Given the boot 2 weeks before graduation

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Long story short, last November I was brought into my advisor's office and was told that I could not complete nursing school. Naturally, I was livid, since I only had 2 weeks of clinicals left. I was told that I could return, but when I tried to do so, I was then told that I could not ever be allowed back into the program because I received an F in my last class instead of an incomplete. My grades were pretty good for nursing school, which is why I am even more upset about this. Anyway.....I was reading where some people with similar situations took the LPN NCLEX instead. I live in NC; does anyone know if this is actually possible? From everything I read online, in order to take any NCLEX exam, you have to have proof of graduation. While not exactly thrilled about the LPN route since I was supposed to be graduating with my BSN, it is certainly better than just sitting idly by, letting my education completely go to waste.

Any help would be very much appreciated!

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In some states, this is possible but just a glance at the NC BON site seems to indicate that they do not permit challenging NCLEX-PN for RN students .. only for graduates of military PN training. So, it wouldn't be an option for you.

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Long story short, last November I was brought into my advisor's office and was told that I could not complete nursing school. Naturally, I was livid, since I only had 2 weeks of clinicals left. I was told that I could return, but when I tried to do so, I was then told that I could not ever be allowed back into the program because I received an F in my last class instead of an incomplete. My grades were pretty good for nursing school, which is why I am even more upset about this. Anyway.....I was reading where some people with similar situations took the LPN NCLEX instead. I live in NC; does anyone know if this is actually possible? From everything I read online, in order to take any NCLEX exam, you have to have proof of graduation. While not exactly thrilled about the LPN route since I was supposed to be graduating with my BSN, it is certainly better than just sitting idly by, letting my education completely go to waste.

Any help would be very much appreciated!

Surely a four year university has some sort of appeals process. If you were wronged badly enough to be rightfully "livid," it seems you should have a pretty fair chance at being allowed to finish the program, unless there was some kind of academic/clinical dishonesty involved.

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I already tried to appeal it. There was no academic or clinical dishonesty involved. There have been a few other students I know who had a similar situation happen in the program, and they ended up switching careers.

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One of our instructors prided herself on her role of selecting various students for this honor instead of graduation each year. You find most of her victims as practicing nurses who graduated from other programs. Encourage you to at least try to find another program.

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I had a BSN classmate that just passed all her classes. We had a requirement to pass a mock NCLEX style test (I forget the name) in order to graduate. She took the mock NCLEX several times with tutoring in between attempts. She never passed. Although she successfully completed all her classes for her BSN, the school would only give her a degree in Liberal Studies. She sued, unsuccessfully. She enrolled in a diploma program, breezed through it and passed her NCLEX on her first try. Stupid BSN program! The only reason they required that mock NCLEX was to ensure their real NCLEX pass rate remained high. Is this common in BSN programs now???

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I had a BSN classmate that just passed all her classes. We had a requirement to pass a mock NCLEX style test (I forget the name) in order to graduate. She took the mock NCLEX several times with tutoring in between attempts. She never passed. Although she successfully completed all her classes for her BSN, the school would only give her a degree in Liberal Studies. She sued, unsuccessfully. She enrolled in a diploma program, breezed through it and passed her NCLEX on her first try. Stupid BSN program! The only reason they required that mock NCLEX was to ensure their real NCLEX pass rate remained high. Is this common in BSN programs now???

This is fairly common with nursing programs in general. My LPN program 10 years ago required I passed a similar test to officially graduate. My current ADN program also has requirements about passing tests before graduation.

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This is fairly common with nursing programs in general. My LPN program 10 years ago required I passed a similar test to officially graduate. My current ADN program also has requirements about passing tests before graduation.

Just part of Nursings inferiority complex. No other Bacchelors program requires this of their graduates. Do Premed students, (In all the different majors that includes) have to pass a mock MCAT? No,.....no they do not.

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Just part of Nursings inferiority complex. No other Bacchelors program requires this of their graduates. Do Premed students, (In all the different majors that includes) have to pass a mock MCAT? No,.....no they do not.

The MCAT is not a licensing exam, and is not a "pass" or "fail" type of exam, so it's not really equivalent.

But your point is well taken, and I agree.

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I just wanted to post an update on this. After a long, uphill battle, I was able to appeal their decision and it ended up being an easy win (took less than 5 minutes). I was even told by the staff at school that they did me wrong, and the instructors who were responsible for me getting the boot are no longer employed at my school. I was issued a huge apology and will be allowed to finish my 2 weeks of clinicals. At first, I was told that I would have to repeat all of the classes for that semester, but once I was able to show proof of what was said to me, things changed quickly and I'm now responsible for just the capstone. It only took 2 years....:)

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That's a great update!

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I was ecstatic when I got the news!

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