Help - NCLEX RN test on hold - Received appeal letter from Pearsonvue

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Hello,

Someone please advise me on this issue..

I took my test 2 weeks ago and my results were on hold... I received a letter from pearsonvue that they will have to cancel my test because I violated a law by using cell phone.. They gave me an option to appeal..

They are right, i used my cell phone on my way to rest room.. Not inside the exam room.. My 12 month baby is in another country and he went to emergency due to illness.. I callled my hus for 10 seconds on my way to rest room to check and see whether he got calls from the doctor.. While I was in the phone, examiner came out side the hallway and told me to hang up the phone and I did rightway and told her that my baby is sick and i was checking with my husband and she said it ok dont call again and I did not..

On the next day of the exam I had to flew back to my country in an emergency ticket and just came back today.. I have the ticket copy showing the nextday afterwards travel date and stamped passport.. Dose anyone think i can appeal with the info..? I can get the medical certificate from the hospital showing that my baby was on the hospital on the same day i was taking test.

I made the call due to anxiety.. When my baby was only 4 months i send him to my parents house just for me to prepare the RN exam and he was staying there for last 8 months.. i did so much hard word to prepare the exam... I have the local country police certificate aswell showing my baby was there for last 8 months..

Please please guide me what to do in this case... I couldnt even sleep.. I used it on my way to rest room and the examiner confirmed it is ok.. I had 265 questions and took 6 hrs to finish and i was the only one in the room after 6.00pm, so i may be the examiner got mad.. however i am really confused, i have the Appeal or No Appeal letter from pearsonvue...

Where I tested, the phones also went in the lockers. As did everything else including even my headband! I find it odd that someone had access to their phone on a break at all, we would have had to go to the car or the locker to get it, and weren't allowed in either direction.

Cell phones are computers, you can have your study notes on them, and thus it IS possible to cheat during a bathroom break.

I feel sorry for you, praying220! I think I would have rescheduled the test until my child was out of the woods in that case, but the bottom line is, there are rules and you broke one. You will be lucky if they allow a retest. I would not accept a revoked license, ithat is worse than no license at all.

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.
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Praying hasn't returned in more than 3 years. Appeal was denied by both Pearson & CABRN.

I know you didn't like the responses earlier this month but no one has been successful in NOT getting the results cancelled for such an egregious and blatant rule violation. The "most lenient" penalty I've seen thus far was a ban from taking the NCLEX for 12-24 months. At the end the candidate still had to appear before the board of nursing for permission to test and the license was marked as disciplined/probationary.

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JustBeachy,

I didn't look at the date of OPs last post, thank you for the update.

Never ceases to amaze me how rules are interpreted, bent and blatantly broken. I am surprised that anyone got to retest after 12-24 months. I thought it was a lifelong ban.

The rules are posted everywhere, and we sign that we understand them. There really is no excuse for breaking them.

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.
JustBeachy,

I didn't look at the date of OPs last post, thank you for the update.

Never ceases to amaze me how rules are interpreted, bent and blatantly broken. I am surprised that anyone got to retest after 12-24 months. I thought it was a lifelong ban.

The rules are posted everywhere, and we sign that we understand them. There really is no excuse for breaking them.

The one with the limit ban had no guarantee of retest and license would be marked + disciplinary action. They were able to prove they had a critically ill child if I recall and it was too late to reschedule after the child fell ill.

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