I posted last week that I would update my test results but i been so upset I have not been able to till now..I re took the math test and I missed the 80 cut off score by 4 points...I got a 76:crying2: so that means I am out of the nursing program and I am so upset!! I feel like a complete failure, I feel like all the work I have done for the past 5 yrs was all in vain.
I was preparing to go to clinicals...we had to buy our uniforms in advance at the beginning of ther semester. I am out of maybe around $ 800 + for the uniforms, books, equipment and the medical bags we had to pay out of pocket:banghead:
I cry everyday around the time class would have started and I just feel miserable. The things that got me were the ratio/proportion and converting temps from Celsius to Fahrenheit. The really hard dosage word problems I was able to do but not the simple things that knocked me out. It is a hard pill to swallow...You wake up one morning an 2008 ADN Nursing student and then after 12:00 that day you find out on the computer that you are no longer a Nursing student( the instructors did not even tell us face to face:cry:)
Has anyone else ever had to go through this dissapointment..if so did you reapply the next year..I really need some advice here.
(the retake test...6 people had to take it...5 did not pass )
It was probably Pharmacology unless her school has a separate class for math. Ours doesn't...we take the first semester test in Pharm class, the second semester test was in Med/Surg 1, but it was given during our lab and this semester our test was given at an Orientation meeting before our home health/school health info session.
I am sorry to hear that, I know the feeling. The same thing happened to me for my Pediatrics math exam. We had to get a 90 and I received an 86 the first time and them an 80 the second time, it was horrible. I had to sit out for 8 wks, until I could take Pedi over. I never made below a 90 after that on my math exams and we had one every semester. But it was the best thing that could of happened to me. I met some great lifelong friends in the class I graduated with. So don't give up and practice your math.
I agree with what everyone else said, learn from the expierence and dust yourself off you will be a better nurse for it. Nursing is a second career for me and while I was in school for my first degree I failed out and was mortified. I applied and got back in on probation and went on to graduate, after which I got accepted to an Ivy league nursing school and now work in a PICU while working on my masters and love every minute of it. Everyone has struggles in life it is how you deal with those struggles that will determine what kind of nurse you will be
Hi!! It was the the math part of the Nursing 110 class...dosage calculation test:banghead:
Thanks everyone for your replys...I am taking the NET test over March 16, 2009 to get back into the ADN program and this time I WILL SUCCEED!!!!
I am still following and printing out the lectures via internet because they have not taken me off of the class roster yet so I still have access to the teaching websites from college...the only thing I can not get is the lab practices. My best friend is also in that class so she is keeping me informed about what is going on...making copies of handouts and stuff for me to study. I am still dissapointed but everything happens for a reason ...I did not mention I am almost 8 months pregnant..so it might have been something may have happened to the baby if I had continued..I WAS STRESSED OUT BEYOND BELIEF:eek: in the program.
Please don't give up. Many people have been there, and are nurses now. :)
As a side note: I think it's too bad the math test is not a prerequisite for getting into the program. I think that would be a much better system, so people are not investing time and money only to then have to leave.
It's not the end of the world all I can tell you is try again if you really wan't to be a nurse don't let this obstacle bring you down and prevent you from persueing your dream to become a nurse. I was in a diffrent situation similar let me tell you I took the entrance exam many years back to get into the nursing program outta 100 students that took the exam only 50 were choosen I was one of them the funny part I was the only male 49 were females so to get to the point from 50 it drop to 40 only 30 were going to make the cut my grade average was in the 90's and guess what I was not choosen that really upset me that the instructor selected all females I HAD A VERY HIGH GRADE AVERAGE and I was not selected I let that get in the way from coninueing on and persueing nursing ended up joining the military served 8 years which wasnt a bad choice but if I would of tried again at another colledge I maybe would of been an RN by now Just got out of the military and plan on persueing my long time dream of becoming a nurse:nurse: Also just found out I been accepted to the nursing program will be startin in Nov, 10 2008 I'm BACK!!!!!! If I can do it so can you:up:
Sherryberry, While I am not a nurse, I read your story and felt I needed to reply. Your situation sounded so much like mine 2 years ago...except the difference is I wanted to be a Paramedic the way you want to be a nurse. My goal is to become a Flight Paramedic on a helicopter. I was a lot like you-I knew how bad I wanted it, I started the Paramedic program after EMT school and lived and breathed it. I loved it! But I was always afraid of failing after hearing all the scary stories of students who failed it before me (much like nursing school, I bet) I studied so hard that first semester, and living in fear every second. I failed the program by a lousy 2 points, and like you, got my information through email. I was heartbroken, and scared to tell my family-I didn't want them to think I was a failure. Of course when I did tell them, they were nothing but supportive...So, I picked myself up and re-studied everything; I re-applied to another Medic program that started a year later. Not only did they accept me IN THE MIDDLE OF MY INTERVIEW, but I got a full scholarship to attend. I graduated in June as an Honors student, and finished my program in august at the top of my class. The sweetest news on top of all that was that I interviewed for a high-paying job as a ground paramedic that will lead to a Flight Paramedic position-AND I GOT THE JOB!! :redbeathe I wanted to share with you my story, because if this had happened to someone else and they had shared their story with me, I would have had a lot more confidence in myself when I had failed the first time. Sherryberry, YOU CAN DO THIS! You'll be a better nurse when you come out because you'll have had to work so hard to get it. It WILL make you stronger! Please don't give up! You have courage and heart and inner strength that maybe you don't see, but others do! The world needs an RN like you!!! :heartbeat Stay strong girl!
I posted last week that I would update my test results but i been so upset I have not been able to till now..I re took the math test and I missed the 80 cut off score by 4 points...I got a 76:crying2: so that means I am out of the nursing program and I am so upset!!
I feel like a complete failure, I feel like all the work I have done for the past 5 yrs was all in vain.
Just got out of the military and plan on persueing my long time dream of becoming a nurse:nurse: Also just found out I been accepted to the nursing program will be startin in Nov, 10 2008 I'm BACK!!!!!! If I can do it so can you:up:
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