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

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  1. RNs, did you fail any of your nursing courses?

    • 174
      No, I passed them all the first time
    • 21
      Yes, I failed One course
    • 9
      Yes, I failed MORE than one course

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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

Specializes in Community, OB, Nursery.

No failed nursing school courses, passed NCLEX on first try.

A good friend of mine failed NCLEX once, took/passed the LPN boards so she could work while she studied for the NCLEX RN. She passed the second time and is a really really good nurse.

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I know that the OP asked for people who were nurses, but I thought I would share my story.

I am on track to graduate from an ADN program at the end of this month. I failed my first med-surg 1 class. Our program has extremely high standards- we have to maintain an 80% to pass BEFORE homework/project/paper points are added in, so just your exam grades and your final exam grade must put you above an 80% or you fail. I failed this course by 1 point.

I had to sit out of the program for 8 months and it set my graduation date back by a year.

It can be done.

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I failed one clinical course due to absences. I just happened to get a few very bad viruses within the course of the 8 weeks. The instructor was able to get my grade changed from F to W which I am eternally grateful for. She reported that I had dropped the class at an earlier date and that she'd forgotten to turn in the paperwork. I've never failed a class due to poor grades, but I have bombed a few tests!

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oops.

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No failed classes ever (not gen eds, pre-reqs or nursing classes). I went through LPN and RN school with no failures. Currently doing my RN to BSN, no failures.

Passed both NCLEX-PN and NCLEX-RN on first attempt. Got minimum number of questions for LPN (85) and was done in 40 minutes. (Had food poisoning the day before and day of the test! Had to test quickly or it wouldn't have been pretty). And like with any major event of my life, I was also sick the day of my NCLEX-RN. Got around 115 or so questions (the whole day was a blur I was so sick) and took about an hour or so.

Passing for my LPN classes was an 85, passing for my RN classes was an 80. No rounding, no extra credit to push you over to passing if you were sooooo close. 84.9999999 = FAIL in LPN classes, 79.999999 = fail in RN classes.

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Specializes in HH, Peds, Rehab, Clinical.

Pass rate for my school was 80% for nursing, 78% if you were in another program. Our A&P instructor went to the mat for nursing students, the school wanted his pass/fail rate to match what the nursing program had set. He refused, he unequivicolly stated he was a GEN ED teacher, NOT a nursing instructor. Yes, 98% of his students WERE nursing students, but that's beside the point.

I passed all my classes and both NCLEX's on the first try, but I had many classmates/friends who did not. Two failed classes and you were out of the program in my school and not allowed to apply to any other schools within the state system.

No. If you failed a class you pretty much got kicked out. And passing was 70, not 65. If you were a low 70, "they" looked for a way to weed you out.

I passed my boards the only time I sat as well.

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Never failed a class, not pre-reqs or nursing school and passed nclex first time.

My school was brutal-if you failed science pre reqs or a nursing course, you were out. A few of my classmates ended up either giving up or finishing elsewhere.

I agree with some others that 3 times should be the max attempts at NCLEX, at least without a remedial course.

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Specializes in ICU, ER, PACU.

I failed Pediatric Nursing once, and it only pushed me back two months in the nursing program. My program allowed you to retake a class once and if failed a second time, you're out. The professor was awful and her tests were unfair. She ended up getting terminated by the school due to how she tested students unfair.

I passed the NCLEX at 77 questions the first time. I praise God for that! My cousin failed 6 times in the late '90s

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Specializes in Emergency/Trauma/LDRP/Ortho ASC.

Never failed a class. You could only fail two and you were out of the program and supposedly unable to enter any other nursing program in the state for five years after. I failed one Midcurricular HESI, had to do a little review class over the summer and got right back on track. It had no bearing on my GPA since it wasn't technically a "class," just a program requirement. I passed the Exit HESI and NCLEX in one try. I couldn't bear the anxiety of taking it more than once and paying over and over so thankfully it didn't come to that.

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Specializes in Oncology.

Yep. I failed my final semester and had to repeat after carrying a 3.5 GPA all through college.

I came back, kicked butt under a different preceptor, and passed. I passed NCLEX on the first try. I now work my dream job. I'm actually about to get a student this summer and am excited to pass the torch. I've seen what a good and a bad preceptor can do for someone.

Failing isn't about what happened but what you choose to do with it. I chose to focus on what I had done wrong and learn from it. I learned that a hospital is a place of politics as well. It was a time of great character growth for me.

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Specializes in None yet..
No. If you failed a class you pretty much got kicked out. And passing was 70, not 65. If you were a low 70, "they" looked for a way to weed you out.

I passed my boards the only time I sat as well.

Just a student still so I shouldn't pipe in perhaps. Our passing rate is 75% And I am so relieved to hear from all the RNS who didn't fail courses.

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Specializes in Critical Care.

School always came easy to me and I enjoy learning. Actually working as a nurse is the hard part!

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