Need some help/recommendations following removal from nursing school

[mlb69]

Hello,

This is my first time on here so I will explain the scenario. I am a b- to a c student. I am very safe and proficient in my client care but today I was released from the program with the explanation "the faculty feel you are unsafe to practice at clinical". There is nothing on my record that even indicates I am "unsafe" with patients. There has been "concern" of my inability to connect dots at times but STUDENTS don't always connect the dots. I am a 3rd semester student currently passing all courses with a steadily improvement track record. Clinical evals in the past of yielded 90% or greater. I just do not understand it. How is "slowly" connecting the dots relevant to direct patient care? If schooling is building a foundation and the majority of our "learning" occurs in the hospital setting wouldn't all student nurses be "unsafe"?

[caliotter3]

This came out of the blue? To be dismissed from the program, you should have been well aware of your situation when it became apparent that you were not meeting expectations. Steps for getting you up to speed should have been shared with you and you should have had periodic sessions with your instructors and advisors. Nothing should have been a mystery to you or sudden, right out of the blue. I would request an explanation and information as to your options. Can you return at a later date? Can you come back and repeat the last semester? Can you never come back? Do you know where you stand? Until you know what your options are, you will not have a clear picture to paint for any school you try to transfer to. Good luck.

[mlb69]

It was out of the blue. We had clinical on Tuesday with a journal submission, which take in mind was not graded (supposedly), and that journal submission was the direct result of my dismissal. Since the submission was not supposedly "graded" I just honestly put something down like the instructor said. The instructor said anything can be written about, exact words were "your thoughts and feelings of the day".

It has been mentioned before that I do not see the whole picture or trouble connecting the dots. They (instructors) referred back to the inability to connect the dots results in being "unsafe" in clinical. How is this the case? I mean obviously you have to connect some of the dots to be successful didactically, and I do show improvement from each semester.

[dura_mater]

OP, was there possibly something in the journal submission that caused your instructors to feel that you may be "unsafe"?

[mlb69]

As far as returning: their is pending review from the dean and they are trying to come to a resolution. I should know more tomorrow but for now I am just trying to piece it together from both perspectives.

I understand their side, however, if I am deemed "unsafe" there has to be history of this type of practice? I mean if I were an RN I would have to do something that would cause direct harm in order to be deemed unsafe. There would have to be a history of this and blatantly in my case there absolutely is none.

[mlb69]

This journal submission: I was talking about FV being a cause (my opinion) of any mental changes. The instructors said that I was unable to use the nursing process due to his long history of delusional thinking......

[NurseAdida]

How was your clinical experience like? Is there something that you thought was a "small thing" but really upset your instructor? Have you asked them to clarify using examples what you did to make you unsafe?

[mlb69]

There interpretation is that if I cannot see the "big-picture" as a whole then I am unsafe. They state that I am concentrating too much on "small" details rather than the "big picture".

My clinical experience was great. Any abnormal findings I sought the instructor for clarification to make sure I was correct/wrong.

[dura_mater]

Does your school have a remediation policy in place for what they deem to be unsafe practices/"failing to connect the dots"?

[mlb69]

Well, honestly, it is very subjective. The remediation process requires a program to be in place to track performance and to see if the student is getting better. This was never offered to me. In the place where it said remediation planned: stated there is no remediation for me...

[dudette10, MSN, RN]

This just sounds really, really weird. So, let's go back to previous evaluations. What was said in previous evals? You're 3rd semester, so there *has* to be something in previous evals to warrant this "new" eval that you are unsafe?

[mlb69]

It says in the student handbook that if a student is deemed unsafe by clinical instructor the student will be sent home immediately. I have never been sent home from clinical.