Well, I need a little help. I have no idea what to tell my gal. She is in a tough RN program where you have to maintain a certain average or, as she tells me, you're out of the program. Now, she failed one of her tests and its crazy becasue she is so smart and from what I have heard from people that work with her...she is so good clinically. She is in her 2nd year in a 2 year program. She is scared now that she is going to fail out of this program because it will be hard to ace the other tests to bring up her average. She really is very intelligent and she knows everything about the topics covered on the test. Really, she knows it cold. That said, she has serious test anxiety (like a lot of people) and simply did bad on the test. In retrospect, she likely would have done better if she didn't over-think the questions. She reads more than what is assigned and tries too hard it seems. Not only that, but she works while in school and the hours can be hard on her. I hate to see her so nervous about all this and I want to help.
Do you really think her school will be so strict? I mean, if someone really shines in a clinical setting and its obvious she would make a great nurse, would a school really fail her out of the program in the 2nd year for not making the grade on a combined average of 4 tests? Would they really take a good clinician and fail her out that easily? It seems ridiculous!!! I feel terrible because there is nothing I can do to make her feel better and she is convinced she is gonna fail out.
I can see if you're trying to be a Navy Seal or something but an RN? You're paying for this education and it doesn't seem logical to take all your money and then get rid of you that easily...especially if you have shown that you are great in clinical and have wonderful nursing skills as well as an incredible bedside manner.
I don't know what to tell her. Any advice? Thanks!!!
