happyhealer

You are right, but many many students bow out only to go back to nursing school afterwards. I don't have a great support system right now and you are right because it did occur to me today that that is what was missing and how I could have used that. I find it very surprising how nursing students who are fully aware of the rigors of the program and juggling work, kids, etc. cannot understand how one might think of quitting. Like I said a momentary mistake, and one that I regret. But I will think this through very carefully and consult a career counselor to move forward in the best possible way.

Thanks for your reply. Of course, you are right. But unfortunately, I allowed my feelings of being overwhelmed to take over. It's not that the classes were overwhelmingly hard, it was the constant juggle of a lot of work coupled with other things. But I will take this time to really think about how to proceed. I would have done another 6 labs to make up for the labs I missed. But it's a no go. At least now I know what nursing school entails. And I have to be prepared to manage it when I go back, whether it's to this school or another.

Thanks for responding. You know how it is. It's one thing and then it's another. I was feeling anxious a lot because I had to work and struggle both. I still need to figure out how to avoid this in future. Most of my classmates did not need to work. It is not an excuse for missing clinicals. I had a knee-jerk reaction and regret it so much now.

I missed two days of clinical due to stress, job obligations and just plain feeling like I wanted to withdraw. I emailed my professor on the day of clinicals (about two hours prior to start of class) to speak to her. Long story short, I only received the chance to speak to her the next day in the afternoon. I also emailed her a vague reason for not coming in, but like I said she only contacted me the second day in the afternoon. So anyway, of course now the head of the nursing school is urging me to withdraw. I tried every avenue to have them reconsider explaining that I would do anything to make up the labs and even do more than that, but to no avail. They say there are no more labs available to make up and they also referenced their guidelines which clearly state "two labs missed and you can be terminated from the program." I am now so incredibly sorry for what I did and want so much to finish the program, but it doesn't seem like they will give me the chance. Is there any other option? (I know every school has their own set of rules and guidelines, but maybe another avenue to state my case.) Did this ever happen to anyone? Also I want to state that I was doing well in both lecture and lab.