Failed Clinical

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Hello,

I am an accelerated NP student at a major US nursing school. After having a bad week 3 clinical and (apparently) worse week 4 clinical, I was told by faculty that I failed my clinical rotation. They also told me that I would have to leave nursing school with a failed clinical on my permanent record.

My world has been completely turned upside-down by this and I don't know what to do. I am meeting with a counselor this week to discuss my exit plans, but I feel like my chances of ever becoming a nurse are over.

My primary goal is to first get the "fail" overturned and be allowed to voluntarily withdraw from the course.

After that...I'm not sure. I'm 30. I have a wife and was on course to have a great, well paying career. Now I'm stuck with over $100k in student loan debt and years away from becoming a nurse (if it's even possible).

I would really appreciate some sound advice right now because I feel like my soul has just sunk to the bottom of the ocean...

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Welcome to allnurses. I'm sorry to hear you've had such a difficult experience. Have you completed enough of your program that you're eligible for basic RN licensure? That would be one way to get started earning some money and moving forward, and would give you more options in returning to graduate school in the future.

Best wishes!

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Specializes in Cath/EP lab, CCU, Cardiac stepdown.

If you haven't gotten your rn yet I suggest that you try going the more traditional bsn/rn first or an accelerated bsn/rn. Nursing is a tough field and even more so if you're trying to do NP. Hey familiar with rn clinicals and then revisit the NP route in the future.

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Great advice. My primary concern right now is my eligibility for getting a BSN. My instructor stated that it would be really hard to get into a BSN program with this on my record. Seems like a messed up thing to say, but if it is true then I have to figure out how to get into school.

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.
Great advice. My primary concern right now is my eligibility for getting a BSN. My instructor stated that it would be really hard to get into a BSN program with this on my record. Seems like a messed up thing to say, but if it is true then I have to figure out how to get into school.

Your instructor is correct.

Once you have a failure from a nursing school, usually depending one your area you have to go to a program below the licensure or wait until five years where the failure would expire before entering another BSN program.

I failed an ADN program and was invited back, but I declined because I wanted a BSN; I was essentially black balled from entering any RN program, including a BSN program because I failed; I went into a Practical Nursing (PN) program, passed, and was then courted by programs because I had "proven" that I could pass a nursing program.

I worked as a LPN for five years before being accepted in an accelerated BSN program and successfully passed; I have been an RN for two years now.

Find out at this meeting whether you can return after some type of remediation; these things happen all the time, and you are not the only one who fails nursing school; many, like myself and others on this forum have failed and went on to become nurses.

Best wishes.

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