Dismissed from nursing school...fought back and won in court!

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I would like to share my account of what happened to me the final semester in nursing school...how I failed the final semester of nursing school, was dismissed from nursing school, then fought back and won in monumental proportions in court.

There is much disturbing evidence and testimony to indicate that I was used by my nursing school as a cover up for an egregious grade fixing scandal by them. Upon information and belief, I sued on counts of fraud, discrimination, and breach of contract (breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealings).

I have not the time now to fill in on details. But would like to add that the school used a rather clever and deceptive way to fix the entire outcome of a semester gone bad.

Please share your thoughts on this...more details coming later.

Just to clarify.....as per the Terms of Service....AND

The payout of a settlement is not necessarily an admission of guilt....it is a statement that they don't want to deal with a long expensive court battle and insurance companies feel it is easier to "pay it off".

We also need to remember that we can all agree to disagree without being disagreeable.

Thank you for your clarification(s). I totally agree with you saying that a settlement is not necessarily an admission of guilt. And in many cases, that is exactly what happens. Only about 5% of cases actually go to trial. Jury trials can drag on for days or even weeks. Then the opposing side usually appeals the verdict and the case drags on in the appellate courts for like another year. So, a settlement might just be the best way to resolve most cases. However, based on the facts that my case went unchallenged by the opposing attorney for several months and that the case was never thrown out or concluded by defense attorney's summary judgement, I feel I had a very strong case against the school.

28studentsfailed- I don't understand why you would even post anything about this. You got yourself into this situation by having a failing grade in the first place. Some people benefit from a curve, some don't. Yes, you apparently won a "substantial" settlement, but at the end of the day you still failed and you are not allowed to sit for the boards to become a licensed nurse. Just let it go. My advice, take your "huge" settlement and go back to school. This time study harder, don't fail, and finish without needing help from a grading curve.

You have a good day.

OP, So basically you are a sore loser. :yawn: Cry me a river why don't you?

You have a good day.

OP, So basically you are a sore loser. :yawn: Cry me a river why don't you?

I'll do just that. You have a good day.

The OP comes of as...well annoying, I'm just saying. They type as if they're copying things word for word from some law website or forum. On top of that, their snide responses that come off as arrogant push me to say that the post is total crap. I'm involved in risk management and I HIGHLY DOUBT that a lawsuit would award you MORE than a hospital being sued over a patient suicide claim. Try again. Oh and my snide response...you still failed, didn't pass, and won't be a nurse. So how can you sue over years of service that never woulda happened?

Sir you have a good day.

Specializes in Critical Care, Med-Surg, Psych, Geri, LTC, Tele,.

Though this thread has gotten off track, I want to say that my school does this regularly. I want to report them when I finish in a few weeks. Those of you who don't believe the OPs story, neither I nor you know if its true. But my school does this. Who needs to be made aware? The board? Upper mgmt? Better business bureau?

Or would you do nothing? If so why or why not?

Ps I think this type of situation is wrong at my school because 1- they target the weak or minorities (often males) when they do this and 2-future applicants shouldn't have to endure abuse and hazing to pass. Passing is predicated more on can you stand it than your grades on tests.

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Specializes in HH, Peds, Rehab, Clinical.
Bro- you don't know enough details of the case to be leaving a comment like that. Besides, how many student nurses do you know got dismissed from their school and then were given a substantial refund? You have a good day.

LOL, NOONE here knows enough details, because convienently enough, all the details are part of the confidentiality agreement you signed....

Specializes in HH, Peds, Rehab, Clinical.
Bro- you don't know enough details of the case to be leaving a comment like that and shame on you for that. And yes I absolutely think I can pass NCLEX. I wouldn't trust you either as a nurse taking care of me and my family leaving irrational comments like you do. My question for you is this, why would the school dismiss me then later give me a substantial settlement to avoid a jury trial? If you get dismissed from nursing school, you're not supposed to even get a dime of your tuition money or other related expenses back. Then why did the school offer me any settlement at all? Why wasn't the case thrown out? If it was a frivolous lawsuit, the defending attorney would have filed a motion to dismiss, then the judge would have heard the motion and thrown out all counts of my case if he/she thought it was frivolous. But that's not what happened bro. My case went unchallenged for 20 months by the opposing attorney. He seemed baffled by the bizarre circumstances surrounding the case. At times the opposing attorneys got hostile to each other; my attorney saying, "Sir! Sir! Sir!" with the other attorney replying, "This isn't your deposition!" As far as if the school sues me if I breach any terms of the settlement contract, well I hope they do! And I hope after they sue me that the case goes to trial so I can hear what they have to say about all of the mysterious and suspicious grade changes because up to now they are claiming they did nothing wrong that they just went through all of the semester's tests at the conclusion of the semester and found correct answers not applied all semester long for certain students! And maybe you can come and watch that trial! Bro you have a good day.

You have absolutely no proof that ANY of this happened "Bro". THAT'S what all the disbelief is about in the responses to your post.

Specializes in Forensic Psych.

Bro- you don't know enough details of the case to be leaving a comment like that. Besides, how many student nurses do you know got dismissed from their school and then were given a substantial refund? You have a good day.

Hey Bro,

None of us will have all the details because we weren't there. If you don't want opinions without full facts, then you failed by starting a discussion about it with a bunch of strangers.

Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.

Hey Bro,

None of us will have all the details because we weren't there. If you don't want opinions without full facts, then you failed by starting a discussion about it with a bunch of strangers.

...:yes: how about directing the posters to an ACTUAL media article from a verifiable media outlet that gives us the info. I'm sure you undeerstand-EBP.

It may not change our opinions, especially since the REALITY is that one must pass the NCLEX to become a nurse, and still practice competently. At this point, you have not passed the program, correct?

Specializes in Medical Surgical.

I would not like to open up a can of worms saying this, because this is neither to offend or defend the OP. Many times in lawsuits a large basis of the argument is that a company or individual is dishonest or untrustworthy. It sounds to me like if this school of nursing is still around, it might not be for much longer. How can a school take a group of students with similar failing grades and decide not to fail some of them but fail others. It is an assumption to say that the OP didn't study. Maybe the curriculum was not well designed and they were not being taught how they should have been. There are many unknowns in this situation. OP asked for an opinion and received several, but as far as stating how it all should have went down legally, none of us know because we don't have all the facts.

I read that GrnTea said that if nursing students put as much time into studying as they did complaining about their grades and test questions, they would be doing fine. I completely agree with that statement. I see many in my class complaining and I just choose to not be a part of it. But it is also a possibility that this school was not living up to its standard and was making questionable, at best, practices to look good on paper.

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Specializes in Adult Internal Medicine.

It is not unusual for programs to run item analysis on each question of an exam. This analysis identifies "bad questions" and allows professors to adjust exam scores objectively.

This couldn't mean that a significant percentage of the class got one or more questions wrong causing them to fall below the designated failing grade an subsequently pass after the exams were objectively corrected for error.

If the OP failed the exam and happened to get those questions correct, the OP would remain below the failing mark while several other move from failing to passing.

On the other hand, the more the OP posts the more it becomes evident why the program might not want to pass him.

As a small aside, claiming discrimination as a male in nursing is a joke. Throughout my nursing career (student and professional) being male has done nothing but make life easier.

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