Failed NCLEX, School dropped me from program!!!! HELP!!!

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i need some advice fellow nurses!!! i just completed my first year of an ADN program and had started on 2nd year when i failed my NCLEX-PN. My school has now dropped me from the program and i have no option to continue on. The program just changed from ADN to BSN and i was told that i can't jump into the next group (last group of ADN behind me) because i have to go back and take N157 again (in which i passed with an A) to enter into the last rotation. Sadly N157's last session is goin on right now which is too late for me to join. I've asked the faculty if i could get a waiver due to this unforeseen circumstance in which they state, "sorry school policy." other students in my rotation that failed previously were allowed into the last rotation. i'm at a lost and i feel my dream slipping away. i joined this program to be an RN and not an LPN. Crazy part is that we don't even use our LPN license!!! i'm just wondering who can i speak to to have my side explained with out being swept under the rug?:confused::confused::confused::confused:

Specializes in Hospice / Psych / RNAC.
this is an ADN program on Maui but i seem to be lost in a loop hole. is it legal to make me take a class that i have already passed? i know my options is an LPN to RN but i feel i really worked hard to get here and it seems that everyone before me in the same situation had an option. i have none. the only reason i'm getting is that its always been this way. BUT in my opinion this has never happened before because i'm the last cycle before changing to ADN to BSN program. what do i do?!?!?!

You know you might have something here. If it hasn't been over 2 or 5 years whichever one that applies to the other courses that people are allowed to bridge into their credits why can't it apply in this situation? What's the name of your school on Maui?

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Because 1+1 programs base their curriculum and clinicals on the fact that the 2nd year student have an actual license (LPN). Certain meds can be given without supervision, for instance during clinicals.

All 1+1 programs require that the first year students pass the LPN boards prior to moving on to the next level. The couple I have known will typically allow a certain time period (ie, all boards must be passed by X day), allowing for a retake if people fail the first time.

Oh, okay. So the first year of the program is ACTUALLY practical nursing school, is that right?

My state has had a lot of problems with programs like this. Lots of fraud. I'm surprised they still exist anywhere. An RN program should be training RNs, not interim LPNs. This sounds like another product of the hurry 'em up and get 'em out theory of "How to Solve the Nursing Shortage."

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This is not a fraud.There are many schools that are LPN to RN program.I finished one, and I know many people who finish it.

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This is not a fraud.There are many schools that are LPN to RN program.I finished one, and I know many people who finish it.

I didn't say her program is a fraud. I said that in my state there has been a lot of fraud committed by sketchily-accredited or outright unaccredited "nursing programs" in for-profit training schools that operate along those same lines. That's why I asked her about her school and its accreditation.

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my school is an accredited university which seems to operate like a "for profit" system i guess. i still don't understand how taking a class that i already passed with an A is gonna help me pass the NLCEX-PN on the second try. i have a meeting set up with the vice chancellor tomorrow in which within my grievance i am asking for a waiver to this policy due to the fact that it will no longer be offered due to the changing curriculum from ADN to BSN. my main argument is that i should be given some sort of option to continue my education. At this point the only option (if you could even call it that) is to move to another island and reapply at a LPN to RN transition program. I truly feel that it is not my fault that the curriculum is changing and that options should be made to those that are in my situation. thank you to all for your comments!!! greatly appreciated!!!

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btw University of Hawaii Maui Campus...

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University of Hawaii Maui Campus

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The curriculum changed at my school and everyone who got caught up in it either survived or found themselves out of school with no degree. Deadlines were given along the way and no provisions were made for anybody as far as I am aware.

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So retake the nclexpn and apply at a different school that does LPN to RN.

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i won!!!! i filed a grievance and took my case to the Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs stating that i should be allowed a waiver because policy stated that i am suppose to retake N157 but because its not being offered anymore its not my fault!!! Thank you Lord!!! still in the program!!! im not giving up and thanks to those who felt i should fight it and not just roll over and accept what they initially stated. Be blessed!!!

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Good for you! Now take this chance and show them what you can do! We're rooting for you to finish with flying colors!

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Specializes in Hospice / Psych / RNAC.

As one who encouraged you to act; I salute you. Let this be a lesson for you that anything is possible. You must right the wrongs when they happen. Stand up for yourself and believe!

I am so excited for you. May you go forward and be successful in your life.

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