Hi all...soo, yes I ended up failing my acute care course today! 8 weeks into my 2nd year of nursing school...needless to say i'm heartbroken and my family is very unhappy with me and overall, I feel like such a stupid person, esp as I am not working now, and devoted more time to school than to my family!
argh. I kno what I did wrong, i failed the 2nd exam BADDD like super duper bad and it was a struggle alll semester to bring it up, I came close...soo very close and I actually passed the final...unlike many of my classmates but I failed by a whole...get this...1.3%!!!!! yes!
So now, I'm at a crossroads...I LOVE Nursing and yes I know this is what I want to do wwith my life...yet i'm very down about this, i'm not like some 20yr old, fresh outta HS with no responsibilities, I'm in my 30's with a family and student loans and Ive already done a undergrad and a masters which proved to be -worthless-...anyway. The school said I could continue into the next 8 week course just to get it done then do a "leave of absence" and return next october and redo acute care. I am thinking maybe thats a good idea...I cant tranfer in as an advanced standing student nurse anywhere else...id have to redo the entire process AGAIN...and im not down with that! and I could work full time as a PCT during my "absence" which may potentially be of use to me as id be on the floor still and wouldnt loose what I know. I unfortunately cant sit for the LPN licenser...which I had looked into...but nope, not in my state...anyway. I dunno...a part of me thinks ok, just wait it out and go back and do the acute and finish the program then...so id grad june 2014...but im also scared...like do I have it in me to get back into the studying and crazyness? I want to do NURSING...but the prospect is daunting... will i forget what I learnt...what if i screw up a 2nd time?
