mortal sin of failing!

Sis123 · Oct 18, 2005

I'm sorry. I guess I was calling myself a weed. Nobody else did it, though I do stand on my premise that "weeding out" people extrapolates that the people who were weeded out *were* weeds in the program, so to speak.

I'm just having a crisis of confidence here today. I'm in the middle of my anatomy class and it's tough. I am doing my best, however.

anyalobiro · Oct 18, 2005

What i mean by other threads is take for example the thread about ....whacko in class...pple talk about others who cried after failing a test this is just their way of expressing themselves in that situation, i mean the best you can do is if it irritates you better ignore them, bcoz you probably dont know the whole story as to why they cry, the circumstances which failing has put them or the sacrifices they made to take the course or generally how much studying they had put in and so forth.I know nursing is a very competitive programme but as with any competiton not everyone can pass, there has to be a first or last and all i ask is i think pple should be accomodative to those who dont make it.in the same thread i read abou someone introducing the whacko in their class as somebody who had just joined their class that year having failed the year b4 the way it was presented it sounded as though it was an abomination.Also when i say failing i dont entirely mean getting a zero i simply mean being the ones with the least marks in class even though you may have passed the passmark.Dont get me wrong i havent failed yet myself and i dont plan to, though you never know.

nurse_elyse · Oct 18, 2005

Speaking from experience, I AM one of those people that have committed the sin of failing. The 049 class I am in now I am failing. Am I proud of it? No. But my failing has nothing to do with me not studying hard enough or applying myself. We come here for support and ideas on how to better ourselves with everyone else's knowledge, especially those who are license nurses, who can HELP us overcome our failures. There have been a few times after I've gotten my results back from a test that I failed that I went to my car and cried my eyes out. I know I will be a good nurse one day like the many nurses on this board, and to all of those who have helped me out, I say Thanks, it really means a lot. But if me posting a comment about me failing and asking for help annoys you in some way, I'm sorry, just go on to another post and ignore mine, there are plenty of other people on here that are more than willing to lend a helping hand and say "I've been there before, here is what helped me, maybe it will help you too". Sorry if my post sounds a little upsetting, but I did have a private message sent to me not too long ago that was something along the lines of "why don't you just give up, no "good" nurse can possibly go on the way you are with your grades." Argh!!:angryfire

Sis123 · Oct 19, 2005

Nurse Elyse,

Reassuring hugs to you....I'm sorry that someone sent you such a nasty note. Obviously that person never had a failure, or never cried her (or his) eyes out over anything.

When people are so un-empathetic, I really wonder if or how they can empathise with a person(read patient) in pain.

nurse_elyse · Oct 19, 2005

Thanks Sis..I'm getting where I take everyones comments like that with a grain of salt anymore. But thanks for the reply, it is comforting. :)