I guess I need encouragement or experiences or something. I’m so depressed I cannot even think straight.
I’ll try to make this short. I was in a LVN program up until this past Thursday. I was doing very well. I was passing everything and I have so many A’s and 100’s at that and I was so proud of myself. I know the book. Test me on it now and I know I will pass. I didn’t memorize it, I learned it. And my skills, my grades are nothing but 100’s. But at my school you must pass everything you do with no less than a 70.
If all your grades are 100’s and your final average is an A or a B or even a C but you fail the final, you are out. You must pass everything you do. And I was passing. But my very last final, the very last thing, last test, last sheet of paper I would be touching for this portion of my courses, I got so nervous while taking our test ( a skills test!) and I went into panic mode and I froze. And I am now paying for it. I made a 66. I missed it just by 4 points.
This was only my first semester and only the first portion of a year program. I am 26 years old I will be 27 in September. I feel so old, if I wasn't busy with my husband when I was 21 I would have been finished with this by now I think.
I know there are other nurses out there that don't start till 41+ but I had/have goals I have set for myself and this has set me back. I feel so bad and so low and so dumb and worthless. They make us pay for all our uniforms and our classes for the semester at the beginning of the program before we even need our uniforms and classes for the 2nd half which I did not make it to, you pay of it and if you do not make it you are just out of luck and stuck with 4 ugly sets of scrubs that you will never use again that cost a total of $300. Not to mention the classes that I paid for that I don’t even have a chance to take and I can’t get my money back for now.
I go tomorrow to talk to the head of the department and see if she will let me back in the program. They have a rule that you may have a chance to redo the program but you are given only 1 redo but they make you take the entire level and all the classes over again just because you messed up on one test. If I get a chance at my 1 redo I know I will do good I will keep myself calm.
It wasn’t that I didn’t know what I was doing, it was that I froze. I have been doing so good. I was so proud I wish I could show you all my 100’s. I’ve been devoting my life to this.
I’ve wanted to be a nurse since I was 6 years old and I put off everything for my husband when we were younger. We got married young and he was in the military. Now I feel so sad and depressed.
I’m not looking for pity here, I’m looking for options and to see if there is anyone out there who can say, hey I was where you are and now I made it, this is how…I have a 2 year old daughter. My mom even quit her job so she could stay home and watch my baby for me. That makes me feel like crap. I do everything for my daughter and feel so bad, I feel like I let her down. I feel so low.
I was a medical assistant before I started this program so I knew a little going in and I love working with patients and I’ve always wanted this. I feel like it is the end of the world, although people tell me it is not, I can’t help but think it. I need to work on my test anxiety, I was doing so good. It wasn’t that I didn’t know what I was doing. I just can’t believe I did this to myself. I do have dreams of getting my MSN and for my daughter I still want to get there.
I have 6 more classes to take to be able to start a BSN program. I had a plan to just start with LVN and get better at skills and also a way to get my foot in the door over all. But now I’m just so depressed. If I get another chance I will not be able to start school again till August, it is to late to enroll in any other classes at the moment and I quit working so I do not have a job at the moment.
I feel like sewage, if it wasn't for my daughter I wouldn't have even got out of bed today. Prayers and any info or thoughts, experiences, anything, anyone can give me would be nice. Thanks.
Listen this is not the end of the world for you, even though it feels like it is. I am currently in LPN school and yes it is hard. There have been some tests that I do well and some not so well, but every score is averaged for a total grade. So if you were getting hundreds, and high marks why should a 66 on one test matter? It would seem that you would still have above a 70 average. My school goes according to average. If you get a 90, 80,70,66 it is all averaged, so you still have a 76.5 average and pass. How does your school grade? I would deffinately talk to a counselor. Let me know how you make out.
I guess I need encouragement or experiences or something. I'm so depressed I cannot even think straight.
I'll try to make this short. I was in a LVN program up until this past Thursday. I was doing very well. I was passing everything and I have so many A's and 100's at that and I was so proud of myself. I know the book. Test me on it now and I know I will pass. I didn't memorize it, I learned it. And my skills, my grades are nothing but 100's. But at my school you must pass everything you do with no less than a 70.
If all your grades are 100's and your final average is an A or a B or even a C but you fail the final, you are out. You must pass everything you do. And I was passing. But my very last final, the very last thing, last test, last sheet of paper I would be touching for this portion of my courses, I got so nervous while taking our test ( a skills test!) and I went into panic mode and I froze. And I am now paying for it. I made a 66. I missed it just by 4 points.
This was only my first semester and only the first portion of a year program. I am 26 years old I will be 27 in September. I feel so old, if I wasn't busy with my husband when I was 21 I would have been finished with this by now I think.
I know there are other nurses out there that don't start till 41+ but I had/have goals I have set for myself and this has set me back. I feel so bad and so low and so dumb and worthless. They make us pay for all our uniforms and our classes for the semester at the beginning of the program before we even need our uniforms and classes for the 2nd half which I did not make it to, you pay of it and if you do not make it you are just out of luck and stuck with 4 ugly sets of scrubs that you will never use again that cost a total of $300. Not to mention the classes that I paid for that I don't even have a chance to take and I can't get my money back for now.
I go tomorrow to talk to the head of the department and see if she will let me back in the program. They have a rule that you may have a chance to redo the program but you are given only 1 redo but they make you take the entire level and all the classes over again just because you messed up on one test. If I get a chance at my 1 redo I know I will do good I will keep myself calm.
It wasn't that I didn't know what I was doing, it was that I froze. I have been doing so good. I was so proud I wish I could show you all my 100's. I've been devoting my life to this.
I've wanted to be a nurse since I was 6 years old and I put off everything for my husband when we were younger. We got married young and he was in the military. Now I feel so sad and depressed.
I'm not looking for pity here, I'm looking for options and to see if there is anyone out there who can say, hey I was where you are and now I made it, this is how...I have a 2 year old daughter. My mom even quit her job so she could stay home and watch my baby for me. That makes me feel like crap. I do everything for my daughter and feel so bad, I feel like I let her down. I feel so low.
I was a medical assistant before I started this program so I knew a little going in and I love working with patients and I've always wanted this. I feel like it is the end of the world, although people tell me it is not, I can't help but think it. I need to work on my test anxiety, I was doing so good. It wasn't that I didn't know what I was doing. I just can't believe I did this to myself. I do have dreams of getting my MSN and for my daughter I still want to get there.
I have 6 more classes to take to be able to start a BSN program. I had a plan to just start with LVN and get better at skills and also a way to get my foot in the door over all. But now I'm just so depressed. If I get another chance I will not be able to start school again till August, it is to late to enroll in any other classes at the moment and I quit working so I do not have a job at the moment.
I feel like sewage, if it wasn't for my daughter I wouldn't have even got out of bed today. Prayers and any info or thoughts, experiences, anything, anyone can give me would be nice. Thanks.
I almost didn't pass my last nursing class because of stress and anxiety. I couldn't have gotten through it without medication and an understanding instructor. (Don't have two jobs and try to plan a wedding and finish nursing school all the same time). My instructor, after finding out how much stress I had been under, let me rewrite my final paper even though the syllabus said you only get one chance. If she hadn't ,I would have failed the class and it was my last class. Many brilliant people are terrible test takers. Hopefully since your grades up to that point were all 100%, they wont judge you on one bad test and let you pass or retake the class. Everyone has a bad day and you shouldn't be punished for it.
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Listen this is not the end of the world for you, even though it feels like it is. I am currently in LPN school and yes it is hard. There have been some tests that I do well and some not so well, but every score is averaged for a total grade. So if you were getting hundreds, and high marks why should a 66 on one test matter? It would seem that you would still have above a 70 average. My school goes according to average. If you get a 90, 80,70,66 it is all averaged, so you still have a 76.5 average and pass. How does your school grade? I would deffinately talk to a counselor. Let me know how you make out.