Failed nursing school twice!! I need advice. HELP!

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Help! I don't know what to do. I really feel horrible and would like some advice. I started nursing school in 2010 in an RN program I failed med surg twice so was dismissed from the program per policy. I reapplied and was able to get back in. I passed med-surg but failed 3rd sem so had to retake the class again. I failed 3rd semester again by less than 1 point!!! I am so frustrated, embarrassed, and disappointed. I feel like I have failed everyone and my life is just at a stand still and I feel like I have nothing. I feel like I've wasted the last 4 years of my life and money and have nothing to show for it. I am depressed but I know and I can't be like this I just need to pick myself up and move on.

Reading other forums on here has been very helpful but would like some more advice, I hope someone can help.

So have completed half of nursing school and was wondering if anyone knows any schools in Southern New Jersey or PA that accepts nursing transfer credits so hopefully I could start off where I ended.

But if that is not a possibility. Is it possible to apply to take the LPN exam since I did successfully complete half of nursing school. I read that was possible but all the posts were old and i'm not sure if that option is still available in NJ. Has anyone ever done this?

And if that is not possible does anyone know any LPN programs that allow you to test out of subjects so that I do not have to start from the very beginning. It would seem like just such a waste of time learning fundamentals.

I hope someone could help me out. Please. I thank you if you actually took the time to read my very long post.

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

duplicate thread merged as per the TOS.

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What I was told by my school is that unless the school you have your credits from has an LPN portion then you can not take the LPN exam as part of the requirement is to graduate from a program. Several schools in my area do not take nursing credits from other programs and would require me to start over at semester 1. You might get lucky and find a LPN program that will let you test out..but I doubt it..most require you to take a certain number of credits from their program before you can graduate..and again you have to graduate from a program to take the PN exam ..at least in my state.

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You can call the state board of nursing and ask them about the possibility of sitting the NCLEX-PN based on your transcript, but most states have done away with this for reasons given above.

In all charity, if you have failed early nursing school levels twice, it doesn't seem like it would be a waste of time to learn fundamentals at the LPN level. Perhaps that's where you should be.

As to what others think, don't worry about that. As to waste of time, in ten years you'll have a hard time remembering how this all happened. Good luck to you.

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.

Only graduates of schools of practical nursing are eligible to sit the NCLEX-PN in NJ. Very few schools accept transfer nursing credits as curriculum is the same but the individual courses are generally not, you may have had a chance at transferring if you were still in good academic standing and perhaps moved you may have had an opportunity to transfer.

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.

The only classes you could be exempt from in my PN program were A&P and nutrition but you had to successfully complete collegiate level A&P 1&2 and nutrition there was not a challenge test option. Ironically the students that failed out of the local ASN/RN program whether 1st,3rd or 4th semester also struggled with the same concepts in the PN program. One nearly failed out twice. Once in maternity and again in pediatrics. Though one of the students from the RN program had serious attitude and entitlement issues that seemed to be more of a barrier than learning concepts or critical thinking.

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Being able to sit for the PN all depends on your state regulations and what your RN program offers. In my state for the CC I am going to, after the first year, a student can take a 3 credit bridge to LPN course that covers things not in block 1 and 2. OB and peds for lpns mostly. After passing that, you can sit for the PN. Many students take it over summer between year 1 and 2 as a backup, or to start working.

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thanks everyone

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the students that failed out of the local ASN/RN program whether 1st,3rd or 4th semester also struggled with the same concepts in the PN program.

I was going to say this. I would say to try an LPN program, because if you didn't do particularly well in RN school, the PN review would serve you well. But I would imagine you'd have similar struggles. It might be time to consider another career path, in all honesty.

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Hey! I'm just wondering what did u end up doing? I'm in almost the same predicament I'm going for LPN ..starting all the way from CNA PCT now towards LPN. I'm definitely trying and I hope u are too. U are not alone!

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