Failed! 4days before grad!

[privatecarenurse]

I am so hurt and angry right now that I didn't know who to talk to! Our final exam is the same week as graduation. I missed my grade by 1 point..ACTUALLY I'm being failed for a HALF a point. We need 75(74.5) and my average in this last class (med surg3) was 74. There is nothing they can do..nothing??? I have to repeat this class and it's not offered again until January! I have sacrificed so much, quit a 10 year job to finish school, trying to take care of 4 kids and sustain a household. I feel like a failure, I am hurt, disappointed, and angry..at myself and everyone else..I have cried every tear I think I have, talked to to department chair and all..nothing..please someone, give me some advice and some encouragement!

[privatecarenurse]

I am so sorry for what your going through! This is my final semester and I couldn't even imagine going through that!

The only advice I have is something my mom (ICU RN for 15yrs) told me when I kept always making it an alternate instead of ever getting accepted into the RN program here. I tried for like 2 yrs! I was so disaapointed in myself that I thought I'd never be able to do it..

She told me....God has a plan for you, and has made a special path just for you. That there is going to be a special day where one patient is going to need YOU and that YOU are the only one that is going to be able to deliver what they need, don't know what that might be...a smile..a moment to hold their hand...a laugh...a hug...or just your presence.

I swear to you that was the single best thing I have ever heard. And that was enough to keep me motivated in the back of my head I'd think ok, she's right....this is all putting me where I am going to be needed.

Turns out I got my acceptance letter to one of the best nursing schools in my area, one I thought I'd never get into but why not try. I have met some friends that I will truly keep forever and made them part of my family and got to meet some wonderful patients along the way!

Hang in there! I know it's hard but you will make it to exactly where you need to be!

I know you are right..God does have a plan and I know His is better than mine..I am really beginning to accept that and everyday it still hurts but it is getting a little easier. Thanks so much

[privatecarenurse]

hey.. it must be really hard to believe it happened to u.. but don't give up .. just believe in ur ability.. u need to be proud of ur self that u came this was.. lots of kids get dropped out .. just wait for nxt class.. and give it ur 100% and pretty sure u will pass.. and emerge as a winner.. BEST OF LUCK.. AND TRUST UR SELF..

Thanks. You know the hardest part is knowing all the others (except 2) are marching Friday and I was supposed to be there. And it's embarrasing. And to know when I have to do my clinicals and preceptorship over at the same hospital half of them will be working at by then, I will have to face them and they will be in there secure jobs..I was offered a job already and everything. But yes, I will keep going and move on..it's hard, but I know I can't wallow in this forever. Thanks so much

[privatecarenurse]

i hope you go back. i failed my lpn psych rotation and my final grade was 74.6 and 75 is the passing grade. we were told from the very beginning that even 74.99 is still a fail. we had to get 75 above, no rounding off. i was crushed but i pulled myself up and repeated the class and got an a and became an lpn. that was in 2008 and i became an rn last year. so, i hope you don't give up and finish this thing and become the nurse you are meant to be.

you know i didn't mention this before because i didn't want to hear what my instructor said to me after the test..i have been an lpn for years, and she said to me at least you have that still..i'm like well that's not what i worked this hard to do, to 'fall back' on that..i'm supposed to be an rn..but you know i won't give up..i wish i didn't have to go back to the same school and face the same teachers and the students who were behind me that i have to now graduate with..o well...there's a reason for everything. thanks

[privatecarenurse]

Since you mentioned God, I feel ok with saying this... Try to live in 100 percent faith in the Lord! Do not say negative things about yourself; just as you'd expect your children not to say mean things about others. The Lord thinks you are wonderful and you are so very blessed. Take whatever lesson He is presenting to you, rise up to the challenge and show your kids how to react with grace when things do not go your way. Offer your suffering up to Him and He will walk beside you as you grow in character. Listen, giving up isn't an option. It is better to have failed trying than not to have ever tried. Isnt that what you need to teach your kids. Tell them that you have been sad because you did not pass. However, let them know you will not give up in the face of adversity. It WILL make you stronger! Embrace reality and move forward in FAITH! You can do it!

I needed this..it's only by my faith that I am making it because I was a wreck Monday..I just didn't want to let my children, my family down..I felt like a true failure and a disappointment. But yes, I have to show a better example to them that sometimes things don't always go the way you plan and you can't give up..when I think about it like that it does make better sense..I really wanted to give up but I wouldn't expect my kids to if it happened to them. So thanks so much. Giving up is not an option. I have to come to terms with the embarrassment of it all I think and then move on. I don't see the plan yet nor the reason it happened but there is one..By faith I know I will get stronger and maybe one day understand.