Hello! I am seeking advice on what to do. I was previously dismissed from a nursing program due to not passing a course twice. Although there are specific life events that made this time difficult, I do not like being the kind of person to make excuses for my own failures. Anyways, I have since been accepted into another nursing program where I had to essentially start over. Since then I have become an A/B student and my instructors have nothing but nice things to say about me and the care I give.
My question is that if I should tell people that I had previously failed out of a nursing program. While I do not want to lie, I also would prefer not to be judged by this. Failing was painful enough to go through. I do not act like a "know it all" by any means, trust me I was very humbled by the experience of failing. But I do know a fair amount of nursing knowledge especially by this point, and there are a few students who struggle quite a bit that don't like me because of this (other student's observation, not mine). I just try to always do my best and focus on my education.
So, in your opinion, what do you recommend? Do I say nothing and just carry on and hope no one asks me? Or is it better to just let people know. I hate watching people struggle like I did and I do offer advice and show them how I study now. I just don't want to deal with people judging me. It would be really hard for me mentally to have that thrown in my face every time I do well on something. I have also continued to do extremely well on all of the new content I hadn't covered before. I should be proud of all the hard work I've put in and overcome. I'm here to learn and be successful, too.
