Thinking about finishing last year of nursing school part time?

[koko2002]

hey everyone!

i'm kinda in a dilemma and wanted some suggestions/opinions from fellow nursing students or nurses.

i'm in a 2-year rn program at a community college and i'm going into my 3rd semester in jan 2011. the first 2 semesters i went full time but i ended up failing a class (ob/peds/woman's health) last semester and i'm now repeating it. l in our program, you can only fail one nursing class. if you fail a second class within the program, you're out. we have to have an 80% average at the end of the semester in order to pass. i'm sure most community/technical colleges are structured similarly.

anyway, i'm considering going part-time in january because i know the workload is even more challenging and if i fail another class i'm out of the program. however, my nursing clinical instructor last semester highly suggests not going to nursing school part time because typically part-time nursing students do poorly on the nclex. does anyone have any thoughts about that? on the other hand, i really just want to get school over with and have the attitude that if other people can do it why can't i??? but i'm just petrified of being overwhelmed and failing. the sad part is i won't have to work if i go full-time. nursing school is soooo incredibly hard!

thanks!

milwaukee

[CharlieT]

I am in the same boat as you, currently retaking med surg 1. I will only take nursing classes from now on 'till pinning. Taking too many other classes put me in this fix.

[anonymousstudent]

Do what you need to do to be successful. Taking her word for the rate of PT NCLEX passes is like believing any other person who just notices things - it may or may not be valid. More than half of the students at my school go part-time and there is a very high pass rate on the NCLEX.

Just study for it and learn your stuff. Don't let her scare you!

[tech1000]

Well, put it this way... If you fail out of the program, you won't be taking the NCLEX anyway. Go part time if you need to. Just register for an NCLEX class to help you prepare before you take it. They usually cost a few hundred, but you'll earn it back as a nurse.