FrustratedExStudent

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1. New grad residency, lots of little mistakes, beating myself up.

   FrustratedExStudent posted a topic in New Nurse

   Hey guys, I graduated in December and passed my NCLEX in February. Maybe because of COVID, it took until September to actually get an interview, and I didn't start my residency until last month. I've been on the floor a little over a month, abou...

2. Permanently Kicked out of Practicum

   FrustratedExStudent replied to FrustratedExStudent's topic in General Students

   I'll be at the same campus, but with the next cohort. The hardest part of all this is going to be explaining to my family and especially my girlfriend, who have all been cheering me on about finally getting my degree, that I've failed them. Guess I s...

3. Permanently Kicked out of Practicum

   FrustratedExStudent replied to FrustratedExStudent's topic in General Students

   My only option at this point is to retake the class and graduate next semester. This has really discouraged me from going into nursing, though. I haven't eaten and have barely slept in three days. It's genuinely depressing.

4. Permanently Kicked out of Practicum

   FrustratedExStudent replied to FrustratedExStudent's topic in General Students

   Depends on your definition of "worked out". I had a meeting with the clinical coordinator and the course coordinator on Friday. They decided that, because I was kicked out of the practicum, it's a clinical failure and therefore a course failure. As a...

5. Permanently Kicked out of Practicum

   FrustratedExStudent replied to FrustratedExStudent's topic in General Students

   Okay, I'm currently running on traumatic adrenaline and crippling depression, so forgive me if this comes out jumbled. Today, I was at my practicum; I just have a couple of clinical days left before I graduate. We were on the resus team and attending...

6. Permanently Kicked out of Practicum

   FrustratedExStudent posted a topic in General Students

   Hi, nurses. I just made this account in order to write my second post. Despite a spotless record as a nursing student, an incident today at clinical may have forever crushed my hopes of ever becoming a nurse. So I'm not a nurse, and I may not even be...