Happy nurses week! Failed BSN by .81 points

[Psha]

Well, just dropped out of my BSN program by failing my final semesters' med-surg II by 0.81 points. A week before graduation. Ideations that I really out to report to someone aside, one of my back-up plans is to sit in on the LPN board. I know some states allow RN students to challenge the boards after reaching a certain point in their education, but not all do. I attend[ed] school in NY, and NYS stopped allowing RN students to sit in on LPN boards after 2007 or there about. I was wondering does this work across state lines? Can sit in on, say, New Hampshire's boards after having finished 99% of bachelor RN courses in New York? Also, can't find information about it online, and can't call them up right now, but does anyone know if Connecticut allows RN students to challenge NCLEX-PN?

[caliotter3]

Sorry to read that this happened to you. If you can not go the LPN route in another state, might want to consider the Excelsior program. Best wishes.

[JustBeachyNurse, LPN]

Excelsior is not an option if you have any nursing grade less than a C. Even if a border state permitted you to challenge the NCLEX PN you would not be able to endorse the license back to NY. I it's not an option in NJ.

Try looking at requirements for licensing by examination for LPN while you wait for BoN offices to open.

[Psha]

...Even if a border state permitted you to challenge the NCLEX PN you would not be able to endorse the license back to NY....

No? Are you sure about that?

[JustBeachyNurse, LPN]

Yes. Someone just had that issue trying to endorse a challenged LVN license from CA to NY.

And CT required PN candidates to graduate from a school of practical nursing just like NJ & NY

[Psha]

So, as 2 failing grades are Cs, I'll have a shot at Excelsior?

[JustBeachyNurse, LPN]

The current policy is

Individuals who have completed at least 50% of the clinical nursing credit hours with a minimum grade of C within 5 years of enrollment into Excelsior College will be reviewed on a case-by-case appeal basis. Only applicants who are currently employed in a clinical capacity and maintained good academic standing (minimum grade of C in all nursing courses) throughout their nursing program will be considered in this appeal process.

Source: http://www.excelsior.edu/special-requirements-associate-degree

It depends if you were dismissed that may not be considered "good academic standing " plus it's an associates not a BSN.

The other criteria is you must be currently be working in a clinical capacity (CNA, etc)

[Psha]

...The other criteria is you must be currently be working in a clinical capacity (CNA, etc)....

Well, that there isn't an issue, but the "dismissal" bit is worrying. Man, the punches don't stop coming.

[Fiona59]

I have to ask, why does every person who fails out a US RN programme feel that they are entitled to the "consolation prize" of becoming an PN?

[Psha]

I have to ask, why does every person who fails out a US RN programme feel that they are entitled to the "consolation prize" of becoming an PN?

Consolation prize? I think you are projecting your insecurities here, or something along those lines. I started working as a CNA, decided I like the work, applied to a nursing school, finished almost all of a BSN program and failed right at the finish line. I am have invested a lot of time, money, blood, and tears into this and am simply trying to salvage as much as I can right now using every available route.

[realnursealso/LPN, LPN]

Why not go back and retake what you failed?

[akulahawkRN, ADN, RN, EMT-P]

You certainly owe it to yourself to seriously look at the possibility of repeating the failed course(s). I failed out of my program once and was allowed to re-enter the following semester. My Final Exam is coming up in a little over a week and I will then graduate from the very program that I failed out of. It would take a very seriously bad couple of exam grades (Final included) for me to fail out again.

Seriously, look into it.