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?
Congratulations!! I'm glad it worked out for you. Thanks for sharing your story. I'm just getting ready to start acute care and am a little daunted by it. Good luck in all your future endeavors!
Im the OP...I just wanted to post an update incase anyone else experiences what I went through. I ended up taking the year off to relax mentally, I spent more time with my family...I also got a really good job as a PCT and worked full time, in the meantime I paid attention to *everything*, I also studied in my off time when I could so key, critical concepts remained fresh...I also took the other non-Nursing classes and finished all of them so I could go back and solely focus on the Nursing courses. I went back and passed the class again with a 97%! The highest grade in the class (I think, from what I heard)...I admit I changed my studying and studyed my butt off BUT the major difference is the 2nd time around important, complex concepts actually clicked in my brain. I could reason though them, rationalize...I knew them cold. I breeezed through that class and even got two 100%'s on exams which most people failed...the rest of the program was a breeze and I finished strong. I graduated 1 month ago and am waiting to take my NClexRN in about a month and am applying for jobs. At the time I was heart broken and devistated but frankly it ended up being a blessing in disguise. I got to travel a bit with my husband and kidlet when he went on conferences for work and I got time to spend with my family and regroup and develop a battle plan and ofcourse as I said things made tons more sense 2nd time around. So if you end up in a similar situation...dont worry...it may seem hopeless and you may be extremely depressed and sad and everything else but everything happens for a reason...it may be a blessing in disguise.
justengaged12
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Congrats on passing!