What happens to nursing students who fail out of the program?

sevenup0307 · Jul 23, 2013

I'm assuming they might have an option of re-taking the class. So they may have to sit out a year until they can retake it. If you fail to many time like 2-3, then likely the person will be let go. Chances are it will be difficult finding another nursing program to accept you so you will likely have to choose another career path. I would say accounting and engineering are probably other careers people seek out.

dansamy · Jul 23, 2013

In my program, you could repeat 2 classes without failing out of the program. The third class failed you out. Then, you had to wait out a year before reapplying. I know at least two students in my program who repeated the entire program. They successfully completed the second try & are now RNs. One works at my hospital. In the ICU.

EmilyEmily · Jul 23, 2013

In my program, you could repeat 2 classes without failing out of the program. The third class failed you out. Then, you had to wait out a year before reapplying. I know at least two students in my program who repeated the entire program. They successfully completed the second try & are now RNs. One works at my hospital. In the ICU.

what school do you attend?

lifelearningrn, BSN, RN · Jul 23, 2013

It really depends- sometimes you can transfer to other programs. Good luck.

dansamy · Jul 23, 2013

what school do you attend?

I graduated from Bishop State in Mobile, Alabama.

I don't know what the policies of the other SIX nursing programs in Mobile are like. In addition to that, there's another couple of programs within an hour or two from Mobile. There's absolutely NO nursing shortage here. Wages are very low because the hospitals can just replace an expensive, experienced nurse with a very cheap new graduate. Most new grads sign a 2 year contract & the hospital pays some towards their student loan bill.

LittleRedOwl, ADN, ASN, BSN, RN · Jul 23, 2013

In the program at my school if you fail a semester, you can try and join the nursing cohort that started after yours if there's room for you to join. & you just do it over and hopefully pass.

If it doesn't work out in nursing, you could always become an occupational therapy assistant, respiratory therapy assistant, surgical tech. Many things really.

aTOMicTom · Jul 23, 2013

Does anyone know what happens to the average nursing student who fails out of the nursing program?... do they go for lpn?...

:cry:

ouch!

StrawberryEssence81 · Jul 25, 2013

I'm starting a LPN program in August, and during orientation I learned that some of my new nursing classmates failed out of the class that's graduating next month. So, um.....I don't know where they go if they fail out again.....

MissPriss618 · Jul 28, 2013

In my LPN program, if you fail out of ONE course then you'll have to wait until the next year when that course is offered again, to complete it & move forward (& you don't have to reapply)..However, if you fail 2 or more courses, then you can't come back.AT ALL.

mlbluvr · Jul 28, 2013

My VN school started with 52 people, 26 graduated- all the others were kicked out for mostly minor infractions, like being tardy one time too many. And even if they were kicked out 3/4 of the way through, they had to take the whole program over. And anyone that was kicked out lost their money, no refunds at all- so if you had to start over, you had to pay the whole thing again, also. One "C" was allowed- the second one got you thrown to the curb.

Philly_LPN_Girl, LPN · Jul 28, 2013

I have a guy in my class that failed the 1st semester at an RN program and now is doing Lpn. Ive heard of a lot of people doing that then went back for RN. In my program, if a student fails out, they are supposed to wait 6 months to come back.