Question about me pursuing NURSING.?

caliotter3 · Apr 22, 2010

I do not want to sound like I am chastising you but at 27 you need to start taking a long hard look at what is making you fail. Is it a deep seated unconscious balking at the career choice, or do you simply lack in the study skills needed to succeed in nursing school? I believe the counselling department in your nursing schools may have let you down. Someone should have worked with you in an attempt to keep you from failing. You might want to invest some time, money, and effort at this point in seeking career counseling, or, if you think poor study skills was to blame, you might want to seek help in that area prior to attempting to enroll in another school. Good luck.

urbanspectre · Apr 22, 2010

I do not want to sound like I am chastising you but at 27 you need to start taking a long hard look at what is making you fail. Is it a deep seated unconscious balking at the career choice, or do you simply lack in the study skills needed to succeed in nursing school? I believe the counselling department in your nursing schools may have let you down. Someone should have worked with you in an attempt to keep you from failing. You might want to invest some time, money, and effort at this point in seeking career counseling, or, if you think poor study skills was to blame, you might want to seek help in that area prior to attempting to enroll in another school. Good luck.

I believe when i was in the Bachelors program ,I lacked interest in studying but in the Diploma program i started studying good and had good grades but lacked the enthusiasm and slacked off to do clinicals where i was failed because i was unprepared.

I now think i am to be blamed for my downfall but i am ready to give it another shot at LPN where i am promising myself to not slack off.

Please let me know if i should go ahead and get into the LpN program , and also is the transition from LPN to RN a huge one, i mean school wise?

marshpit23 · Apr 22, 2010

I just got accepted to nursing school. I worked my 'butt' off to get there and never ever plan on looking back! I feel absolutely honored and blessed!! I take my upcoming resposibility as a privilege. My plan is to take this OPPORTUNITY very seriously. I will arrive early and stay late! I worry about grades (like everyone else), but I most worry about providing exceptional, competent, caring and professional care to all my patients. I love nursing with every bone in my body and feel it's in my soul! So, I guess what I'm sayin', if it's not in your heart and soul, nursing may not be your destined profession IMHO.

caliotter3 · Apr 22, 2010

It would not hurt you to get some help with study skills. You have heard the saying about working smarter, not harder? That would help with the attention span problem. You might want to seek some advice regarding adult ADHD. Could be the crux of your problem. I read that lack of motivation and success in school is a primary indicator of the medical problem in adults. There are strategies for dealing with this. Even if you are never diagnosed with it, you could perhaps benefit from reading one of the self help books on the topic. LPN to RN bridge programs make it easier in some circumstances to enter RN school. Since you blew your first chance in RN school, this would be a better avenue for you at this point. Do not think that LPN school will be any less difficult than RN school. That is a bad misconception, even if you attend a poor school. Any way you look at it, you will have to work hard to be successful in any nursing school. Hope you are able to find some assistance in your school endeavors.

allnurses Guide · Apr 22, 2010

QUOTE=urbanspectre;4257993]. . .I now think i am to be blamed for my downfall but i am ready to give it another shot at LPN where i am promising myself to not slack off.

Was there a time when you thought someone other than yourself was to be blamed for your downfall?

It appears that you set yourself up for failure twice. I'm having a hard time understanding why you are continuing to pursue a nursing career, when you slacked off in one and came to clinicals unprepared in another.

Please let me know if i should go ahead and get into the LpN program , and also is the transition from LPN to RN a huge one, i mean school wise?

That's the least of your worries at the moment. If you haven't been able to be a successful nursing student, you won't be a successful LPN. I agree with Cali. Get some career counseling before you sign up for your third nursing program. Best of luck!

urbanspectre · Apr 23, 2010

So at this point what should i do?

I was never bad a class tests/lectures. Its only that i made some mistakes at clinicals.

The LPN program is everything which i have already covered in my last nursing school.

They might even give me a advance placement, i i might just have to do 6 months or so in that school.

I heard that LPN clinicals are not as bad, since they do not have a lot of responsibilities like RN's.

caliotter3 · Apr 23, 2010

You are dead wrong if you think LPNs lack in responsibilities. When RNs aren't around, it is the LPN who has the responsibility for the patients' well-being. And when the RN is around, the LPN has the initial responsibility for patients in their assignment. That is why LPNs have a nursing license and why they carry their own malpractice insurance. Don't be looking for the easy way or the easier way. Instead focus on what you have to change in your own behavior so that you can be successful. That goes for whatever field you decide to enter.

urbanspectre · Apr 23, 2010

Can you please give me some insight of the transition of LPN to RN, i mean school wise?

Thanks.

happy2learn · Apr 23, 2010

An LPN is a nurse also. An RN just has some advanced responsibilities.

At my school, most of the courses for the LPN-RN and the regular RN program are the same. I have LPN's in my A&P classes. They go through pretty much the same clinicals also. The ONLY difference is that an LPN must have 1000 hours experience before being accepted into the bridge program and that experience may or may not help them during RN clinicals.

Maybe you can try to shadow an LPN or an RN for a day or something. You should really look into the field further before wasting more money (and another student's time who could've used that spot.)

A friend of mine is an LPN and it is a lot of work, but she loves nursing. She said school was very difficult and actually is taking a break before getting her RN because school stressed her out so much.

The only difference between an RN and an RN with a BSN is a little more education. But they typically have the same duties. So if you think you can't do the BSN-RN, then you probably can't do the RN.

allnurses Guide · Apr 24, 2010

Can you please give me some insight of the transition of LPN to RN, i mean school wise?
Thanks.

You seem to be very unfocussed and you are asking the same question that was answered already to the best of our ability. Instead of responding to that, asking for clarification or any other indicator that you are actually comprehending the responses you've already got, you ask the same question again. This is very concerning. Your failure to hit minimum accceptable standards in two nursing programs in addition to your difficulty communicating may be signs of an underlying Learning Disability. I believe your best course of action at this point is to have your career goals and learning styles evaluated by professionals before committing yourself to yet another program at the college level. Good Luck!!

morte, LPN, LVN · Apr 24, 2010

i would suggest taking the Interest Inventory Test, and see what comes up for you.....and are you trying to maintain your music career at the same time that you are going to school?