Kicked out before even starting

[Confused_nurse2b]

Hello all. I basically got accepted at my college's RN program in the middle of last month, which was supposed to start mid September, and that's when I found out that we must do titers, immunizations, background checks and all that good stuff in order to register for classes. If any one is familiar with castlebranch that's the website we had to use to to verify everything. Long story short, I got kicked out because I uploaded my last requirement of shots a little later than I should've. I tried to explain that I couldn't land an appointment at the doc's office but it didn't matter. I was told that it's too late because hospitals don't like waiting too long on documents and there's no point for the nursing dept to send in my documents to clinical sites now.

I just wanted to know is that true? Does completing pre-clinical modules and preparing documents really do take awhile? Is there anything I can do to fix this?.

[203bravo, MSN, APRN]

And this is off-topic and may sound incredibly nit-picky, but if you're not yet a nurse, the site doesn't permit you to use "nurse" in your user name.

lol --- I was wondering how long before someone pointed that out :)

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

lol --- I was wondering how long before someone pointed that out :)

First post, last line.

OP, it is your responsibility to ensure that you will meet the deadlines. It is true that there is fierce competition for nursing schools in securing clinical sites. Schools are guests of the clinical site, and must meet the requirements in order to remain in good standing. Take this as a learning opportunity and make sure that you are prepared next time.

[WishfulThinkingRN]

Deadlines can be frustrating but they are a necessity. Nursing schools are at the mercy of their clinical sites and they have a deadline to keep as well. If you don't meet your deadline, they can't meet theirs and then they'd end up with a nursing student that couldn't go to clinicals, and a nursing school has no use for a student that can't go to clinicals.

Most nursing schools are extremely competitive and are beating away applicants with a stick. It's no skin off their nose if you didn't get the paperwork on time, because I guarantee there was another applicant who did and they happily gave away your spot. Failure to meet a relatively easy deadline such as this is not typically a good sign.

In the future, please be aware that you don't necessarily have to go to your primary care physician for these things. Most states have health departments where you can get your vaccines, tb tests and even titers for a reasonable price even without insurance and in a lot of cases without needing to make an appointment. And there are always walk-in clinics that could assist you with this as well.

True story, I had a friend in nursing school who wound up in the hospital, in the ICU no less, for a couple of weeks d/t the flu and an asthma exacerbation. It was during our break, but she was unable to submit her documentation in time because her TB test was was only a month away from expiring, and she missed the deadline for submitting the documentation. Even though she was cleared by her doctor to return to school, the school told her she was being placed on suspension because they couldn't place her for clinicals. Normally, that kind of thing can get you kicked out, but they just held her back a semester because she was in really good standing and she had some real extenuating circumstances.

Life isn't fair, and I'd say this is your first lesson that the nursing world doesn't care about excuses. Welcome to nursing, where even when it's not your fault, it's still your fault.

[aabbccdd]

Depends if the state in which she lives has a nurse title protection act. California does and you can't call yourself a nurse if you are not but some other states might not.

[/username, BSN, RN]

lol --- I was wondering how long before someone pointed that out :)

It was literally the first post in this thread....

[Apple-Core, ASN, BSN, RN]

Depends if the state in which she lives has a nurse title protection act. California does and you can't call yourself a nurse if you are not but some other states might not.

Its part of the terms and conditions of allnurses.com, regardless of where you live

[TheDudeWithTheBigDog, ADN, RN]

Its part of the terms and conditions of allnurses.com, regardless of where you live

The terms are against using a title you didn't earn. A "nurse to be" (OPs name says nurse2b) is clearly a future nurse, which is a title that applies to literally every student working towards being a nurse.

[Trust in Jesus, RN]

The terms are against using a title you didn't earn. A "nurse to be" (OPs name says nurse2b) is clearly a future nurse, which is a title that applies to literally every student working towards being a nurse.

The OP's username used to be Confused Nurse. The OP has changed it to be within the terms and conditions of this website.

[TheDudeWithTheBigDog, ADN, RN]

oh, ok

[Isabelle49]

Geeze!!! Why not call the dean of your school or a counselor. I can't imagine why you got kicked out. You could have had the word done at a slow lab and that wouldn't have been your fault. Take this as a sign or things to come in school and throughout your career. Am retired after 32 years.

[Chrispy11, ASN, RN]

My school had an orientation in June. Gave us the list of documentation needed and one due date, three weeks before the start of the semester. They stated there was a waitlist and if students didn't meet the requirements, there were others who were willing to do so to get in the program. We were even given the names of clinics open 7 days that did not require appointments and were open weekends. It seemed daunting at first, but I got it all done in 5 days. Yes it was required for clinical, but you could not enroll until cleared by the health department. I looked at it as my first test. Administration is strict about these things, no less strict than they'll be in the program. They want to graduate organized, safe-practicing nurses.

You can just continue and see about getting in next semester. Maybe you can take a class or two on pharmacology, which will help with your future classes in the mean time?