This is just very unfair, not sure about nursing future

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Right now, I am just really bitter about nursing. I failed one course, and was prepared to take it over again. Recently, I discovered that my school has revised one of the nursing courses in the curriculum. It will incorporate the course I failed with the course I passed--so the class will be combined. Which means I will have to retake two courses over again, one I alredy passed. I am very angry, and upset about this. I worked so hard to pass that other course, it was not easy for me, and to discover I have to do it all over again is enough to make me want to quit nursing school all together and pursue something else. I don't even want to think about this because it brings tears to my eyes. It was a very rough semester for me and to have to retake something that I passed (which was not easy for me) is so painful.

I really don't know what to do at this point. Administration has their mind made up. I am too angry to even do it over again.

Specializes in Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy.

How many credit hours were the two original classes, and how many credit hours is the combined class?

In the scheme of things having to retake one class unecessarily is not the be all and end all of a nursing career. Plenty of people have to retake classes for reasons like family issues, credits too old, credits from one institution not accepted by others, etc. Not necessarily fair but that's life. If you think THIS is unfair, try passing every nursing class with an A and then not being able to find a job. Or finding a job and then dealing with unreasonable managers/preceptors/patients, and the list goes on and on.... This is only the tip of the iceberg of the kind of unfairness you'll be dealing with in the nursing profession. It's really up to you if you think you can weather this relatively minor storm for the sake of a nursing career.

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No, it's that two classes that were separate before were combined into one. Since the OP failed the one class, s/he needs to retake it but the class that s/he failed has now been combined with another class so s/he has to take that class and doesn't like it. I gather it's something like Peds and Maternity used to be separated but now have been combined into a Maternal Child Nursing class or something like that. If you fail the Maternal part and need to retake it, you need to take Maternal Child Nursing even though you may have already passed Peds because that is now the class that fulfills the Maternity nursing requirement.

OK, I Did read it wrong. Was wondering why I wasn't on same page as everyone else.

Now it makes sense.

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I must have misread it. It sounded like a class that was passed also needed to be retaken because of it.

Yes, I also need to retake the class I already passed. It's because two courses have been combined and I cannot retake the portion I failed alone. Both must be redone

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How many credit hours were the two original classes, and how many credit hours is the combined class?

In the scheme of things having to retake one class unecessarily is not the be all and end all of a nursing career. Plenty of people have to retake classes for reasons like family issues, credits too old, credits from one institution not accepted by others, etc. Not necessarily fair but that's life. If you think THIS is unfair, try passing every nursing class with an A and then not being able to find a job. Or finding a job and then dealing with unreasonable managers/preceptors/patients, and the list goes on and on.... This is only the tip of the iceberg of the kind of unfairness you'll be dealing with in the nursing profession. It's really up to you if you think you can weather this relatively minor storm for the sake of a nursing career.

My back up plan was to get a Bachelor's in Health Administration. However, after careful consideration, I will continue with the program and redo the two courses even though I find it completely unfair. I have no other choice right now and I'm not getting any younger

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I'm still deciding whether I will just drop out or re-do everything all over again. I'm leaning more towards dropping out because I feel that this is just too unfair. I feel like all the hard work I put into passing the first time means literally nothing. It was truly a waste of time and I feel like going into nursing is the worst decision I ever made

Life is not fair ... and nothing is constant but change. Yes it sucks that you did not pass the class and yes it suck that you will have to repeat a class that you already passed....but you know 1/2 the material and it should be easier the second time around. Try not to look at it as a waste of time but as an opportunity to hone your skills and get better.

Do not let your anger and frustration cloud your decision making. If you want to be a nurse, let it go, move on, and retake the classes ... in the grand scheme of things it is just a little set back. Good luck!

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Specializes in CVICU, CCU, MICU.

OP- It all comes down to how bad do you want it? My school was not leniant and had many changes while I was enrolled. We were suppose to get the summer off but ended up having to take three classes that summer and found out about the changes in a month in advance. What did I do? Canceled my vacation plans and switched around my work schedule. They also combined our medsurg classes and what we did in our previous med surg class did not count. Was I happy with it? No. But I wanted to be a nurse and I sucked it up. Take a couple of days to think it over if you want this badly you will do it. I wish you luck.

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Specializes in Oncology, Critical Care.

Generally when a School changes a class or alters the program, they have to run it by either the board of nursing, or any other accreditation programs (that is if it is accredited). This doesn't sound like a money grab, in fact it sounds the opposite since the class may be less credits, or streamlined to match up. My program requires taking pharmacology at the same time as OB/PEDS, and you can't pass to the next level without passing both. If this is really an issue to you, you may be in the wrong field. If theres one thing ive learned, it's that nursing is often changing.

If you think you can continue regardless of this issue, then keep going. But if this is how you genuinely feel about being ripped off, there may be an issue. I find this an overreaction to what happened. You've taken it once, you should be able to pass it again, and pass the class with ease.

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Specializes in Aesthetics, Med/Surg, Outpatient.
My back up plan was to get a Bachelor's in Health Administration. However, after careful consideration, I will continue with the program and redo the two courses even though I find it completely unfair. I have no other choice right now and I'm not getting any younger

Happy to hear that you had considered to do this. I had a similar situation last year where the university i wanted to attend, accepted my CC A&P I&II (both A's) credits but advised me re-take these classes there as it is divided into NUR 101-Anatomy and BISC 276-Physiology... I was not happy but since I was a transfer in from AAS liberal arts (pre-nursing) and wanting to get into the program and they dont accept transfers at all, I did the classes anyways and it was a good refresher.

BTW, I got notice that I got into the program that same semester; once again, it isnt designed for transfers and we are NEVER accepted there. So I consider it a blessing that I even got a spot out of the billion other change of major students. Gosh, the advisor herself has countlessly told me to just finish my BS in org mgmt and come back as an ABSN after 1 1/2 years. But I dont usually take no for an answer.

Did I waste money re-taking these classes; kinda but it was worth it as they probably would have expired this year anyways and it brought back to memory a lot of info I had forgotten. Plus, Id rather waste the money retaking the two classes than getting another bachelors in a major I never intended (just had the classes for) and waste a couple thousand dollars

I am sharing this with you to show that some good will in fact come from this seemingly repetitive and ridiculous request... It will all be for the best :)

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Happy to hear that you had considered to do this. I had a similar situation last year where the university i wanted to attend, accepted my CC A&P I&II (both A's) credits but advised me re-take these classes there as it is divided into NUR 101-Anatomy and BISC 276-Physiology... I was not happy but since I was a transfer in from AAS liberal arts (pre-nursing) and wanting to get into the program and they dont accept transfers at all, I did the classes anyways and it was a good refresher.

BTW, I got notice that I got into the program that same semester; once again, it isnt designed for transfers and we are NEVER accepted there. So I consider it a blessing that I even got a spot out of the billion other change of major students. Gosh, the advisor herself has countlessly told me to just finish my BS in org mgmt and come back as an ABSN after 1 1/2 years. But I dont usually take no for an answer.

Did I waste money re-taking these classes; kinda but it was worth it as they probably would have expired this year anyways and it brought back to memory a lot of info I had forgotten. Plus, Id rather waste the money retaking the two classes than getting another bachelors in a major I never intended (just had the classes for) and waste a couple thousand dollars

I am sharing this with you to show that some good will in fact come from this seemingly repetitive and ridiculous request... It will all be for the best :)

Yes. Good plan . Retake the class. Does the previously passed class count on CUM GPA? That could be a plus.

I got an A in statistics 20 years ago. Need to retake it due to over 5 years. I'm looking at it as paying for easy A to help gpa on overall prerequisites (hopefully).

Sounds unfair to change program midstream but I've seen that before just not same change.

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So sorry to hear. Hang in there

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I had to make the decision to re-take a whole semester or change careers and I'm glad I stuck with nursing! I had professors tell me to rethink my career choice, and it's very obvious at my school that to a point they only care about nclex pass rates (since it's been 100% for awhile). I went through a lot of emotions, but stuck with it. I'm glad I did b/c now I will graduate in December!!! So if you really really want to be a nurse, stick with it!

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Specializes in Aesthetics, Med/Surg, Outpatient.

Yes. Good plan . Retake the class. Does the previously passed class count on CUM GPA? That could be a plus.

I got an A in statistics 20 years ago. Need to retake it due to over 5 years. I'm looking at it as paying for easy A to help gpa on overall prerequisites (hopefully).

Sounds unfair to change program midstream but I've seen that before just not same change.

They admitted me to BSN portion based on classes I did there, but looked at my CC GPA for admissions to the university. All in all, yes, it counts.

it is unfair but sometimes that happens

So now I'm faced with a serious decision because I may have to transfer into ADN nursing program after all that hard work. Either way, none of these classes were a waste as id needed them anyways

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