I'm failing in my final semester of nursing school. 1 pass/fail course, and I'm failing it. (Decided to remove the details of why for protection.)
It's my fault, but it still hurts to be mere weeks from graduation and dealing with this situation. The embarrassment of having to explain to family members and friends. My obvious absence at graduation. Being stuck in my current job with the mediocre pay for another 6 months.
The positives:
- I will get a chance to repeat the course I am failing, and will still be a graduate nurse soon.
- Now I get to graduate in the spring with the warm weather.
- My really good friend, who failed in our third semester, will be with me in the spring class.
- I will have the chance to retake a couple of courses for grade replacement to improve my GPA.
- The material from this semester, which I did struggle with, will be reviewed for me.
- More time to get my life in order, plan my upcoming wedding, and get my anxiety under control.
- I get to enjoy Christmas and the holidays without the threat of NCLEX over my head.
- I get one last college Spring Break, and maybe it will be the best one yet.
This is an obstacle I must overcome to get to my end goal. But it will not be a failure; it's a delay.
Please do not attack me or give me a lecture. I love nursing. I got careless, but I have learned my lesson. I only wish that my preceptor had been more amenable to my learning styles, and one of the things I hope to come out of my experience next semester will be a better fit during my preceptorship.
If you made it this far, thank you for letting me organize my thoughts and gather my emotions before I go into this meeting with my instructor.
I came within a micrometer of failing my all or nothing end of program class as well. They gave me one extra 12 hour shift that was summative and would be do or die.
As it turns out I did well and was passed but it was close......
Bravo! Well done! There is a special place in everyone's heart for people who bounce back from adversity.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful story. There are so many of us who doubt and struggle. It's a noble and generous thing when someone comes back here and shares a happy ending.
december: I only read your original post and your update. First, congratulations for your accomplishment! I'm sure, in a way, your accomplishment means much more to you now. And I commend you on the positive attitude you maintained in december, when you had your setback. The fact that you owned up to your failure is huge. As an instructor, I often hear of students blaming everyone else but themselves for their failures. It gets very old. I know, in some ways, the extra 5 months of school helped you to grow. Things happen for a reason, your life did not end, and now you're finished. Enjoy your accomplishment!
So proud of you! Congratulations! Good for you for not giving up and for still believing in yourself! So many people would have focused on it being unfair and not their fault, and probably have given up. It takes courage to admit your mistakes, it takes even more to learn from them and overcome them. You are now a nurse. Brava!
You are awesome!!!! You are going to be a great nurse...congratulations to ya!!! :w00t: Enjoy every minute of your accomplishment, you certainly deserve it:):) Good luck with your future endeavors!
Congratulations! This made me shed a tear as I'm in this situation currently. I had to be failed in my clinical this semester for a mistake I made after making an A in lecture. They also waited about 3 weeks before passing down the judgement, which made it even worse. I've owned up to it and I'm coming to terms with the fact that I'm now behind all of my friends. This was so inspiring. Thank you!
I was scrolling thru threads here on AN and found yours...I am glad that I took the time to read it!
While I was reading posts from December, I kept wondering where you are at now. Low and behold, I got to your post about graduating!
Congrats! Your story is encouraging! You took something negative and turned it into a positive! You didn't blame anyone thru out the thread, you took total responsibility for what you did (i agree that waiting two weeks before being failed was wrong) and turned it into something positive.
I am betting that you did something you weren't supposed to do, hence the tragic failure of class; I am glad that you still can graduate at all, b/c I know some idiots from my program who did something utterly idiotic and were never seen again. Hope all the nursing students stay away from doing stupid things... well if they are actually that stupid and left with no common sense, then maybe it's good they don't graduate. Study hard
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Yes!!! Way to stick with it!!!
I came within a micrometer of failing my all or nothing end of program class as well. They gave me one extra 12 hour shift that was summative and would be do or die.
As it turns out I did well and was passed but it was close......
So glad things have worked out for you!!!