Failed Nursing School

Keep your chin up, dear one. If your dream is to be a nurse, continue. I see what you have gone through reminds me a lot of myself. I struggled in school & now am a nurse of 9 years & have just been accepted into a NP school in my area. If you want it, you can do it. My advice is to go to a tech school & become a LPN & then a RN. I struggled in my A&P class at my 4-year university. I took those at an area tech school & made A+'s. I remember that we used plastic human models, the teaching style was more straight forward, & it clicked. If you want it, you can do it. Going through this will make you an even more excellent nurse one day. You will appreciate your degree even more. I would get a LPN then RN degree at a tech school then maybe go to 4-year school to get your BSN. My area state school nearby has their RN to BSN online. If you decide not to do nursing, how about teaching? You could teach science or health or even PE. Or you could study public health. I love public health, which is focused on more population & preventative medicine. Pray/meditate on what you want & relax & go for it. You've got this! :-)

Have you asked the last school you applied to how you might be able to improve your odds for acceptance in the future? That's where I would start.

You can also look at applying at another 4-year university. I went to a solid public university nearby, & as long as you had C's, you were golden. My university gave you a bit more chances for those of us, like me, who grew a lot in college. 3.7 GPA is amazing. It's easiest to just go straight through & get your RN-BSN in one swoop. Less steps to get done. I would check at other schools if this one didn't work out. Talk to an admissions counselor. Just make sure they're accredited. I tend to go for the old-fashioned brick & mortar universities, but to each their own. You've got this! All is not lost.

How many classes do you have toward a degree? If it is enough to get a liberal arts degree, then you could go from there for your masters in perhaps public health or something of that nature.

Or there may be another university that will take all of your credits. Just because this school won't take a 75 or above, doesn't mean they all won't.

You could go a technical school route, and get your Medical Assistant certificate to work in an MD office (and check to see if there's jobs available in your area), or Emergency Medical Technician and work on an ambulance or in an emergency department setting. Phlebotomy to draw blood. You could take physical therapy assistant certification. Recreation as an activities director in a long term care facility. CPR instructor in an adult learning facility. There's lots of possibilities. You just need to know where you could get a job. And to do that you have to research local facilities web sites for what jobs are open--the web sites of ambulance companies, nursing homes (you could also get a CNA and work you way to an advanced CNA that does physical therapy activities with people).

You could also take your liberal arts degree and get a master's in counseling/mental health.

There are lots of things that you could make with what you have. But you need to sit down with your academic advisor, create a plan, and move forward. Also, if you do not test well, you need to be sure you have supports in place (such as a tutor) to assist you in your future educational goals.

Best wishes, and look at where the needs are in your area and make an appointment with your academic advisor.

You may have to sit out a few years besides getting back into a program.

Before trying another program, get the required test exam review books before taking the exam again and make mock tests to be prepared.

I failed an ADN program at 19 and decided to not return; I waited 4 years to get into a PN program and graduated and passed my boards shy of 24; I made sure I got an associates so I wouldn't have to retake my courses when I was ready to return to an RN-prep program; I returned to school in a BSN program when I was 28, and graduated before the age of 31.

Life is not a hard line of steps...the setbacks help the journey of success.

Best wishes.

Look into bachelor degree programs to become a physician assistant.

If you want to be a nurse find a way.

One consideration might be LPN school and then bridge to a RN program.

do pre-med or pre-law. Can't go wrong there.

No one is always successful in their first attempt of doing things. I have known nurses who did not pass everything the first time, they went back to school and knocked the ball out the part. If you know this is your passion, get back into nursing school. You have high scores at that. Research school with high acceptance rates in their schools. Even the one with low ones I'm sure you could get in because of your scores. Even though you feel you may not be good enough, apply for everything. God gave some of the most unqualified people task and turn their turmoil into a testimony. Keep pushing, It will pay off in the end.

I applied to 2 schools over and over while trying to complete the prerequisites with good grades. My dream nursing school was just too hard to get into so I finally got into the community college after 2 or 3 cycles (basically one each semester). I couldn't really support myself so I relied on the schools at home so I could stay at home with my parents. I was accepted and started Fall 2013. 7 years after I graduated high school! I never quit going to school until I reached a point where I had no more classes to take. I completed one whole year and a summer clinical. I reached the following fall semester after having been conferenced and put on probation in the spring. I was not retaining the skills I was learning and I was so tired it showed when doing clinicals in the hospitals. That fall of 2014 I was kicked out of nursing school because I made the same type of error 3 times and because of the type of error, I can't go through that program again. I was absolutely devastated. I went from working 20 hours a week to working 40 hours just to keep my mind off of it, but it didn't help much. After letting the hurt subside a bit, I looked into other nursing schools, but nothing was really helpful for my situation.

I ended up going to see an advisor at my dream nursing school that I never got into and they suggested a different degree and then pursuing a 2nd degree BSN or an accelerated BSN. I had so many classes that transferred. I chose a degree called Health Promotion. It is similar to Public Health, but a bit different. It wasn't the most interesting degree, but I felt like maybe this was a better route to take than trying another ADN program. This summer I am graduating with a degree in Health Promotion after only pursuing this degree for a year.

Maybe you could look into what degree(s) will accept the most classes that you already have and set a timeline out to see how long it will take. Enlist an advisor to help you with that.

I am 9 years out of high school and barely getting a degree I don't really care for, but it could help in the long run.

Now I am applying to 5 different programs, because I am just tired of waiting to be a nurse. Not to mention I want to be a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner which is even more school. My dilemma now is, do I tell them I was in nursing school previously? Will this help because of experience? Or hurt because I failed?

I know it's hard, but don't give up.

Someone once told me, "some people get to take the straight forward path and some people have to take a more indirect path, but in the end they all get to the same place."