Horrible day at school

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Umm I had pretty much the worst day EVER! angry.gif angry.gif angry.gif

I found out today, by letter, not by face to face, that I am failing one of my classes at school. And what makes me mad is that I am in the RN program and this is a class you take to go from the RN to BSN program but since my nursing school is retarded you must take this class at a local college and pass. If I do fail it then I will have to wait to graduate until I take the class over and pass it. Its a boring class called Transitions of Nursing that doesn't even make sense! I have a 74%, and 75% is passing. So its not like I'm in a huge hole and can't get myself out. We've only had 54 points right now, with 46 left to go. I plan on turning in every assignment and not missing a class. You lose one point for missing a class, which totally sucks. So I still have 6 weeks to bring my grade up.

I was going to be going to a nursing convention with the SNAP organization (student nurses of PA), with 3 girls from my school. We've already made hotel reservations, and bought our airline tickets. The school pays for our registration and gives us 100 dollar spending money. Oh and did I mention this convention is in CALIFORNIA???? So I will miss class for 5 days and get to spend it in California. Wooo hooo! Nothing better right?! Well I come to find out today that if I don't have a passing grade in the class I mentioned above, by the end of tomorrow then I will not be able to go. After I have already bought the NON REFUNDABLE airline ticket!!!!!! But the good news is that I have a 5 point assignment due in the class tomorrow and I'll get one point for being there as well. With those 6 points that will give me a passing grade. So then the teacher will just have to call the nursing school and tell them I am passing and I will be allowed to go. Oh and did I mention the airline ticket costs $400!!!!

OH yah and if those 2 things werent enough I found out today that I will be doing the last 12 weeks of my clinical rotation for nursing on a different floor than I requested. I was supposed to do this compliance trainig which I had NO CLUE about! I needed to do this for my job as a nurse extern at the hospital. Well supposively I was contacted several times, so they say. But actually I was never contacted! It was due by March 15. My nursing school called last Thurs to talk to me about it. But I was sleeping but I woke up and called and by the time I called there wasn't anyone in the office. But then I kind of forgot about it until Monday morning. (we were on springt break last week) And so I asked around at school... I asked 5 different teachers who called me and no one knew what I was talking about. So Ijust figured it was no big deal. Then I get a letter today telling me that my nursing unit manager has KICKED ME off of the floor where I work as a nurse extern and was going to do the rest of my clinicals on. ALLL because of this compliance training I was supposed to do but knew nothing about! Its not really that big of a deal to me but its just the principle. They are making me seem like an irresponsible little kid who didn't care about doing this. This training was easy and only took me 20 min to do today. If I had known about it I would have done it.

Ahhh its just soo frustrating!!! EVERYONE JUST DROPPED THE BOMB ON ME TODAY!! And when I'm in the hall in tears because of all this is when the teacher came up to me and said if I'm not passing then I won't be able to go to the convention. Yeah.. thanks for telling me at the perfect moment.

I'm just so sick of everything right now, so frustrated, pissed, annoyed, ahhhh I could go on and on! Well I feel a lil better now that I got to vent a bit.

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I really don't even care if no one reads my post above, lol. It felt a million times better to get it off my chest. I can't talk to my parents about it because they'll be soo dissapointed in me. And I've told my friends at nursing school and they understand and have made me feel better today but still... I needed to vent one more time.

I was about 5 seconds away from telling the Director of nursing where she could go... but obviously that would get me kicked out of nursing school when I'm 12 weeks away from graduation. It sooo wouldn't be worth it!

I'm soo aggravated right now. I need a punching bag!

Specializes in Telemetry, ICU, Psych.

I understand what it's like to have everything come tumbling down at once. The truth is, ALL of the negative situations could have been prevented in some part by you. Take this as a learning lesson. Be prepared and on time. Study. Keep your grades up. If you accept a position or clinical site, be sure to KNOW what is required of you.

The truth is, it's better to have all this drama happen now. It will better prepare you for your first job. It's better to make mistakes in school than in practice.

Good luck!

CrazyPremed

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It sounds like you have been dealing with a lot of stress lately. Nursing school was one of the most stressful times of my life. Sometimes u just have to make sacrifices which may seem unfair but your hard work will be worth it. $400 for ticket vs. spending an extra year of nursing school. hmm. Depends what is more important to you. Taking responsibility for your actions comes with being a nurse. What is the responsible thing to do in this situation? What will benefit you the most regarding your long term goals? Bad days will make you stronger and having a positive attitude will also help. I always look at it like this.....no matter how bad the day is as long as i except daily challenges as learning experiences I NEVER leave empty handed and all of it will make me a better stronger nursing student.

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I'm glad you pulled that up in 15 hours from your original post.

She said she had 74% of 54 pts, so she had 40/54, and that she had 6 possible pts to receive in class the next day. If she got those points she should have 46/60 or 76.6%...

To the OP, I hope you can learn from this lesson that every little point does count, even when it seems like its just 1 or 2 pts...I learned that lesson the hard way a few times while completing my first degree.

Good luck from now on :wink2:

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I go to a university where nursing students are written up for missing class without a doctor's note or a death in the family. One student was written up for "unprofessional conduct" when a professor heard her referring to herself as "retarded." Three write-ups, and you are booted out the door.

Nursing school is hardcore for a reason... to prepare you for your career!

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Specializes in SNF.

Amen!

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I thought it was a pre-req that your checking account be teetering on the brink of overdraft while your wallet cowers in a corner licking it's wounds

true that!

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thank you sarah0119, for clarifying that for me !

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:yeahthat:

Some of us obey the old phrase, "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all". Otherwise, we will be accused of "eating our young".

I can say that after your post, I can definitely understand why your instructor didn't talk to you but handed you the letter. Rude but understandable.

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Specializes in OBGYN, Neonatal.
I go to a university where nursing students are written up for missing class without a doctor's note or a death in the family. One student was written up for "unprofessional conduct" when a professor heard her referring to herself as "retarded." Three write-ups, and you are booted out the door.

Nursing school is hardcore for a reason... to prepare you for your career!

Oh yeah I can attest to those kinds of things...I got written up when my mother died. I missed one weekend b/c she was dying and I went to see her (she lived in another state). Then it just happened that she passed away on clinical weekend morning, around 2am. I intended on going to clinical but my instructor called me and said please don't come. She made sense, probably would not have been in a good mind. So I didn't come.

A few days later was her funeral, I missed night lecture for that I believe. So I got a write up about a week or two later for missing the time. The teacher said she did not agree with it but that they had to do it b/c other students got written up for being sick and they would complain if I didn't get written up. I think thats bs, b/c one they should not know whether I got written up or not and two being sick and having your 53 years young mother die are two totally different things.

So anyway my whole point was yeah, schools do some weird things!

Amy

Semester 6 of 6 - RN school

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There's not a whole lot of people in nursing school rolling in the money.

I know. A class mate of mine had to drop out. She was a single mother of 2. Lost her car and almost lost her house before she had to drop out. There is not spoon feeding of any kind in nursing school

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A classmate of mine had major surgery and missed the entire unit last quarter. She took all of the tests in the hospital last quarter and is making up the clinical time during this unit. She will graduate with all of us this May. I guess not all schools are the same, although its really not surprising.

During our last fundraiser I donated $200 so I wouldn't have to do any of the actual work.

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Maybe I sound mad and like a little kid? I'm 21 years old, in nursing school, broke as ever, and I spent $400 on a plane ticket that is probably nonrefundable. Why wouldn't I be angry? I'm sorry but I do not have money like this to be wasting.

I'm 42 years old, in nursing school, and broke as ever. Welcome to the real world, kid.

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