Failed Fundamentals..out of the program..

NATALMAT · Dec 10, 2014

Try again and study harder! Be smarter. Learn from this experience and be more attentive. You'll be fine and perhaps more ready for the semester next year. Good luck! If nursing is your calling, DO NOT give up......

akulahawkRN, ADN, RN, EMT-P · Dec 10, 2014

You should try again... but only after some introspection as to what caused your troubles. Once you have figured out what it was that prevented you from doing well, develop a plan for you to rectify that. Seek counseling, academic skills training, some kind of assessment as to your "best" learning style, etc. Find out what's going on. You owe that to yourself to figure that out before you attempt a return to nursing school. You really do!

I failed out of school, figured out what was causing my own troubles (won't post that here because I'm not you) and I developed a plan to rectify that. I roared back into the program, graduated, and smashed the NCLEX on my first attempt.

Nursing School does a couple of things very well... one of which is expose any weaknesses in your learning style. You might actually be studying in a way that's not most efficient for you!

classicdame, MSN, EdD · Dec 10, 2014

Well, you did learn something. You learned that only you are responsible for your grades. Believe me, thre are plenty of students who still think otherwise!

I would re-apply and whle waiting for school to start, arrange mylife so that my ONE focus is school. Do not plan any trips unless they coincide with off-days on school calendar. Tell friends and family you are not available 24/7 but will contact them as you have time. Find a place to study, even if it means leaving the house. SCHEDULE study time. Get a tutor if needed. Time to buckle up!

AleiaTheEnchanted · Dec 10, 2014

Thank you guys for your replies....I want to go back but I am scared now and because of what happened I have a low self confidence in myself

caliotter3 · Dec 10, 2014

You don't have time for low self confidence or fear. Get motivated. Get your academic house in order. Start studying the material you just completed over again so that by the time you start seeing those assignments, quizzes, and exams, your responses get you A's. Do what you need to do with the time that you have.

AleiaTheEnchanted · Dec 10, 2014

Thanx I am going to do that. I need to gather myself and stop moping around. Thank you again for the replies

Sudorul40 · Dec 11, 2014

I have failed the first semester,too, and had to re-apply. I was only one point behind:I had 73( actually 72.5, rounded to 73) and needed a 73.5 to pass. From a general GPA of 3.85, I dropped to 3.44. I got in back. All I can say is that I knew nothing hot to approach the learning style. By that time I did not have an account here, too. I knew there must be something different from the pre-reqs learning style, but no one would have shared anything among my class-mates. I was wondering how they were able to make it, while I was working so hard and did not make it. Plus, I noticed any correlation between lectures and the questions we got in exams. This was so frustrating! I heard the following :" they teach five days but test from six days". The way the tests were like made me say this:" they teach five days and test ONLY from sixth day". The day I found out I got back in, I started to do questions...the more you do, the better. Learned a lot from rationals. Potter and Perry, such a waist of time! Just read the boxes: learn vitals, learn the lab values, and make a note-book only for the rationals. At least for me it worked. I have to say I hate any time I read posts like " you have to understand, bla,bla!" Sounds like, indirectly says you are an idiot and do not understand. No way! Most of those who make it are not genies at all! Common people like us! But most of them do thousands of questions but would never say directly..just turn around the essence. So, my advice is- as being in the same shoes like you, last year-buy Davi's series, and Lippincot, also LaCharity, and do all questions and rationals...this would develop the sense of picking the right answer in time. Best regards!

tiny_nurse · Dec 11, 2014

I was in the same boat as you! I failed fundamentals and I'm nearing the end of m second attempt. Repeating a nursing class is so hard because throughout the whole thing, I felt like a failure, or stupid somehow. But, now, looking back, failing was probably the best thing that happened to me. I know the content so much better, and building a good foundation will be very helpful throughout med/surg.

Take some time, reapply, and figure out what it was that was holding you back the first time. You'll do great. :)

bwysockiADNSN · Dec 12, 2014

I just finished my first semester and barely passed Fundamentals. I had no clue how hard that class was going to be. Its a whole new way of thinking. Don't beat yourself up about it, really. It isn't your fault, its just tough.

HDHRN · Dec 12, 2014

You should reapply! I was in the same situation 2 years ago. My college goes by terms. I was in Term 3 out of 6. I was taking A+P III, Med Surg II, and a few online classes. Plus I was 9 months pregnant. I was really struggling with anatomy for some reason. I ended up failing it. I got dismissed from the program since it was my second class I failed and was so upset. I tried to get reinstated but they said no, saying my pregnancy was not a circumstance they considered to be "extenuating" I was flabbergasted that they were pulling this. I figured I wasn't meant to a be an RN so I pushed through it and just focused on my job and new family. Fast forward to January of this year. I called my school after talking to a friend who was about to graduate. She said a lot of rules had changed and I needed to try to get reinstated again. I am happy to say I was given another chance. I started back in April this year and passed the class I had failed. Now I am getting ready to start my last term and will graduate in March. I am so happy I was given another chance. Good luck to you!

ScrubGirl88, BSN, RN · Dec 12, 2014

Reapply! I failed my first 2 exams in my health assessment class and I finally turned to the saunders Nclex book to help me with critical thinking and test taking strategies. I kid you not I learned more from that $50 book than I did in class. Sometimes you have to reach way out of the box to find what works for you. Please don't give up, think how hard you have worked to get into your program. You can do this