TXRNStudent06

I've never attended the school but I called and got information from them last week. You can look them up on the internet and contact the Nursing department, they will be more than happy to mail you the information. I talked to them on a Monday and had my information mailed and received by Wednesday.

At the school I attended you had to have a 75 average to pass and your grades were solely based on your tests, no extra credit whatsoever. Your clinical component may be hands on, but as far as what you need to know about the disease process will be what you get out of lecture and what you read in your textbooks or other sources. Good luck and follow your heart.

I read this entire post from start to finish, and I believe there was some good advice given. I also believe that they were some unnecessary comments as well. I agree with firstyearstudent totally. Everything you said rings true at the school I am currently attending. Like you there are many students in my program who already have a Bachelors degree and like you they have never experienced some of the teaching techniques, attitudes, etc. that they are experiencing in nursing school. Sometimes I think either the professors have forgotten how it is to be a first time nursing student or maybe the experiences that they had is why they are acting in the manner that they are. Like in all professions everyone who decided to teach shouldn't teach, just like everyone who makes a nurse shouldn't be in nursing. I hear horror stories from nursing schools all the way to current nurses working on the floor. There are good and bad teachers, there are good and bad nurses, just like there are good and bad people in this world. I've had similar experiences just like everyone before said they have and what I have realized is that I am on my own and if I expect to make it through my program I will have to do all I can do, get all the resources I can get and it's up to me to make sure I learn what I need to learn. I now realize that in my program you will have to go above and beyond to be successful. In my program I had professors who genuinely wanted you to succeed and others who could care less, and yes the ones who wanted you to succeed gave you reviews, test maps, etc. and the material was actually covered on the test. There were others who told you to make sure you focus on there reviews and none of this information was on the test!! But no one ever said life would be easy and everyone isn't going to be treated fairly. So I just do the best I can do and leave the rest up to God!! I wish you all the luck and even if they don't reinstate you at this school, don't give up. Try another school and this time be prepared for the worst. My mom always says prepare for the worst and expect the best.