snowwhite2002

I failed my last semester of the nursing program 5 mos ago. I never had a fail until then so I still had one more try. I just needed a break and just so happened that I found out I was pregnant in January, so maybe it was fate. I've followed my ex cl...

Thanks.

I went to school for 18mos only to fail out the last semester by the clinical instructor from hell. I just set up my payment of $173/ mo for the next 10 years. I just plain feel wronged. How in the world do you have a program where students go all th...

I appreciate all your responses. I truly love getting your advice because your friends and ex classmates don't always tell you what you need to hear, they can tend to tell you what you want to hear.

I so wish that was the case, but as soon as you failed clinical you weren't allowed to attend any more lectures or take any more tests due to their concern that you would distract the other students. So I never did get to take the last test or final,...

I just wish schools could identify students that may be at risk of failing at an earlier time in their education and counsel them on ways to improve or suggest other career options. I have not registered for the NCLEX-PN or reapplied largely in part ...

I was told by instructor that I could register for the NCLEX-PN since I passed the first four semesters. That was this past December, but I never went and registered. I've sent an email to my advisor requesting more information, so maybe I will still...

I have officially failed clinical in the last semester of the ADN program and I am so bummed. I feel like I have put so much time and effort and to watch all the others that have shared my journey over the past 18 months beaming as they order their g...

Some of this may seem common sense, but I learned the hard way 1. Anytime your patient has any vital sign outside of the norm immediately relay this information to the primary nurse. If you can't find her. Call her phone. 2. Don't ever touch a p...

I am in my last semester for the RN program. I have been struggling and have some bad marks in clinical for not being able to keep up with the pace. I might just need more practice. I have really been thinking I want to work in a nursing home. I don'...

Thanks so much for the responses in the past. Your posts have brought me to tears just knowing I am not alone and that others have struggled and went on to accomplish there goals. I am so grateful. 2 more clinicals left and I am so happy. I basically...

I agree. It would be so much easier and I definitely think I would be getting more out of it if I could do the careplan at home or have time to use the book there. She said that here clinicals are not run that way. I think she is trying to get us rea...

I appreciate your honest evaluation of my situation!!! I was not aware that the nursing dx had to be Nanda approved. We aren't allowed to bring books to clinical, but maybe I can memorize some of them.

Thanks for everyone's input. I had no idea it was so fast paced in a nursing home. I love the elderly, but I don't want to work 12 hours w/o time to take a break, that doesn't even sound healthy. I hate that people have to be pushed so hard. Why does...

I am a 5th semester nursing student in the ADN program. I have made a series of mistakes this semester. Personally I don't want to relive them so I am not going into detail, but after much reflection I am really debating if I am capable of this job. ...

I can't tell you how badly I wish I would have known this before I started Nursing School. Please if you want to become a RN, go get your CNA and work in the field for a while before enrolling in the program. If you have no medical background please ...

Umbdude explains it perfectly. I have struggled with everything she has mentioned at some point along my journey. The first few semesters were tough because I was completely new to the environment and learning to deal with nurses and talk to patients...

I'm a 5th (last) semester nursing student going for my ADN. Yesterday in clinical I made a huge mistake that landed me with my first U. My teacher got me for two incidences. First I was doing med pass. I knew my meds and did all my checks. The instru...

Well today my first day back. The teacher printed us all our own Kardex's and gave them out. I really got the feeling she was trying to offer more help. Maybe she realized we all needed a bit more help. We had 4 patients today. No one in any other cl...

Oh and 2 Us in the same area or 3 Total are grounds for failure.

Well, the instructor gave me 2 Us. One in Safety and One in Critical Thinking. I already have 2 NI's in Critical Thinking and I have been hearing that 3 NI's in the same field will become a U, but I really need to clarify that with my instructor. One...

I'm headed into school talk to my clinical instructor about my poor clinical performance. I have never have been really proficient at getting my point across the way I really want to, but I'm going to leave it in the hands of God. I did not cry when...

A U is for Unsatisfactory and Two of them is immediate dismissal from the program. Basically after the teacher told me that she has not had this level of incompetence with her other students, I'm just wondering if continuing on at this point is going...