I wanted to address a few things after reading the responses I received from my first article: " I failed out of nursing school... Appealed and WON!! Some were comical, most of them were critical, many were rude, but a few were really sweet and I appreciate the kind words.
First Point I would like to address is the misspelling of "Baccalaureate" . I am not the best at spelling, and yes I am ADHD. I have always struggled and because of my learning disability I tend to be impulsive. I should have used spellcheck. Lesson learned. It was a mistake. I'm not perfect, never have been and don't ever care to be.
After reading the enormous amount of rude,funny, and downright hateful comment's regarding the ADN Vs. BSN comment. I want to SINCERELY apologize to those who thought I was being demeaning or downplaying the role of ADN nurses, LPNs etc. That was never my intention. After re-reading my post as well as the comments I received I now realize I probably should have chosen my words more wisely or maybe I shouldn't have mentioned that in my post in the first place. This issue was recently brought up in my Leadership & Nursing Management class, I actually spoke out and said that a new graduate BSN nurse would not be as equipped as the ADN nurse with a number of years experience. My professor quickly responded saying that I was wrong, which I found to be odd because I know for a fact that as a new grad (in a few months) I will not have the experience or confidence that a seasoned ADN nurse has. I respect all healthcare professionals and I certainly do not think I am better just because I had to take two extra classes in order to receive my BSN (I am sure this will be taken out of context & and will receive comments that are mean.. go ahead I have tough skin)
Third point I would like to address is: I found it really disheartening that some of the rude/hateful comments I received were from nurses both ADN & BSN, nursing professors etc. Nurses care for others, we ALL have or should have compassion. Last time I checked, When a person decides to become a nurse, they make the most important decision of their lives. They choose to dedicate themselves to the care of others. Some of the comments I read had no compassion, they lacked understanding, and these were written by nurses?!
Last point I would like to address and mention is that I may have failed but it wasn't because I didn't study or worked hard. I wasn't the only one who failed. 11 out of 30 SENIOR NURSING students failed this particular class. Students with 4.0 GPA's, and even one's who have never failed anything in their ENTIRE life. Nine students appealed and there were only TWO that were successful including myself. I am very fortunate to have won my appeal and know that I will BE ONE HELL OF A NURSE & hopefully one day Professor.
Everyone has a right to their opinion, and I understand that I may have offended many of the readers, however again that was not my intention. I apologize and I hope that I straightened out a few issues. ALSO I want to shout out to the HATERS.... THANK YOU!
Well guys this has left me in tears from laughing so hard!! Thanks for making my day!!! I hope you all have a great rest of the week! Feel free to keep posting.. nice comments, sarcastic, or mean ones... by now I've heard it all! I'll check back later.... make em good!
I know right...cyber bullying! Thank goodness I'm not a depressed individual with low self-esteem lol!
Yes. You are bullying organaizedchaos and it's really kind of pathetic.
Your opinion on LPN, ADN, BSN, is just that, your opinion. But good luck when you get a real job and the people around you know much more than you and they are LPNs and ADNs. You will make enemies fast and no one will want to help you.
So you're telling me that when 11 out of 30 students fail a class then that is because they ALL magically failed themselves?
Yes. 10 of the 40 people that started my LPN class failed out. They failed themselves. It happens. Nursing school should be hard. I don't know what it's like to fail by less than a percentage point. That must be disheartening. At the same time, that final grade is the cumulative result of entire semester. It's indicative of the work being done by the student, which was failing work. It's got to be tough not to succeed, but I can't believe it's the school's fault.
Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
What Springchick said. BornanurseJB, you are exhibiting trollish behavior, goading others into posting divisive comments.
And posting things that have nothing to do with your original post. You should've just let your other post be. Unless this is what you wanted & this is who you are. If that is the case you have another thing coming to you when you start working.
OrganizedChaos, LVN
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Uh, you're bullying me. But if you want to think I'm bullying you, more power to you. :)