I go to a small school and I recently failed a clinical class. I currently have two more semesters (6 more classes) left to take. I am also worried i will fail my preceptorship in the last semester because of school doesn't adequately prepare students and i have no additional health care experience. Does anyone know of a student who has failed on course but completed the nursing program? Are there any preceptors out there that can give me advice? Have any instructors ever failed a student in clinical, if so on what grounds?
I am hoping to gain a sense of hope by writing to all of you. Thank You!
Where, oh, where to begin. So, you filed charges. Was anything done? Did you win your case? Was your school reprimanded? You, have to prove that you were discriminated against. Just filing charges means nothing. Then say you do win and a nursing instructor was reprimanded, then what? You think they won't retaliate due to fear of you doing something again? Again, you will have to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that you were retaliated against. It's not that easy to do. It's a little thing called innocent until proven guilty. You need to provide proof, and just not your side of things. Also, I'm sure your nursing instructors have ties and connections in the community. You will be blackballed before you even start looking for a job. Any time your resume shows up provide you graduate and pass the NCLEX, it will go in the trash.
I also read that you are going to a terrible school that is not adequately preparing you for the NCLEX. Did you not investigate this school before going there? Did you not look to see if they were accredited, what the NCLEX pass rates were, what the requirements of the program are? Doing that homework is your responsibility before spending money at any school. Let me guess, this is a for profit, private college and you owe them tens of thousands of dollars right now. I don't know why people don't investigate these things before spending that kind of money. Would you buy a car without test driving it first, or buy a house without looking at it first and having it inspected? Because that's pretty much how much money you just spent at a school that is not preparing you.
You are outperforming everyone in theory and clinical? Again, is this your opinion or fact? You just walk in and magically do better than everyone else? I think you have painted a pretty clear picture of who you are. So, in answer to your question, I do not forsee you passing this program, graduating, passing NCLEX, and getting a job. I do forsee you having extremely high student loans to pay back six months after you are done and no job to pay them back. So I'm sticking by my former statement saying you screwed yourself and my above statements are exactly why.
First and Last time I will ever use a forum. I received only one truly objective and useful response. Miranda you are not even qualified to answer my question. I asked for advice from nurse preceptors. You haven't even started a nursing program. you are all making assumptions about my situation, and my personality and ability to accept criticsm. I was not given criticism. I was not given any formal documents about reason of my failure. I was given numbers on a sheet that indicate passing or failing. You don't know enough to make a judgement.. I appreciate all the responses and attention you guys have shown me. I will consult a a professional nursing advisor for the best answers.
I don't need to be a nurse preceptor to be able to tell that I sincerely hope you reconsider nursing if you're going to play the "blame game".
I'm speechless LMAO!!!! I'm pretty sure why this student failed, she gave us a window into her mind and oh boy !!!! Clueless comes to mind does this comment make me a troll?
I really wish someone would have quoted the original post because it is obvious that the OP went back and changed it.
Omg....I know. I am so very confused trying to align some of these responses with the "edited" post. I can tell I really missed out on a lot of info.
I will say that it worries me when I read posts saying their school is terrible and not preparing them to become a nurse. Um, probably you should consider changing schools to one that actually does graduate safe entry to practice nurses.
Omg....I know. I am so very confused trying to align some of these responses with the "edited" post. I can tell I really missed out on a lot of info.
I'll summarize what you missed:
OP claims that school xyz has it out for them and they were required to do so many "unfair" assignments and OP was doomed for failure from the get-go because their instructors and school set them up to fail. Oh and that they were discriminatory so OP filed a suit against them for it and now they "aren't allowed" to fail them again.
Typical "it's never, ever my fault" nursing student. ya know.
You must have edited the carp out of some of your posts? You're asking for constructive responses with NO background information given!
I appreciate your response however I did not ask anyone to judge the situation here. You are making assumptions. I would appreciate constructive responses that answer my questions not comment on the background information. I don't know anything about your situation but if you would have been long gone it seems that you could afford take a loss of nursing credits and pay additional tuition. This is not an option for me.
does this comment make me a troll? 
NurseGirl525, ASN, RN
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Where, oh, where to begin. So, you filed charges. Was anything done? Did you win your case? Was your school reprimanded? You, have to prove that you were discriminated against. Just filing charges means nothing. Then say you do win and a nursing instructor was reprimanded, then what? You think they won't retaliate due to fear of you doing something again? Again, you will have to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that you were retaliated against. It's not that easy to do. It's a little thing called innocent until proven guilty. You need to provide proof, and just not your side of things. Also, I'm sure your nursing instructors have ties and connections in the community. You will be blackballed before you even start looking for a job. Any time your resume shows up provide you graduate and pass the NCLEX, it will go in the trash.
I also read that you are going to a terrible school that is not adequately preparing you for the NCLEX. Did you not investigate this school before going there? Did you not look to see if they were accredited, what the NCLEX pass rates were, what the requirements of the program are? Doing that homework is your responsibility before spending money at any school. Let me guess, this is a for profit, private college and you owe them tens of thousands of dollars right now. I don't know why people don't investigate these things before spending that kind of money. Would you buy a car without test driving it first, or buy a house without looking at it first and having it inspected? Because that's pretty much how much money you just spent at a school that is not preparing you.
You are outperforming everyone in theory and clinical? Again, is this your opinion or fact? You just walk in and magically do better than everyone else? I think you have painted a pretty clear picture of who you are. So, in answer to your question, I do not forsee you passing this program, graduating, passing NCLEX, and getting a job. I do forsee you having extremely high student loans to pay back six months after you are done and no job to pay them back. So I'm sticking by my former statement saying you screwed yourself and my above statements are exactly why.