More than frastrated, need help ASAP.

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I was supposed to graduate with an associate of science degree in nursing and be eligible to take the licensure exam last year may but something terrible happened during the last course. A few days before the final exam, we were asked to write personal career plans with a mission statement which the instructor accused me of plagiarism. She gave me a zero and becouse of this I never graduated. I waited one year to go back to the same school to retake the course but the school refused to readmit me. I am paying $400.00 a month for the $1900.00 student loan I had borrowed. This does not account for all the time I spent in school, all the stress and sleepless nights, and most of all, the depression knowing that the school gave other students in my class second chances so they can accomplish their goals. It makes me feel discriminated against because of my origin. I don't know what to do....

I have successfully taken the following courses earned 42 credits in order to achieve this goal.

1) LPN to RN Transitions - 30hrs 2 Credits

2) Pharmacology-30hrs -2 Credits

3) Mental Health Nursing 30hrs + 90 hrs Clinical - 4 Credits.

4) Nursing III - 60hrs + 90hrs Clinical - 6 Credits

5) Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family

Part A: Maternal/Neonate -45hrs + 45 hrs Clinical - 4 Credits.

6) Gerontological Nursing 30hrs + 45hrs Clinical - 3 Credits

7) Life Span Development 45hrs - 3 Credits

8) Nursing IV 45 hrs + 90 hrs - 5 Credits

9) Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family

Part B: Nursing Care of Children 45 hrs + 45 hrs Clinical 4 Credits

10) Management RN 45 hrs (unsuccessful) + 45 hrs Clinical. (was supposed to be 4 Credits)

Anybody knows any schools in MA or NH that will accept this credits. I can't imagine starting over again.

I'm not saying this to be harsh or mean, but what you did fits the definition of plagiarism. Even if you did not intend to copy someone else, you used another person's words without citing a proper source. In most programs, regardless of the educational level, plagiarism is sufficient cause to fail a course or be dismissed from a program. If your school has a written policy about plagiarism you can look at it and judge whether you are being treated fairly or not. Most schools do not accept ignorance of the policy as a reason for plagiarism. I am sorry you had to learn this the hard way.

My thoughts, also.

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