I failed my first check off

First, take some deep breaths, cry if you need to and let out that emotion.

I also failed my first check off, it was on medication administration. I won’t go too much into it, but I got severe performance anxiety and made one huge mistake that was an automatic failure. That first day I cried the entire way home, convinced that I was going to fail after all the effort I put into getting into the program. After thinking it over, I decided I wasn’t going to go down without a fight and practiced as much as possible. A week later I passed the redo and now I’m in my third semester, hoping to graduate at the end of the year.

Use every chance you can to practice and prepare for the next check off. That way no matter what the end result is, you’ll be able to say you did your best. Good luck, and tell us how it goes.

i feel your pain as well. i too (semi)failed my first check off on vitals. everything was smooth sailing till the bp check. my partner switched arms on me at the last second becuase she didn't want the ace bandages that covered her tattoos on the arm i was used to practicing on to effect my reading for the check off. that... and i was (am) battling a head cold that has my ears plugged up.

the 2nd attempt i made i nailed the bp but the instructor decided to tell me after i was finished to redo it because she couldn't read the guage due to a light glare! i had to be reassessed that afternoon on a different student/partner and i finally got it (much ear popping was done to prepare).

when i asked my instructor at the end of the day what my score was... she informed me it was a 5/10.

i cried the entire way home. this was my first crack at earning points and it felt like everything that could go wrong did.

there will many more chances to rack up those points, and every failure can be used to your advantage. now you know your weak points. try and use real classmates to practice on as much as possible!

" discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success." ~ dale carnegie

I'm sorry hon. Our instructor actually told us today that bp's are probably going to be one of the most challenging things that we do this semester and to not feel bad if we don't get through that check-off the first time. Luckily we get to sign off in pairs and demostrate vitals on eachother rather than a mannequin. I imagine that would be very difficult.

I'm sorry!! I failed my first checkoff of BP, too... and now I'm in my last semester! I think they can be very difficult to hear and it takes alot of practice. The instructor that I did it on the second time had low BP, and when I got 80/60 I just knew I failed again... But, no... I did it, and you will too!

Shoulders back - Chin up! Good luck!