Would you take a W or stay and risk failing a nursing course?
I’m currently in my first nursing clinical/lab course and trying to decide whether to stay or withdraw.
Because of multiple tardies and one unexcused absence, I’ve received two letter-grade reductions—one for attendance and one for professionalism. I take responsibility for that and I’m not trying to fight the deductions.
My instructor met with the course coordinator and told me it will be “very difficult” to successfully complete the course, but she did not say it’s impossible. We’re graded on our overall clinical performance throughout the semester, and I would basically need to perform at an A level before the two deductions in order to finish with the C required to pass.
I’ve only completed one return demonstration so far. I had one safety and one accuracy violation, but most of my other feedback has been good. There’s still technically a path to passing, but I don’t have much room for additional mistakes.
The withdrawal deadline is October 30, so I’m debating whether to stay, give it everything I have, and risk a D/F, or take the W and repeat the course next semester with a fresh start.
For anyone who has been in a similar situation in nursing school, what would you do? And did getting a W versus a D/F make a difference for you?