ProNurse

hi i am looking for advice i feel totally lost and unsupported i have 5 weeks to go to the end of second year, i have had good grades and reports while on placement however i have two children one of whom has spinal problems and needs surgery he is 7 year old and as a mother i have to be there with him as he has undergone difficulties in the recovery process previously.  My learning team faciltitor is really unsupportive and i have been given a disaplinary for absences.  I really wanted to live my dream and become a nurse however i can not promise as my sons condition deteriorated that i will not be absent. I have there for took time out i only have 3 modules to do to complete my diploma and had beenaccepted for my degree however my children come first is there any other way of me completing this?

kind regards kirsty

On the face of it your situation is clearly impossible - you simply cannot be in two places at once. The answer to the impossible is to add another dimension of reality where new things become possible. In your case that means the intuition. Your life and its possibilities add up to more than a sum of the facts, because facts don't describe all there is. So since the facts of the situation aren't providing any answers, adopt a different tactic other than trying to solve it by logic and reasoning.

Instead of trying to come up with a plan, find a quiet place that calms your mind. Now, ask yourself this question: what is the best thing that I can do right now? Allow the answer to come from your gut, not head. Now regardless of what fear or logic may protest, obey that gut answer - feel the fear but do it anyway! I would suggest to you that since you're between a rock and a hard place anyway, you have nothing more to lose. Trust in the intuition/gut feel, moment by moment, because no one knows your life better than your deepest self. Your intuition is the ultimate in personal guides - if there's no one else, you've nothing to lose by trusting it.

Kirsty

Your children have to come first, speak to your personal tutor about this, can you make up your hours during holidays? Maybe you will have to go back a year and retake anything your have failed but if it is just practice hours my uni lets you make them up in your own time, especially if you have a good reason for being able to complete them in the first place, which you have.

If all else fails go to your union and see what advice they can offer, I wish you luck.