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[deener618]

help i was supposed to gradute from lpn school in june 10 days before hand i was termintated from the program. I was given my graduation letter, graduation invitation and deposit for my uniform. I was told i wasnt safe because I didnt take off a patient scd(sequential compresstion stocking) before I transfered her back to bed she had a 101.5 fever I was more worried about the fever so I didnt bother looking at the stockings. I was also told that i passed to due to my fathers illness and death. Im not sure what legally i can do if I should go back and repeat med surg and pharmacology classes I passed with 80s or just go on to get my rn please help and lead me in the right direction.

[LoriAlabamaRN]

This is hard for me to understand- your only error was not taking off scd's so they kicked you out 10 days before graduation? And what do you mean you passed d/t father's death? I'm confused... can you explain from the beginning please?

[deener618]

10 days before graduation i was told that i wasnt ready to be a nurse because i didnt take a pt scd off when transfering her I was unsafe, I also had written a bp upside down but changed it before the clinical instructor said anything to me. i was also going to do a accucheck when I got back from break. to me these things arent fatal enough not to graduate. I was also told they only reason my clinical instructors had passed me was my father was sick and dying.

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

My sincere condolences.

Sounds like your instructors have been cutting you a break since you were under extreme emotional distress, but that you made one mistake too many and they decided they couldn't cut you anymore slack.

Perhaps their mistake was to lower their standards and cut you some slack, because it seems like a slap in the face with 10 days left to go.

However, I agree with your instructors. Students who make little mistakes along the way, especially with the attitude "it's not fatal", do not make good nurses, and perhaps are headed for that fatal error.

Take your lessons learned. Pull yourself up by your bootstraps and start again. Follow the book to the letter when in clinicals, don't compromise, don't cut corners, be diligent and focused.

More than likely there is nothing you can do legally. You need to accept this happened as you can't rewrite the past.

If going for an RN is an option and that's your goal, then go for that too, if they accept you.

Good luck!