Failed the RN program still want to be an Rn . Help !

[student0810]

Hi I am a 3rd year nursing student in the bachelor of science nursing program who ended up failing my peds and OBS clinical courses this year. At my university if you fail any 2 courses you are withdrawn from the nursing program. My GPA is still good because these two failed courses were pass/fail courses. My university will not let me reapply into their nursing program. I really want to pursue becoming an RN, I love nursing and it's been a dream of mine for a long time. I really don't want to give up and I am determined to get my RN degree. I am finding it difficult to find Universities in the United States that will let me apply to the their RN program , the universities I have spoken to so far say they do not accept students who failed out of their nursing program. Does anyone know a university in the USA that will allow me to do their RN program ?

[applesxoranges, BSN, RN]

People in my school would transfer in and out of our program and another program. Of course, all the people from their program ******* and whined about how unfair it was over there and I am sure all of our former students ******* and whined about how unfair we were.

[lub dub]

Have you tried to appeal? Try to do that and if that does not work, you may have to go the ADN route with a community college.

Appeal? Did the OP say something about this being an instance that warranted an appeal? Too many students feel that there is an automatic link between the words "fail" and "appeal". More often than not, there is a legitimate reason for a student failing a course. This is not any sort of attack against student0810. It is a statement of fact.

[nurseprnRN, BSN, RN]

Yes. Just watch more daytime television, specifically the cheesy courtroom/judge shows.

The schools that purchase airtime to advertise using low quality commercials during these shows (read: Kaplan, West Coast University, Everest College, Concorde Career Institute, Brown Mackie, ITT Technical Institute, DeVry, University of Phoenix and others) will take you as long as you can pay the tuition.

Whether or not your or any BoN will allow you to sit NCLEX after them, or whether any real school will allow you to get an advanced degree :: chortling up my sleeve, but hey ::, or whether any real employer won't snort when they see it are all horses of a different color. But gee, you want it, so you should have it, right? :eyeroll:

[akulahawkRN, ADN, RN, EMT-P]

Appeal? Did the OP say something about this being an instance that warranted an appeal? Too many students feel that there is an automatic link between the words "fail" and "appeal". More often than not, there is a legitimate reason for a student failing a course. This is not any sort of attack against student0810. It is a statement of fact.

I think it's more of an appeal of the re-entry policy. It's also possible that they want to give people some time "off" to get their stuff figured out and then back on track at some point down the road. The program I was in only allows 2 failures. They have one "big" class per semester that covers all the material. If you fail once, they'll ask you to figure your stuff out and submit a plan to continue forward. If they deem that plan workable, they may allow you to re-enroll and repeat the failed semester (class) and go forward from there. If you fail a 2nd time, you're completely out.

While I can understand breaking up the program's modules into separate classes, failing two classes in the same semester should be viewed as a single failure because of having to essentially repeating that semester. Then again, those are the rules the OP agreed to abide by when the seat in the program was accepted...

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

Whether or not your or any BoN will allow you to sit NCLEX after them, or whether any real school will allow you to get an advanced degree :: chortling up my sleeve, but hey ::, or whether any real employer won't snort when they see it are all horses of a different color. But gee, you want it, so you should have it, right? :eyeroll:

Your sense of humor resonates through the computer screen, LOL. :)

Anyhow, the OP asked if anyone knew of a university in the US that would allow him/her to enroll in the nursing program. All of the schools that advertise heavily via cheap commercials during the daytime talk shows and courtroom episodes will admit applicants without regard to previous college credits earned or prior failures. As long as you have the cash or financial aid funding, you're golden!

[Jaykalkyn, BSN, RN]

Exactly, GrnTea! It's YOUR opinion that those two areas are easiest and not necessarily the opinion of others, particularly the authors. I don't think its your place to bascially call someone out on their failures as i'm sure you've had your fair share of your own in life/school/work. What you typed offered nothing by way of advice or suggestion. Play nice and offer useful advice to your fellow allnurses member.

[ExpBrittany]

Whether or not your or any BoN will allow you to sit NCLEX after them, or whether any real school will allow you to get an advanced degree :: chortling up my sleeve, but hey ::, or whether any real employer won't snort when they see it are all horses of a different color. But gee, you want it, so you should have it, right? :eyeroll:

Nasty and rude. Yuck

[airinbeck]

DON'T WORRY! I had to repeat my first semester of med-surg. It just took me longer but its ok I really need to go over that material again and I learned so much more the second time around. Just keep your head up and ignore those that would bring you down. I'm sure there are programs out there for you. You'll do great! I chose to go to an adult school becase tuition was more affordable, I got into there program right away and the school which I attended has one of the highest passing rates in the state of CA for the NCLEX. So I suggest looking on the board of nursings web site for school and look at their passing rates.

Btw GrnTea how is your bed side manner with your patients? I would hate to have you as a nurse caring for myself or a loved one. Where is your compassion? To bad they don't teach tolerance and compassion in nursing school, because you are sorely lacking in both.

[BlackBettyRN,OCN]

DON'T WORRY! I had to repeat my first semester of med-surg. It just took me longer but its ok I really need to go over that material again and I learned so much more the second time around. Just keep your head up and ignore those that would bring you down. I'm sure there are programs out there for you. You'll do great! I chose to go to an adult school becase tuition was more affordable, I got into there program right away and the school which I attended has one of the highest passing rates in the state of CA for the NCLEX. So I suggest looking on the board of nursings web site for school and look at their passing rates.

Btw GrnTea how is your bed side manner with your patients? I would hate to have you as a nurse caring for myself or a loved one. Where is your compassion? To bad they don't teach tolerance and compassion in nursing school, because you are sorely lacking in both.

GrnTea is a very well known member on this forum, and she has many years of experience in nursing. While her response to the OP may seem harsh, your telling the OP that she will do great, when you don't even know her, is not helpful. False reassurance isn't going to help the OP. She needs to figure out what caused her to fail clinical and change it.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

Btw GrnTea how is your bed side manner with your patients? I would hate to have you as a nurse caring for myself or a loved one. Where is your compassion? To bad they don't teach tolerance and compassion in nursing school, because you are sorely lacking in both.

GrnTea, due to her high intelligence level, owns her own business and no longer has to provide direct care to patients. It must be nice to be GrnTea right now. :)

[airinbeck]

GrnTea is a very well known member on this forum, and she has many years of experience in nursing. While her response to the OP may seem harsh, your telling the OP that she will do great, when you don't even know her, is not helpful. False reassurance isn't going to help the OP. She needs to figure out what caused her to fail clinical and change it.

I did not provide false reassurance, rather I gave a word of encouragement. Obviously OP needs to figure out what went wrong and the fix the problem, that's a given. I am sure OP knows that without having to post it.

[ArrowRN, BSN, RN]

So after reading this post and its wild veering off course, I still what to know, how did the OP fail OB and peds?