Help with finishing nursing school.

[PRPapaLopez87]

Well I was put into a bad situation where I was given medical leave from school director and would be allowed to finish test when I get back. but teacher wouldn't accept (powertrip) so now I need to redo a course due to this.

and I go to school in Puerto Rico, but am from california. do you know of any school nursing programs who accept students who only need a few more units? or even online nursing school to complete credits?? If I stayed at my school in puerto rico it would take another year to graduate to due the class not always being offered. please any information would help! thanks :)

-Evan

[emilyBABSNRN]

I dont know of any other program. Even when you get out of nursing school, it helps if you have clinical experience as a CNA or medication assistant. It seems like it would cost a lot of money to move and every nursing school is different. This is a problem for a lot of people in the US....if you started over at another school chances are you would also have to take another semester of their classes. In the end, is it really worth moving and going through the transfer process? Sorry to hear about your problems! My best advice is to just finish as fast as possible. If you have to wait, try working as a CNA or a nurse extern to build up your resume for when you graduate. Once you pass the NCLEX it is not any easier to find a job than any other profession. It helps if you have experience in healthcare, etc. Maybe take a job at the hospital where you want to work as an RN, even if it is just part time. That way once you do finish, you will have a job waiting for you. Good luck!

[LadyinScrubs, ASN, RN]

Stay and take the class when it comes around again. In the meantime, study, study, and study again. Know the info for that class forward and backward because this would be your last chance. No other school would accept your core nursing credits even if you were in the the same city and applying to another college. Nursing classes do not transfer. Nursing prerequisites do but not core nursing classes. If you leave your school, the only other option would be to try to become an LVN (by challenging the LVN NCLEX) or start over in another nursing school. If you decide to start over, be sure that your lab classes are not older than 5 years--some schools will not take labs older than 5 years, and most schools have a long waiting list. BTW I speak from experience; been there, done that.