failed foundations of nursing

Blessed S.N.23 · Jan 16, 2011

Im in the BSN program also and its alot of work!! It will be okay! Hang in there! I know how u feel! Nursing is Hard but u can survive and get through it! I struggled my first semester but made a B average despite my test anxiety and nervousness! Its completely normal but i had to study my butt off in order to feel more cofident and pass my classes. Im now in my second semester and have learned so much from the last. Nursing is a skill and you have to keep building your foundation and working your way up! You will get there! I wish you the best of luck!

escapebigd · Jan 16, 2011

It is very hard to understand you post. I think it would be a really good idea to take a composition class as well when you can. A lot of schools offer tutors and I found that to be a big help when I was struggling with chemistry. Good luck and I hope it gets better for you.

myty23 · Jan 16, 2011

escape, I think she was probably typing from a phone. It looks like text/speak. I agree though, it is hard to follow when people type and abbreviate like that, but I doubt it's because she doesn't understand composition.

turnforthenurse, MSN, NP · Jan 16, 2011

It is very hard to understand you post. I think it would be a really good idea to take a composition class as well when you can.

Yes I agree her post was a little hard to understand, but was this really meant to be helpful for her? :down:

Anyways, OP, all you can really do is just pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and try again. I know you are upset, but there is no sense staying upset about it because that isn't going to help you. Nursing school is indeed a difficult journey. I would suggest trying to find out which method (or methods) of studying work best for you. Some students can sit there and listen to lecture and be fine. Others may find recording lectures and listening to them again helpful to them. Others may be more visual learners. Knowing your learning style will help you study and learn the material. Everyone is different.

Take everything a day at a time. Don't just jump into everything all at once because you'll just overwhelm yourself and make yourself frustrated.

:hug:

BeenThereDoneThat74, MSN, RN · Jan 16, 2011

escape, I think she was probably typing from a phone. It looks like text/speak. I agree though, it is hard to follow when people type and abbreviate like that, but I doubt it's because she doesn't understand composition.

It's very hard to tell these days, but the point is, the way one presents themselves is usually a reflection on their character, intelligence and abilities. I use text-speak with my friends, but would never use it in an e-mail, open forum, or around my colleagues.

snowybee · Jan 17, 2011

sorry guys . i know you had hard time understanding my english. Whenever I use forum, email or chat I am used with thEse texting language. sorry...

ThePrincessBride, MSN, RN, NP · Jan 17, 2011

I'm bored and I have nothing to do besides sitting at my desk job, so let me translate it for you:

I'm in a BSN program. I was a smart student until I failed this nursing class. I feel so dumb, and my parents blamed me for my failure. I feel ashamed of this failure in front of my friends. I pray so hard to keep my spirits up. I feel like such a failure, and my teacher never taught; she just went through [Powerpoint slides]. So basically, I don't have an understanding of the material. I have never worked in hospital. I'm a young student. My mom was telling me to got to an LPN school so that I will know the basics. However, many of my classmates failed...about twenty.

In order to have an understand of the hospital setting, what should I do? I failed my first semester of "Fundamentals of Nursing" due to hard questions. I understood every procedure but my problem was the questions. The first few tests, I was nervous and I failed. However, I passed the final and another test but failed another three. I tried really hard, but I knew that I was going to fail so I stopped studying. I failed by five points. I have to repeat the class.

In my school, you are only allowed to repeat one nursing course. I'm so scared that I will fail another class and get kicked out of the program. I have passed other classes in my first semester, but I failed fundamentals. If I move to a new school, I wil have to start from scratch. I was taking 4 classes this semester, so I think that's why I failed. I bought 4 different types of review books for foundations and now I plan to do group studying.

First semster, I wasn't prepared at all. I didn't have the recorder or anything, and now I purchased one. Now I am fighting really hard. I am a [naturally] nervous and anxiuous person, and my body breaks down when I took that foundations' test. My foundation class was a nightmare. I was mentally and physically drained, and adjusting to my first semester was really difficult. But now, I have adjusted. I now know what to expect, and I'm doing 2 classes or part time at a time like hard classes so that I can study and take easy classes in summer. Any advice further going down the nursing road? I really want to be a nurse and I'm putting my my blood and sweat into it. Please pray for me

Tyler77 · Jan 17, 2011

I stopped reading the post after five lines. But from what I gleaned from it, I can offer you this advice: "It only gets harder after Foundations." It's the unwritten truth that if you fail Foundations, you really need to re-evaluate whether you want to be a nurse. 90% of the stuff presented in Foundations classes are blah blah blah that you really can't apply in the real world (other than what you learn in skills/lab). I mean, you learn about cleaning dentures, changing diapers, Maslow's hierarchy of needs, blah blah blah. You're never going to ask a patient if their intimacy needs are met.

On the flip side, many students that have no business being nurses pass through nursing programs with no problems. Usually their poor attitudes or "Holier than thou" attitudes come back to bite them. Or when they realize they have to WORK and put the cell phone down does it dawn on them that "they're too good for nursing."

Nursing might be a respected profession, but it's the backstabbing, cattiness, and general disdain directed at patients that give it a bad name. It's true that it only takes one to spoil the whole bunch.

BeenThereDoneThat74, MSN, RN · Jan 17, 2011

I stopped reading the post after five lines. But from what I gleaned from it, I can offer you this advice: "It only gets harder after Foundations." It's the unwritten truth that if you fail Foundations, you really need to re-evaluate whether you want to be a nurse. 90% of the stuff presented in Foundations classes are blah blah blah that you really can't apply in the real world (other than what you learn in skills/lab). I mean, you learn about cleaning dentures, changing diapers, Maslow's hierarchy of needs, blah blah blah. You're never going to ask a patient if their intimacy needs are met.
On the flip side, many students that have no business being nurses pass through nursing programs with no problems. Usually their poor attitudes or "Holier than thou" attitudes come back to bite them. Or when they realize they have to WORK and put the cell phone down does it dawn on them that "they're too good for nursing."
Nursing might be a respected profession, but it's the backstabbing, cattiness, and general disdain directed at patients that give it a bad name. It's true that it only takes one to spoil the whole bunch.

Unbelievably blunt and harsh, but pretty much true :uhoh3:

echo56 · Jan 17, 2011

Wow. As I read this post, I see a variety of issues to be addressed. If you failed after you basically "gave up", and then missed it by 5pts, you must've done something right somewhere. It's a shame you didn't stick with it, you'd probably have passed.

I also have been a strong student prior to nursing school. And these classes absolutely sent my brain into overdrive. You're not alone, although at my school one failed class you're out. No retakes.

If you've determined this is really what you want, and also realize that the stress level isn't going down, it will increase, then you need to make some changes. First I'd determine how you learn best, and what study style works for you.

Second, I'd find a strong study group. It won't be the "fun, popular" group, but the ones who are a little antisocial. They don't talk alot, cause they have their heads in the books. Try to keep the group about 4 people. Each one of you will bring something to the table, perhaps a method/knowledge/moral support.

Alot of things from fundamentals is simple knowing how it should be done, vs what you'll do with it. Details are important for tests, but you'll be more familiar with the topics the 2nd time around. Also even if your instructor teaches from power points (as all mine do) they will give you little tells, on what will be on the test. Comments like: You'll see this again, this is important, know,know,know... highlight those points.

Good luck, keep your focus. If this is what you really want, you'll make it.

snowybee · Jan 17, 2011

It was my First semster .My foundations questions Was terribly hard than any other school .It is not about cleaning dentures or maslow's hierarchy needs.They never put that one single questions there are not even a basic question.If it was those i would have passed these class. It is even harder than nclex i found it because i saw different nclex foundation questions.My professor's questions are really hard. i never got help. I asked help but i never got help. So i ask different students to learn it.Some are so mean. Everybody in my 1st semester basically wants to do their own business only ,and not help others but now they came to know that you can only move forward with helping each other only .I was so discouraged by these process but i 'm finally moving forward because i got a good friend who taught me how to study. When i thought i couldn't do well as it seems to be , i was emotionally down that brought my grades down. I understand that fact now,and no body can brought me down reall this time. It seems challenging but i will make it.