Failed reentry exam & feeling HORRIBLE!

[minlou]

Once, now twice a failure.... I just don't know what to do. I entered nursing school almost 2 years ago and last semester I failed my peds class. I was devastated. I started working fulltime, waiting to receive information to reenter. I didn't want to start all over since I only had 3 classes left to finish. So, I decided to do the reentry process at the same school cause it would be so much easier. Well, the process requires you to take an exam over each course that you have already passed and also be tested on math & skills. The trick is that if you happen to not pass one of those exams, then you are OUT and the only option that give you is to to reapply to their program from the beginning. Well I failed the Med Surg II exam by 1 point. I just don't know what to do at this point. I don't want to give up, but just don't know what to do. I'm stressed, frustrated, mad at myself and hurt. One of my classmates asked me if I still wanted to be a nurse and my answer is ABSOLUTELY!!! I just hate that this process was not more 'student friendly'. I'm wondering if anyone else has ever experienced this, how did you push yourself to pick up and go ahead with getting your nursing degree and I'm also curious what the reeentry process is like at some other schools.

[nking54580]

minlou, don't give up. At my school, one of my professors has students who recently graduated and passed the nclex come back to tell their story. One student said that when he took he nclex predictor, the results said that he only had a 50% chance of passing the nclex. He then buckled down, finished the program and passed the nclex on his FIRST try and that's with the nclex being much more difficult now. I admire that fact that you have not given up and continue to keep that mind set. Use this story as motivation to finish and become the nurse that you know you can be. Good luck.

[nurseprnRN, BSN, RN]

minlou, don't give up. At my school, one of my professors has students who recently graduated and passed the nclex come back to tell their story. One student said that when he took he nclex predictor, the results said that he only had a 50% chance of passing the nclex. He then buckled down, finished the program and passed the nclex on his FIRST try and that's with the nclex being much more difficult now. I admire that fact that you have not given up and continue to keep that mind set. Use this story as motivation to finish and become the nurse that you know you can be. Good luck.

What part of "50% chance" is hard to understand? So he improved his odds, but he had a 50% chance of passing if he had done nothing different. Some people will take those odds, and some won't.

Look, I think we all understand that somebody that fails exams has to do something different, generally involving buckling down. :)