Agreed Eligibility- Kicked out of clinical

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I have been told that because I am receiving an Agreed Eligibility Order with stipulations that I am ineligible to be placed into clinical sites to finish nursing school. Can a school make you withdraw from classes just because you may have stipulations after the licensure?

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Specializes in Emergency Department.

In a word: Yes. Clinical partners of schools can have their own requirements for background checks. If you don't meet their requirements to be at their facility, you can't be placed there. If you can't be placed at any of the school's clinical partner facilities, then yes, you will be dropped from the program because you can't meet clinical objectives because you won't be able to have any clinical experiences.

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

are these stipulations from a criminal history/charge?

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I was already in clinicals at a site,but when I informed the school that the BON WILL be issuing an "Agreed Eligibility Order" which may place stipulations on my license after I take and pass the NCLEX... they made me stop clinical.

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Yes an arrest and guilty plea of a felony charge...but then given deferred adjudication and probatio. The probation was dismissed and I was never convicted.

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Specializes in Hospitalist Medicine.

Well, unfortunately, sometimes the choices we make in the past come back to bite us down the road.

Was this information disclosed to your school prior to acceptance? I would suggest you try appealing the program's decision. It may hinge on what the charges were.

Good luck! :)

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

thread moved for best response this is a moderated forum you may see a delay in responses. You are not alone there are many here who may help you.

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Specializes in Emergency Department.
are these stipulations from a criminal history/charge?

Yes an arrest and guilty plea of a felony charge...but then given deferred adjudication and probatio. The probation was dismissed and I was never convicted.

The BON can do what they did based on that history alone, even though you were never officially convicted. From my point of view, the only way that you can get out of this predicament is to find out how to satisfy the BON that you're not a danger to anyone and eventually lift the Agreed Eligibility Order and therefore any stipulations that go along with it. That would likely make the school (and their partners) feel better and allow you back into the clinical setting.

Others who are more knowledgeable than I may have better advice and I strongly suggest you consult with an attorney that is very knowledgeable in these specific matters (specifically regarding BON regulations) and go from there.

I hope your journey to Nursing doesn't end, but it sounds like it's on hiatus for a while.

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