Dismissed From ADN Program After 2 Course Failure

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I was dismissed from my ADN program after I failed two courses in my second semester. The school policy is that student are dismissed from the program after two course failure or one course failure and a class withdrawl.

What should I do now? I applied for an accelerated program but was denied admission. Should I try an appeal the admission departments decision? What are some options? I do not want to change programs/ consider other career paths.

I need help.

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.

Well, you might not be able to get into another program immediately due to your course failure...it will be depend on how your area schools work.

I will suggest finding and successfully completing a Practical Nursing program as a path way to becoming a nurse, and your ultimate goal of becoming an RN.

I failed a ADN program many moons ago; I dusted myself off found a PN program, and was successful as a LPN for many years and got my BSN about 2 years ago...I didn't let failure prevent me from becoming a great nurse, IMHO...and I'm still in the business, successfully.

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Specializes in Critical Care, Education.

Accelerated programs have more stringent acceptance standards, so it is unlikely that this is going to be a route for you if you were not successful in a traditional program.

Are you eligible to re-apply for your program after a period of time? If not, PP's suggestion - pursuing an LPN - is probably your best option.

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I did apply to an accelerated nursing program and was denied admission. Right now I am trying to appeal the decision. Is that a smart move?

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Specializes in Leadership, Psych, HomeCare, Amb. Care.

I think HouTx's point was that after failing one program, you are applying for something even more demanding.

The question to ask yourself is why did you fail, and what will be different if you get into the accelerated program?

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I did apply to an accelerated nursing program and was denied admission. Right now I am trying to appeal the decision. Is that a smart move?

No. You already know the policy, and you weren't borderline....you failed two classes.

I'd follow LadyFree's suggestion: become an LPN through a practical nursing program, then seek to bridge to RN.

You don't have grounds for appeal, nor are you likely to get into another program (especially not an accelerated one) at this time.

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I'm currently inclined to agree with pretty much everyone here. You have failed 2 courses, which by your own admission, resulted in your dismissal from your program by policy. What you can do is very simple: see if you can get into a LVN program instead and bridge to RN later. In the meantime, what you need to do is figure out what it was that caused you to fail. If you do not do that, you will simply repeat the problem that you had. That means you will fail once again and be completely out of nursing altogether for a long time. I'm not surprised that an accelerated program did not accept you for their program at all. When I was dismissed from my ADN program earlier, I looked around at admission and transfer policies to other programs. What I found was that they would not admit any student to that failed a nursing program within the past 10 years.

Had I not been granted readmission to the program, I had not used up both fails, I would have been unable to complete a nursing program of any sort for at least 10 years. The program that I am in does take in some consideration for personal necessities, things like illnesses, injuries, and the like that are completely out of the students control, but failing or voluntarily withdrawing from the program is what precludes you from readmission.

The program I am currently in did offer me a seat in the LVN program and I would have taken it except for one little problem: they offered me a seat at the last minute in their RN program. You can imagine that I decided to take the RN program seat instead. I am ready to graduate in about 7 weeks from now.

I cannot stress enough how necessary it is for you to learn what it was that caused you to fail the program, specifically 2 courses in the same semester. They say that if a student fails a course, a single course, and returns to the program they typically can do very well. If a student fails twice, they say the odds of successfully passing are essentially zero. A classmate of mine is a prime example of that. This classmate failed the program twice, both times in the final semester of the program. To my knowledge, this classmate's knowledge is good in terms of testing ability, however, I believe there is something to this classmate's clinical performance that is lacking and I believe that is what caused this classmate of mine to fail twice. This classmate would probably do extremely well as an LVN.

To that end, I would suggest that you do some soul-searching and probably look at transitioning over to an LVN program and then later bridge into an RN program once you feel that you are ready to go for it. In my eyes, there is nothing wrong with being an LVN: they are still nurses!

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I failed two nursing classed and applied to an accelerate program and did not get in. What now? i live in MD where they are phasing out LPNs and require RNs to have bachelor's degrees. i am passionate about nursing but at this point i feel like I do not have any options to get into another program.

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I failed two nursing classed and applied to an accelerate program and did not get in. What now?
Before jumping into another nursing program so quickly, perhaps it is time to carefully evaluate the reasons for failing two nursing classes so you can take steps to ensure this never happens again. Good luck to you.
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Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.
Before jumping into another nursing program so quickly, perhaps it is time to carefully evaluate the reasons for failing two nursing classes so you can take steps to ensure this never happens again. Good luck to you.

This.

It may be a time before you are even accepted into another program due I your dismissal as well.

Best wishes.

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Specializes in ICU.

The question is, why did you fail? I would ask myself that before trying any other programs especially accelerated which usually have stricter standards than regular programs. I would then call around to other schools and see what you could do and explain that you failed a couple of classes but now you know what the problem was and plan to fix it. You need to have some kind of plan to fix the issue.

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You posted this same problem on March 31, in this thread: https://allnurses.com/pre-nursing-student/dismissed-adn-program-915513.html#post7834390

You were already told that failing out of a traditional program is NOT going to get you accepted into an accelerated program. You were told to examine WHY you failed. You were told that you do NOT have an appeal option, and are unlikely to get into another program soon.

AND you were told that your best bet (since you have a "passion" for nursing) is to try to get into (and pass) an LPN program and then seek to bridge to an RN program. "Phasing out" or not, you aren't accepting what others have already told you (and continue to tell you).

It appears you are continuing to say the same things, yet hoping for a different result?

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