Any tip's on starting Nursing school after you failed once?

[heemotha78]

I need tip's to be successful in the P.N program, I was already forced to withdraw & I really can't afford to take the course again. I failed catheter procedure & my biggest problem was not knowing how to maintain sterile. I also need to know what are the best book's out there that will make me rock. I already have a few but I would rather hear it from expert's.

Please let me know what book's have worked for all you successful Nurses? Any study tip's & way's to pass ? I really want to get my LPN & continue my dream's. Nurses where I work believe that I would make an excellent Nurse.

[strawberryluv, BSN, RN]

So you failed on the actual task of inserting a urinary catheter? Then, you need to memorize the steps on how to insert one by practicing the procedure like 100 times. The only way to pass a skills check off or skills assessment is to practice, practice, practice. In my opinion, nobody should fail a skills assessment because it's just a test of memorization. You memorize the steps and you ace. The answer is right there. You can continue to a new program to become a LPN but understand that you need to put your all into these skills assesments. When I was preparing for my skills assessment as a nursing student, I repeater each skill on the possible list of skills to be checked off for many times. Passed each skill check off for semester with flying colors.

[NurseGirl525, ASN, RN]

You failed the entire program over inserting a catheter?

[Elladora]

From reading your previous post, it sounds like you failed because you couldn't take clinicals because you failed the catheter insertion 3 times. Is that correct? If so, your obvious first step would be practice, practice, practice until you get catheter insertion mastered. Beyond that, I guess I'm a bit taken aback that you would fail out for one skill. Was there something else going on? Did you fail multiple skills?

Unfortunately there are no books that can really help you pass nursing school beyond your nursing books. I wouldn't invest in study guides or self-help books, I would spend more time studying your nursing books.

(First and foremost, have you checked with your school? Will they let you back in? All schools that I know of have guidelines on how many classes you can fail before they will remove you from the program. My college for example, you could fail two regular classes or one nursing class. A little harsh, but nursing is hard!)

Best of luck to you!