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sara2013, RN

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I am a nurse who had suffered tbi in a middle of nursing school, as a result of bad injuries. I started nursing school over again as school thought since I suffered brain injury I had to repeat everything again and pass in order to move forward.. and this was after few years of rehab, surgery etc… Got extra time for accommodations during school, my primarily difficulty was speed. I am not super slow but it does take me few extra repetitions to learn the task well. And off course as a person with tbi I try harder and compensate by learning the task until it is strongly stored in my long term memory. Had worked as LPN while finishing the RN program (we could test out for LPN after two semesters) and continued it. Did well with NCLEX for RN and LPN and I believe got maximum 65-75 questions. and I did well mostly in all written tests. clinical portion had always been harder as I didn’t do things as quick compared to my pre injury self or some other classmates… So after getting my RN this year, made a mistake going to hospital nursing. I wanted to try myself and see if I was ready for more challenging job… needless to say I didn’t enjoy fast paced work and some preceptors made the learning more intimidating… I had wanted to resign and prior to doing it went to my manager and explained how I was not progressing like I should and if she had any advice or suggestions. She assured me to continue what I was doing and it would come with time…. etc… needless to say the demeanor was quite different in two weeks and I was told they decided to let me go as I was not progressing as needed and they were concerned … I wanted to quit the job several times but kept telling myself that I wasn’t a quitter and need to push myself.... but ended up getting terminated instead…They said I don’t have to tell Nursing board cause I am not getting fired or have any misconduct.. But honestly I am disappointed with them as I had disclosed to them that I had tbi and got extra time for accommodations at school and had been successful. So I guess I am venting off here and looking for some advice