Yes for ADN and BSN program, fairly common as nursing undergraduate education requires more dedication vs your traditional college majors. Graduate nursing not common to fail, as they are rather watered down/degree mill style programs.
Yes, it is common. About half of the students in my first class failed. Be positive. About half of the students in my first class passed.
Depends on the student! Went back to nursing school as a 34 y/o white male, one of two male students in a class of 28, at what was an all female based program.
Worked a full time job throughout the 24 month program. To say they did not make it easy would be an understatement. Graduated and worked as an OR RN for 20+ years.
Moral of my story is that willpower and perseverance will carry you through.
A nursing instructor proffered this advice after I and one other male passed an exam that 26 female students flunked.
The fearful never start, the weak fall along the way, the risk taker makes the difference.
