Can I still get into clinicals?

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Mandy0728

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Wow I meant to write in my precious post ^^^^ do you have an interview? Lol sorry about that & I meant to say I'm sorry about your mother. Nobody understands unless they've been there & unfortunately I have. Spend as much time with her as possible...I agree with a previous post that maybe you should wait a little bit. I was your age when my mom died & my son was 7 months old. I'm 27 now & am just now applying to the program. I took my time & got my life straight...now I'm ready. Don't listen to the people telling u that u shouldn't have allowed yourself to fail...I failed 4 classes & retook them all last semester which drastically improved my gpa. Don't rush it...I know you're anxious to be a nurse, and clearly you're fit for it but your mother and daughter need you right now. Good luck to you again, sweetie! I hope it all works out for you!

Specializes in ICU.

I would echo the idea that you really need to wait to get into nursing school. Even if you could get in right now, you would be setting yourself up for failure if you have a child that no one else can watch. You have got to get more help first. I'm in my last semester of nursing school and by now it has been made clear that NO absences are acceptable, my teachers even want emails and proof of accidents/doctor's notes/etc. if we're tardy. If we miss without a valid university approved excuse (which is a death in the family or personal sickness with a doctor's note, not a child's illness), we could be failed immediately. I think it would be harder for you to succeed if you end up failing or having to withdraw from nursing courses than it will be with just failed prerequisites. If you fail out of a nursing class you get kicked out of the program and have to reapply, and you'd be competing with all of the people that haven't failed a nursing class before for a spot. It's up to you, but just be careful whatever your decision is.

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