So I just failed out of Nursing School, is there hope after?

[Marvarapper]

Hello all,

So last week I found out that I failed Nursing School. I was 1% away from passing and was devastated that I was THAT close to passing. I was in an advanced Med-Surg class in my 3rd semester. When I went to talk to the director of the class she said that I can transfer to other schools but I heard from a counselor at another school that no nursing schools do not take students that fail twice. Also, my 2nd F on my transcript caused me to drop to a 2.4, .1 short of minimum GPA requirements for other schools. I don't wanna waste time taking irrelevant classes just to raise it again and if I do my recency of my sciences will be non-void and I will have to take those again and I don't want to because I got all B's on those. Should I even bother applying to other community colleges? Should I try applying for the LVN boards? I'm trying to stay positive but with my GPA dropping below minimum and the fact that my director and my professor kind of leaving me in the dust its been difficult. I don't know if I should look into private schools, hope that other schools will take a student with a 2.4 average, or just bow down and move on knowing I tried my best. Thanks.

[RNsRWe, ASN, RN]

Time for a chill pill.

If you aren't ok with your words being open to interpretation, then don't post them in a public forum.

It seems that her complaint is not that her words were not interpretted as she intended them, but rather that by taking them out of context they would HAVE to be misinterpretted. Reading them in context would prevent that (or it should, anyway).

[NuGuyNurse2b]

I personally think it was wrong to sit there and pick phrases out of my post and put them together so I look like the evil person to everyone else. She has failed 2 classes and needs a reality check. Not saying oh don't give up, you can do this!! Classes and programs are expensive. She is going to have to pay this money back at some point. I'm looking out for her financial future. Are you?

I don't see it that way. I went back and read your responses - first of all, you incorrectly stated that OP failed 2 nursing programs, when that was not the case. So your whole argument was on your incorrect reading of OP's post. So yeah telling someone she should quit after failing the first time out of a program (which many people do) when she has expressed desire to try again is not looking out for her financial future. It came off as kicking someone when she's down, which is what people are accusing you of. And now it just seems like you're just annoyed people are supposedly "misreading" your post. Well then don't misread the initial post, base your response on that, and then get mad when we see it differently...

[BuckyBadgerRN, ASN, RN]

Genevs, at my nursing school A&P is a gen ed course and you can fail that a million times (and I had a student in my class who was there for the fourth time). Failing two nursing classes though meant you were out and could not be readmitted to a nursing program anywhere within my states technical college system

[lifelearningrn, BSN, RN]

Apply to LVN school and go from there. Do not give up! My very reputable (state university) allowed several students to reenter the program after failing 2 classes, those students went on to graduate and are ALL registered nurses right now! So please don't let some of the negative comments here throw you off- you can still be a nurse if you put your heart into it.

[OBigdog26, MSN, RN, NP]

You have other options in health care other than nursing. Good luck in whatever you do

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[sasha2bRNCRNA]

I failed at two nursing programs during my associates. I kept going and pushed on. After i graduated i started at a level 1 trauma center in a MICU/SICU as a new grad. I now train nurses, nursing students and nursing externs. Im finishing my BSN with a 3.96 GPA, i plan on going for CRNA school in a few months. If i didn't fail those classes i wouldn't have sat down and reevaluated my life, i think failing those classes was the best thing that happened to me.

[johsonmichelle]

If I'm not mistaken, the op said she failed TWO NURSING COURSES, which is causing her to be kicked out of the program. You have to do what best for you. I have family friend who was kicked out of the program because she had to leave clinical site because of a family emergency, something was wrong with her child. Being an immigrant, she went back to her country and restarted nursing school over there and then came back to america. She took the nclex ,passed it and has been a nurse for a long time. She even has her master degree in nursing, so its definitely doable. But if you wish to continue nursing school , I strongly advise that you look at your mistakes and correct them. Even if nursing does not work out for you, they are many options for you to pursue, that may be better than nursing.

[nonnocere1988]

NCLEX is way easier than nursing school. Failing classes is not indicative of how you will do on your boards, or in practice. Take an LPN programs and try excelsior LPN to RN. Don't give up. You have the impetus to be a nurse. Nursing needs people like you; people who won't give up. Good luck, honey.

[Raviepoo]

NCLEX is way easier than nursing school. Failing classes is not indicative of how you will do on your boards, or in practice. Take an LPN programs and try excelsior LPN to RN. Don't give up. You have the impetus to be a nurse. Nursing needs people like you; people who won't give up. Good luck, honey.

THIS /|\ !!!!!!

Some of the nurses I respect the most are the ones who got knocked down, some of them more than once, and got right back up again. There are other programs that will consider you. If you really have the calling to do this work - go find one of them. It will be easier the next time around because you already know most of the material. You have a knowledge base to build on, which is easier than studying the material for the first time.

Your eventual graduation will be so sweet, because of everything you had to do on the road to getting there.

[applesxoranges, BSN, RN]

My program allowed RN students to transition into the Lpn program and then onto the Lpn to rn program with credit for the classes they took. So if you pass pharm for the rn program, you didn't have to redo it with the Lpn to rn.

Also, it's not helpful to make blanket statements like no school will accept you. It'll be tougher but I don't live in your area so I don't know for sure what policies they have. I do know in my area a handful of students would go to a university after failing out of the ADN program and vice versa. It depends on your area. Your low gpa is a huge barrier and you should consider looking at that and figuring out how to improve that.