I am having problem for RPN clinicals

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Hey, guys so I am in my thrid semester for my RPN program at Centennial which I am taking again. The first time I took this was in the summer, and most of you will find this silly, but the reason I had stop showing up to clinical and decided to purposely fail was because my teacher wouldn't stop picking on me and calling me in the corner every 5 minutes or when she would see me. Which made me hate being there and I couldn't take it anymore. Even though this was a issue. I would never fail any the math test which I had 2 of and all of the return demos. Now however, when I am taking this semester in the fall after failing it, I had a simple math test in week 2 (currently week 4) which I totally failed. And then right after in week 3 had a return demonstration which was a total disaster, which keep in mind was totally fine, when I was in my previous semester. At this time, If I fail again I will be withdrawn from my program, and if I simply drop it, you are only allowed 1 semester to drop and then you will be force into it again back in January, which then its really the last time. I am just very nervous because so far the semester is going horrible and I'm just nervous.

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This is really really really ******* me up on the inside, because im having A lot of family issues at the moment, and right now I feel like im stuck, I just missed 2 days of clinical (THE ENTIRE WEEK!) and its only week 4, I feel like im screwed as of now. I am feeling horrible.

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I've been in your shoes. Being an RPN student is brutal. It doesn't help when our personal lifestyle get in the way of school. I've had clinical instructors who I was convinced hated me or had it out for me. I believe that the majority of clinical instructors care and want what's best for their students. I'd be willing to bet the difficulties you've had were due to those instructors trying to motivate you. I don't think they knew they were doing any harm. Being a nurse is tough, and some teachers think that they have to toughen up their students for the real world. And I think that's unfortunate. I don't think that kind of learning helps.

I think that you're not lacking in the knowledge department based on your prior academic performance. It's easy for me to say and hard for you to do. I think you need to put aside your personal life while on nursing school and try your best to only think about school. It's not easy and it's never going to be absolute, but from my experience it works. Putting past failures into the past and leaving them there is key. As students and nurses we're all going to have our bad days, weeks or months. I found third semester to be my most challenging. I wanted to quit. I'd put so much work into getting there and I really wanted to say screw it I'm done. This week is a new week and I think that's how you need to treat it. I think most nursing students have been overwhelmed and stressed out and wanted to give up, but acknowledging that it's hard and moving on will make you stronger. Good luck. You'll get there.

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This is really really really ******* me up on the inside, because im having A lot of family issues at the moment, and right now I feel like im stuck, I just missed 2 days of clinical (THE ENTIRE WEEK!) and its only week 4, I feel like im screwed as of now. I am feeling horrible.

You need to speak to your program coordinator ASAP if you haven't already done so. Your previous unsuccessful attempt at clinical is part of your permanent record so that cannot be changed. If you fail this same semester 3 clinical you will have to restart practical nursing from scratch and that decision to restart will have to be granted from your program coordinator.

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Oh my goodness! This sounds horrible! What happened?? Did you end up passing?!

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