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First off, thank you everyone for posting and giving me words of encouragement! I really needed them after the roller coaster of emotions I went through... A bit of update & clarification: the manager of my clinical course wasn't willing to change her decision in not passing me. My communication skills only scratched the "surface" and didn't "explore" the patient's problem. But after she, well what I felt like was drilling me with questions on what I did wrong Gray's Anatomy style, she didn't offer any suggestions or feedback on how I can improve/where I can get help. "You need more time" but more time won't fix my communication problem if I don't get help! Also, do you guys think it's unfair that the course manager singled me out? She didn't went into the rest of my clinical group patient's room to see how they're doing. ...So I went to the counseling center at my university (didn't even know there was one until recently) and I'm talking to a counselor to help me. When I talked to my advisor about what happened at clinical, she said I may have social anxiety disorder. I mean, I have most of the symptoms so I guess I have a name to my problem now I have the option of going to an adn program, but my communication problem will follow me there if I don't get help. I also have the option of waiting a semester, but that will put me behind even more and I need a physician's letter stating that "I can't continue nursing school at this time because my communication problem will make my patient unsafe" (I'm guessing it's the lack of assessing part) I have one more shot this summer, and I'm praying that I do well. My heart is telling me to not give up, and I don't want to be dismissed all because of this communication problem

On my last week of med-surg I clinical, I was told that I failed. I was told it was because I was "uncomfortable talking to my patient", thus interfering with my care for my patient. (A little bit about me: I have had a stuttering problem since I was 7. I was made fun of because of it at school, so I don't talk much. My stuttering has gotten better now, but I'm still awkward around new people; old habits are hard to break). But what's really bothering me is that if I received any notice or indication earlier (even second to last week of clinical), I could have either improved on my weak points or have withdraw. Now I have to settle for an F that's going to be on my transcript forever. I'm hoping I can do an academic forgiveness... My instructor said that I should talk to a counselor about my communication problem. I know I need to improve on it and I'm trying (I didn't realized until now that it's a big problem); I just don't know how to effectively so that I can overcome this obstacle. Whenever I talked to my patients, I am actively listening to their concerns, but more times than not, I am so focused on listening/talking that I missed their nonverbal ques, which as a nurse I need to intervene and address. Long story short, has anyone failed a class in nursing school and still graduated with your BSN at the same university? I am just so conflicted and depressed on how this will affect my progression and my future. Will I be able to get into graduate school? What if I failed again and be dismissed? I heard that 4th semester is the hardest, so I'm deathly afraid. (I'm currently in my second semester). I'm sorry for rambling; I really need someone to talk to/get advice. Has anyone been in a similar situation as me and have been successful?