So I'm a little lost... my nursing friends are too so I appeal to my broader circle of sisters! I'm almost done, one semester left in a great private University with a 4 year program that's been super expensive, and I know... because I'm paying for it by myself. I have been in good standing. A 4.0 throughout undergrad and pre-reqs, and I've passed everything since in my nursing program with good grades and we have high standards; even just to pass we need a 78. This semester I took Med Surg II as well as a few others. The school provided our class with coordinating clinicals (as per our syllabus and program requirements) but wasn't able to get an instructor for the last few of us, myself included. I really struggled this semester in that class. I made top marks (like #1 standing) in 2 of my other 3 classes but then failed MedSurg :-( only by a couple points, but I couldn't keep up with the other students that apparently learned telemetry interpretations and many other elements I only found out about today, after just barely passing our final. Unfortunately it needed to be a bit higher to compensate... just passing wasn't enough :-( What should I do? My deans don't have any answers since they've never been unable to provide a clinical before. I've paid for the clinical, but more importantly, I just want to know what the other girls know. I'm the only girl in my cohort to "exceed" all my ATI/ HESI competency exams... other than this one! (I passed but didn't "exceed") I'm no slouch, no skater. I want to learn. I always help the other girls. But im also a single mom (my ex left us) paying her own way through school and between living expenses for myself and my own sweet little girl, another semester would be so, so hard. Help!!