, I wasn't really quite surprise. Again, my friend is smart, but how the heck can't I even compensate on getting some questions correct? And so, MS overkilled me again. Score was so low, I went home with a cold look (and despite sitting beside a hot chick, I couldn't even feel funky).
In many ways, I have always find MS to be inappropriate for the entire nursing repertoire. First and foremost, it's all about diseases. Isn't it the doctor's responsibility to know these diseases? Aren't we nurses just suppose to learn the procedures and other nursing stuff that nurses should only do? In other countries, the nursing course is only limited to learning the nursing procedures. But no, MS takes the nursing in the Philippines into another level. That is why nursing in the Philippines is quite something. But I don't know, never have been keen about it. Before college, I always thought nursing was just about learning what nurses do, that's why it was kind of a shock to me to find out I have to learn all the diseases, its manifestations and nursing responsibilities. Nsg. responsibilities I can understand, but knowing more about the disease? Too much.
And unlike other concepts, my stock knowledge regarding MS isn't that quite rich. You give me an exam about the other concepts, more or less, I could get 50% without studying. Because the other concepts seem to be fix already. CHN? It's a short process, and even if you have to read a lot about COPAR and IMCI, it could sometimes be just basic knowledge already. Funda? Just learn the different procedures and how they must be done ideally. Psychia? Just know the background of all psychiatric illnesses, the drugs, and how you are suppose to do deal with psychia patients. LMR? Just study the jurisdiction, the research concept, and you are all set. MS? Just study the drugs and know the right nursing interventions to be done in every disease.
Ok, maybe it's just me. MS could be easy if I would just study hard. But I don't know, my brain just won't be stimulated to study MS. I still got enough time to study, but if I can't even get 50% without studying, then I guess its one long studying I guess. One thing about MS is that it's a huge concept, you don't really have that much idea what will come out in the exam, that's why you just have to study a lot. Well, as much as I want to rat out more, I still have a LMR exam tomorrow. For now, I must concentrate on passing that exam. But one way or another, if I want to became a professional nurse, I must pass a MS exam. Along the way, passing a MS exam isn't required, its a necessity.
I hate MS one way or another. I never liked it, and in a way, it never liked me too. Me and MS? We just never look straight in the eye. I could still remember the 1st MS exam I took. The whole Medical-Surgical Concept was interesting at me at first. The whole Peri operative stuff, members of the surgical team, consent and what not, trust me, I felt it was easy. But I never really understood at first the whole "MS concept.". I didn't realized back then that MS was more than what is happening on the Surgical room, it also deals with every freaking illness and diseases, and how to deal with them. And oh, the reactions inside the body and drugs too. I was quickly shock as I took my 1st MS exam. I felt lost, I didn't knew what I was answering. My mind had no idea what to choose from the options. Still, I finished it with confidence. At that point, I haven't really failed in a major way to my major exams. If I fail, still maybe 50% above. Oh boy, rationalization came and reality gave a big smack on my head. 36/100. That was the lowest score I ever got in an exam in my entire life.
I guess to be able to graduate in nursing meant that I did good enough to graduate. Yes, in a sense there were times I had to have my teachers to save my ass, regardless, I did what I needed to do to pass. I studied even when I don't study too much to get the passing rate. But if there is one thing I haven't accomplish during my college years, that is passing an MS exam. From 3rd year to 4th year, I failed all my MS exams. Every time I did my best and focus hard, the highest I only got was a mere 50/100.
Earlier this day, we had our MS Post-test at the review. I scanned a little on my notes, and I readily took on the test. I know that MS is my weakest concept, so I was just looking forward to get at least 50%. Rationalization went well, I started by getting the correct answers, but as usual, rationalization became more of a torture as it went along. I though I had the right answer, but no, its only the 2nd best answer. I though I rationalize well, but no, I rationalized wrong. As I looked to my friend's paper, I wasn't really quite surprise. Again, my friend is smart, but how the heck can't I even compensate on getting some questions correct? And so, MS overkilled me again. Score was so low, I went home with a cold look (and despite sitting beside a hot chick, I couldn't even feel funky).
In many ways, I have always find MS to be inappropriate for the entire nursing repertoire. First and foremost, it's all about diseases. Isn't it the doctor's responsibility to know these diseases? Aren't we nurses just suppose to learn the procedures and other nursing stuff that nurses should only do? In other countries, the nursing course is only limited to learning the nursing procedures. But no, MS takes the nursing in the Philippines into another level. That is why nursing in the Philippines is quite something. But I don't know, never have been keen about it. Before college, I always thought nursing was just about learning what nurses do, that's why it was kind of a shock to me to find out I have to learn all the diseases, its manifestations and nursing responsibilities. Nsg. responsibilities I can understand, but knowing more about the disease? Too much.
And unlike other concepts, my stock knowledge regarding MS isn't that quite rich. You give me an exam about the other concepts, more or less, I could get 50% without studying. Because the other concepts seem to be fix already. CHN? It's a short process, and even if you have to read a lot about COPAR and IMCI, it could sometimes be just basic knowledge already. Funda? Just learn the different procedures and how they must be done ideally. Psychia? Just know the background of all psychiatric illnesses, the drugs, and how you are suppose to do deal with psychia patients. LMR? Just study the jurisdiction, the research concept, and you are all set. MS? Just study the drugs and know the right nursing interventions to be done in every disease.
Ok, maybe it's just me. MS could be easy if I would just study hard. But I don't know, my brain just won't be stimulated to study MS. I still got enough time to study, but if I can't even get 50% without studying, then I guess its one long studying I guess. One thing about MS is that it's a huge concept, you don't really have that much idea what will come out in the exam, that's why you just have to study a lot. Well, as much as I want to rat out more, I still have a LMR exam tomorrow. For now, I must concentrate on passing that exam. But one way or another, if I want to became a professional nurse, I must pass a MS exam. Along the way, passing a MS exam isn't required, its a necessity.
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