Hi all. I have a real dilemma. I was dismissed from the BSN program where I was enrolled and academically, doing really well (~3.4 Nursing GPA). I was suspended as a disciplinary action in Spring of my Jr year and came back a yr later.
In the last semester, I was accused of plagiarism on a clinical report and ultimately dismissed and unable to return at a later date.
I have been looking at BSN programs, but the majority of the ones close to me require a letter of good standing from your previous Nursing Program for entry.
For folks asking about "Letter of the Law".... in our school, we had been told that if you didn't do your APA format, references correctly, it was plagarism. Stupid IMHO, but that was said. (Not that I saw any instructors enforce it to that degree.)
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I would think this is bigger than what you wrote about FLmom. There's plagiarism that's incorrect citing and there's plagiarism that's no citing. Even plagiarism due to no citing wouldn't be grounds for dismissal from school unless there's more going on. Schools WANT to keep their students.
I would think this is bigger than what you wrote about FLmom. There's plagiarism that's incorrect citing and there's plagiarism that's no citing. Even plagiarism due to no citing wouldn't be grounds for dismissal from school unless there's more going on. Schools WANT to keep their students.
My school had an ultra strict policy on plagiarism, intentional or unintentional. If the OP had a previous disciplinary issue, and then a citation issue, the citation issue might have been considered at a higher disciplinary level than for someone who had no previous issues.
With OP not wanting to share details I'm not sure that's what happened, but honestly, it doesn't surprise me if that IS what OP means by "Letter of Law."
To the OP - This is not what you are going to want to hear, but from what little you have said it sounds as though there are big issues here - You were dismissed once, given a second chance (knowing that they would now be watching you closely), then dismissed again.
Perhaps the most useful thing to do at this point is address with yourself what went wrong and figure out how to assure that this does not happpen again. Once you are clear with yourself (honestly) then you can address this with whoever makes those decisions at a school and address what you are doing to assure that there is no repeat of the situation and request a chance to prove yourself.
To the other posters: Although we always want to be encouraging I don't think it is proper, or in the long run helpful, to suggest ways in which the poster can "hide" or disguise her former problems.
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For folks asking about "Letter of the Law".... in our school, we had been told that if you didn't do your APA format, references correctly, it was plagarism. Stupid IMHO, but that was said. (Not that I saw any instructors enforce it to that degree.)