Got kicked out of an RN program don't know what to do

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I got kicked out of an RN AAS program 3 weeks ago, six weeks before graduation. I was supposed to graduate on june 12th and on april 17th I failed pediatric nursing. This is my second failure, I repeated fundamentals and therefore I'm not allowed to continue, the school has a rule of one repeat allowed. I'm so lost, invested so much in this and studied so hard, can't sleep, can't eat, can't face my family who was counting on me. Does anyone know of an option where I don't have to start over, a school that will take my nursing courses. I'm not an LPN, I'm a Nurse Tech (Fancy for CNA in hospital) in an emergency room in NY for 4 years now. Please help.

Specializes in med surg home care PEDS.

Can you possibly appeal and get back in, I tell you nursing school is rough check out excelsior, I have a classmate in her last semester who failed med pass 3 weeks ago, and is already in excelsior, she will be finsished by sept so definetely check it out.

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Specializes in Cath Lab, OR, CPHN/SN, ER.
also you lose points if you go one decimal place to much in your work so you have to constantly watch your division and multiplication,

Sorry, no way related to the OP, but wanted to comment on this: That one demical point could kill. 10 units vs. 100 units of insulin. Giving meds to a baby, a little old person who's liver and kidneys are shot, or chemotherapy- the decimal can kill if in the wrong spot. If it's consistently incorrect, then yeah, it's worth failing for. (Glad there is the three chances option though so that way if someone does goof and get it wrong, you can try again. And thank goodness we get to double check our work with coworkers before giving those important meds).

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Specializes in med surg home care PEDS.

I know that, what I am talking about is in the work for the problem, if you have carried your division say to hundredths instead of tenths and your answer is right, you still lose half credit or all 10 point depending on who marks your test.

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Specializes in Ante-Intra-Postpartum, Post Gyne.

I am in a BSN program. There is a girl in my class who repeated this semester and is failing clinical again. She has the options to take the LVN exam...she does not have to go to an LVN program, we all could have taken the LVN boards over a year ago. This might be an option for you.

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Cant you transfer from one program to another?

I know for sure you can do that while you are enrolled in a nursing program and dont like the school. But wouldnt this also apply to if you failed a semester you could apply to other schools to get in on a particular semester? (say semester 3 or 4)

Might be worth it to call other programs to see if they had any dropouts for the semester you were dismissed and to try and get that spot right?

If I am wrong feel free to let me know but it seems like the same idea as the excelsior program earlier posts were talking about.

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OP states she lives in NY. NY does not allow people to sit for LPN license exam after completing half of RN program.

True..NYS stopped that about 2007 I believe. People need to check the boards in each state, because many states have stopped this. Unless the program is specifically tailored to allow you to sit for you LPN boards, it probably isn't likely you can do it. I think there are only a handful of states left that allow this.

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I'm sorry to hear about your predicament and I hope you find the option that works best for you. Don't give up on nursing though. Good luck with everything.

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Can you possibly appeal and get back in, I tell you nursing school is rough check out excelsior, I have a classmate in her last semester who failed med pass 3 weeks ago, and is already in excelsior, she will be finsished by sept so definetely check it out.

I'm thinking of getting a lawyer

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A lawyer sounds like a good idea could you name the school?

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Specializes in med surg home care PEDS.

There is a woman at my school, in the NYC area, who got kicked out, was denied re entry on appeal, got a lawyer and is back in the program, talk to a lawyer it may be worth it, good luck to you, I feel for you

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Specializes in Acute Mental Health.

You were so close to graduating! I'm so sorry :crying2: I too, was wondering if you could appeal especially because you were so close to completion. I would think there are special circumstances that would allow a school to let a student retake a course. Please keep us posted.

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I don't want to name the school, but there is a lot of prejudice and disscrimination, both of the student that I know repeated twice are both white, I'm black(not really in my favor) as sad as it sounds "Things haven't changed much:cry:. But it should not be this way, if you can bent the rule for one person you should do it for anyone in the same predicament. I'm also praying a lot, I beleive in God and I know He'll show me the way. Usually when they take you back, they make you wait a year, which is still better than starting over, the course that I failed was only a six weeks course, needed a 75% got a 72%, I still can't wrap my head around that, but I'm staying positive and I'll keep on praying.

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