RNs!!!! Did you fail Any classes???

[dinah77, ADN]

Given he Glut of threads I have encountered lately about people failing their nursing course once or multiple times, I decided to submit a poll. My main motivation stems from the obligatory post from someone responding to these threads with "Don't give up! I knew someone who failed 30 times, failed NCLEX 6 times and is the best nurse I know! Never give up on your dreeeeaams!!!!!!!!" (Insert sparkles, rainbows, and unicorns vomiting up glitter)

So ladies and gents, here's my question: Did you fail any of your nursing courses? To keep it as simple as possible, let's limit this particular poll to:

1. RNs

2. Only the actual nursing courses, not the science pre-reqs

3. Licensed RNs only please

I would certainly like to see variations of this, LPNs, the science courses, etc. But for now, lets limit it to the above

[Qteapi]

Never failed any nursing courses and I could not afford to fail nclex cause I could barely afford to take the test just one time! But I say don't give up....the money end would have been my stopcock....not the courage end!

[Nurse SMS, MSN, RN]

Nope. No failures, thank goodness and passed NCLEX on the first attempt. I personally do not think people should be allowed to take NCLEX more than three times. That, however, is a debate for another thread.

[SmilingBluEyes]

nope no failures. Pretty much sealed your fate in my program. If you failed, it was pretty much given you would not make it.

[CountryMomma, ASN, RN]

No. Never failed any classes, tests, passed NCLEX on the first time.

I know 3 friends that failed out. One remained an LPN and did not come back again. The other two reapplied, failed out again, and are now school shopping with no luck. One of those ladies is unable to admit that she doesn't have the critical thinking skills, nor the self-awareness to make lifelong positive changes.

[AJJKRN]

nope no failures. Pretty much sealed your fate in my program. If you failed, it was pretty much given you would not make it.

This is how my program was. Never failed any classes, kept a 4.0 with pre-reqs to even be considered, and passed the NCLEX the first time with 75 questions. My school has maintained a 99-100% NCLEX pass rate for a few decades. We would start with about 40+ students and then about a third usually will fail-out by the second semester. They do take students twice a year.

[annie.rn]

Never failed a class. Passed NCLEX first time.

[SmilingBluEyes]

Oh and I passed NCLEX first time. 100% of our class passed first time.

Had a 4.0 entering, graduated with a 4.0

[Everline]

I passed all of my courses and passed NCLEX on the first try. That being said, I do know people who failed one class, repeated it, and eventually went on to graduate. In my program, you couldn't fail more than once and stay in the program.

[Momma1RN, MSN, RN, APRN]

Never failed a nursing course and passed NCLEX on the first attempt in 75 questions. I know someone who graduated 10+ years ago and has been trying to pass NCLEX ever since..... :/

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

I've never failed any nursing courses.

I withdrew from a philosophy course a couple of weeks after starting because I expected it to be an easy 'A' grade. However, at that time I could not handle the higher-order train of thought required to succeed in that course.

I withdrew from A&P I before completing it the next semester. I did the same for microbiology. I've withdrawn from every remedial / developmental math course I've ever attempted over the past 15 years because I've fallen hopelessly behind.

I passed NCLEX-PN on my first attempt with the minimum of 85 questions. I passed NCLEX-RN on the first attempt with the 75 question minimum.

[empatheticRN]

No failures for me and passed the NCLEX on first attempt. I could barely afford the Program and tortured myself by studying non-stop. I was a nervous wreck in nursing school. For nursing one's first test , I failed and I resigned from my job of 5 years that same week. I thought to myself that I couldn't spend another 5 years in that job and plus I couldn't afford to pay for that nursing class again. I made uniform out of my regular clothes, car pooled for clinicals , and kept my life simple. For every nursing class /semester completed, I would ask my mom to treat me for dinners and drinks with my friends.