Happy nurses week! Failed BSN by .81 points

[Psha]

Well, just dropped out of my BSN program by failing my final semesters' med-surg II by 0.81 points. A week before graduation. Ideations that I really out to report to someone aside, one of my back-up plans is to sit in on the LPN board. I know some states allow RN students to challenge the boards after reaching a certain point in their education, but not all do. I attend[ed] school in NY, and NYS stopped allowing RN students to sit in on LPN boards after 2007 or there about. I was wondering does this work across state lines? Can sit in on, say, New Hampshire's boards after having finished 99% of bachelor RN courses in New York? Also, can't find information about it online, and can't call them up right now, but does anyone know if Connecticut allows RN students to challenge NCLEX-PN?

[MrCAPR, LVN]

Yes, I moved to Puerto Rico and it was the best decision I had made in regards my education. I am finishing my degree, enjoying the Caribbean life what else can I ask for ? ??

[chip10]

awwww. im sorry to hearthat

[jadelpn, LPN, EMT-B]

Consolation prize? I think you are projecting your insecurities here, or something along those lines. I started working as a CNA, decided I like the work, applied to a nursing school, finished almost all of a BSN program and failed right at the finish line. I am have invested a lot of time, money, blood, and tears into this and am simply trying to salvage as much as I can right now using every available route.

I would go to your local community college, see what credits transfer, see what credits you need to retake, get a tutor for your Med/Surg part, and at least attempt to finish out an ADN. THEN you would have the option to go online to go from ADN-BSN.

Another thought process is that you have a tremendous amount of credits. (That you paid for). I would ask the guidance counselor at the school you attended what that would make (ie: a bachelor degree in liberal arts, for instance). THEN go to a school that has an accelerated BSN program and see what you can do.

Here's the thing. If you know that NJ doesn't allow for a RN student to sit for the PN exam, then it won't matter doing this in another state--it won't allow you to get a license in NJ where you live. And to take a LPN course would be a year of your time that could be used finishing up at least an ADN.

But you won't know any of this until you get your transcripts, see what the guidance people of your current school have to say, and what any new potential school will say.

I know you have speant a great deal of money on attempting a degree. And it does stink. But I would weigh every single option first. And a good way of doing this is at a local community college, state school, etc.

Best wishes.

[Lapzs]

I'm pretty late to this, but I also failed out of my BSN program after failing two classes in third semester. I was denied readmission and the right to retake the classes, but I managed to transfer into another local BSN program where I matriculated into the second semester cohort. I retook the two classes I failed there, got excellent grades in them, and am now two semesters away from graduation.

I will be spending 5 years in undergrad instead of 4, but in the end I'll have my BSN.

So if you can transfer into another program like I did, then I say do it.