Why???? Are?? They?? Failing???

[Nurseades2b]

I know there are other articles on this but I need some good encouragement today from y'all. I started first semester this week and I was amazed to see there are about 10 out of 87 in my class who are repeats. That scares me! It's not my schools fault. My school's pass rate for NCLEX is above national average. I am extremely self motivated, don't mind studying 5+ hours a day, I have no husband and no kids and no job (yay student loans!) so I can GIVE what it takes. I have friends but am okay to not hang out with them. I've never been one to have to "have a social life" I just started getting scared this week wondering "will this happen to me even if I give and sacrifice everything??" I DO NOT want to be a repeat! I'm ready to be a nurse. Failure is not an option. Why do you think people fail? Please encourage a newbie!

[kristen312]

I had to repeat twice in school. One was a major med surg class, half of us failed. I just let myself get behind. The other was psych. It hit too close to home for me.... I had just found out someone close to me was using the drugs and didn't spend enough time studying, at all. Nursing school is doable. You just have to stay motivated and don't let anything distract you.

[TeeKay12]

I "failed" one class in my last semester. It was a tough semester for me, personally - I had a parent in ICU for most of the semester, another parent had 2 MIs, a child in ICU for a month (in a different hospital, in a different county), and another child who was severely injured and required 2 surgeries.

Remember, too, that in nursing school, a "failure" is just really not quite making the mark, it is not an actual fail. My school, at the time had a pass rate of 77.0%. I had a grade of 76.8% in that class. My professor was willing to let me pass, my assistant dean was not. I retook the class, passed with a 98%, and learned much more the second time around.

[mmc51264, BSN, MSN, RN]

I just recently graduated December 18th and most people fail nursing school because of not studying.

I agree with PP about generalizations. My ADN was the toughest thing I have ever done. Nursing requires a different way of thinking. I studied. A LOT. Straight As in every class other than nursing. 4.0 in graduate school (I had a previous AS, BS and Masters before nursing school). I also think it is has to do with the way the programs are set up. It is meant to be hard.

I struggled in certain classes, but I passed the NCLEX first time with 75 questions. Have finished my BSN, graduated cum laude and am not in graduate school again.

It all depends on the person.

[mmc51264, BSN, MSN, RN]

just realized there is a typo! can't edit. I am NOW in grad school MSN,