What's Next...?

BuddyDough · Oct 22, 2011

Aww sounds like your having a bad time of it, but on the other hand your not sitting around either, I think taking extra classes that will further your education after the A.S. program is a great idea. Don't give up, hang in there, I know it's easier said then done. Remember your doing this for you! Question: Do you have more than 1 instructor at your school for this specific program? Maybe next time you could take it with someone new? I have found that I don't always "click" with all my instructors so changing them up helps. Good Luck to you!

kids · Oct 22, 2011

Hello Everyone! Well I am going through a nursing crisis right not! I am in a 2 year school and I am studying nursing, but I am not taking nursing courses this semester. I took 2 semesters of nursing courses, but before taking medical-surgical nursing we have to pass this pharmacology exam that they give in my school (which is going to be for every semester now). I took the exam 2 times and i failed it by 2 points. It's crazy they give a workshop and then it's like your suppose to remember whatever you learned previously. I know alot of pharmacology, but I feel like they set you up for failure. They don't want you to pass. When I would ask for help from the nursing professors they will say "okay don't harass me now I'm busy" and things like that. They are so not professional and they mess you up mentally at times. I feel like i'm not learning about nursing and what a good nurse should do or be like. This school is a 2 year school and from the beginning when i came to this school I always felt I didn't belong there. Everything is screwed up I must say. I am 24 years old and I don't have my nursing degree yet. I feel sooooo sad because I feel like I'm wasting time and I really want to get a bachelor's degree. So this semester I am taking 2 courses that a bachelor's school would need if i was admitted. I am focusing on these 2 classes since I couldn't take nursing courses this semester because of the test I didn't pass. I can take the test again next semester, but I feel like transferring to another school. I'm simply not happy there anymore. I want to go to a 4 year school, but i know i will have to take the pre-entrance exam to get a higher grade. I haven't find out if I got accepted yet, so I'm waiting, in which I should find out in a week or less. I just feel lost. Like what should I do......? Also, I've heard of private nursing schools like "The College of New Rochelle," but they are pretty expensive. I want to go to Hunter college. It's a cuny school. I just feel like I wasted time, but then I'm learning from all of this as well. I want my school situation to be better because where I am right now I don't feel happy and I just want to be happy with the school I am in. I feel like once that is straighten out then I will have a clearer picture of where I am actually heading in life! Wow...I know this is alot....I needed to tell you guys! I really don't know what's next BUT I am worry! I just want to be a RN!
Also---Since I am already admitted in the nursing program in this school I am worry that if i go to another school it might be harder to get admitted and I don't want to say the negative word...but you know what I mean.
Help! Help! Help!

You think it's unreasonable that they expect you to retain information you learned previously? Seriously?

That is what nursing education is all about. You learn something, carry that information to the next level and build on it.

It's not about setting people up for failure, it's about NOT turning unsafe students loose in vulnerable patients. If you can't manage to learn and retain the information to pass the pharmacology test then you're not safe to give medications.

If you're struggling to meet the requirements of an ADN program what makes you think you'll do any better in a BSN program?

To be honest, based on your one post I think you need to reevaluate why you want to be a nurse. Perhaps in the long run you'd be happier in a field that doesn't place so much weight on retaining what you've learned and passing a big "final exam" (NCLEX).

Mellisa Bresler · Oct 23, 2011

@kids you have a great point about the need to retain info. and being a safe knowledgeable nurse, but what I think stella10 means is her instructors don't seem to care weather or not she passes this pharmacology test. I was recently in the nursing program in 2009, unfortunately I had to drop out, anyways I had the same experience I felt like the instructors were out to fail u instead of help u learn. They did not go off their schedule to help u understand anything, u either got it the first time or u did'nt they did'nt care, and if u ask a question they acted like they were frustrated with u. I recently reapplied to another schools nursing program and I am waiting on my acceptance letter. I also feel like stella10 is serious about her career or she would'nt be asking for help or taking extra courses. Good Luck Stella10!!!!!

khotso mayelane · Oct 23, 2011

yes i understand your situation nurse try to look for advice from other instructors if you have problems with phamacology try to tackle drugs according to their classes link with anatomy and physiology you will understand it better and be patient it pays

Stella10 · Oct 24, 2011

Thanks Mellisa for understanding me....I know Im SMART and I know I want to be a RN...I don't need to re-evaluate what I want to do, but thanks for the suggestion kids. What I am going through is something beyond the nursing education. It's me not feeling happy there, so I feel like I need to get out & that's what I am going to do! I know I have to work harder if i go to a 4 year school or to any other school. Nursing is tough! But that's what I want to do. I want to re-focus more on my studies. Something seems weird in that school and Im not happy there. I'm just hoping I get everything straigthen out soon!

chevyv, BSN, RN · Oct 24, 2011

I think you're in a tough spot right now. If you never really felt like you belonged at this particular school, then maybe you should look into a different school. If it's because you've been thrown by this pharmacology and your confidence is shaken, then you should deal with that and try not to give up. Nursing school is hard. I read that you're 24 and haven't graduated yet. Don't sweat that. I was almost 40yrs old and I'm doing just fine.

Life has a way of throwing these obstacles at us, but you'll get there. Another year will go by regardless. Pharm is hard and there is so much information to know. I'm still grabbing my drug book and looking up meds. I wish I would have had a more in depth course. Try to look at it from a different angle, the more you know when you start your clinicals, the better off you'll be. My clinical instructor was brutal regarding medications. Still haunts my dreams.

You can do this! Never give up your dream. If I can do it I really believe anyone can

Stella10 · Oct 24, 2011

Thank You. I understand what your saying. I've come to realized that I just really want to be in a different school. That's like the core of everything that I'm going through. I'm realizing all of this on my own.

Stella10 · Oct 25, 2011

Wait---And you guys have helped me realize this as well!! Thank You.