Dismissed from Nursing school

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After almost 3 years and more of hard studying and dedication, I was dissmissed from the program. I know that it was something personal with my teacher and I would please like some imput and opinions. The reason I was dissmissed was because I was about to administer lovenox ,and I know it's an anticoagulant and a subcutaneous injection, and I was also taught that the best site to administer this medication is in the abdominal region, but I did not know it was the ONLY site like my teacher said. I gathered a couple of information from cardiology sites and from lovenox and they said that there has been no studies or evidence that administeing at any other subcutaneous site could be a harm, threat or interfere with the patient's treatment , but that the manufacturer reccomends that the preffered site for maximum absorption is the abdomen.But can this really be a motive for dissmissal? Please share your comments. Thank you. :sniff:

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"Preferred site for maximum absorption". Personally not given Lovenox (or heparin sub q)anywhere but in the abdomen. Did the patient request the injection somewhere else?

just my 2 cents.

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No, she didn't.

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Why did you give the injection in another site? What site did you inject in? Were there other issues going on or warnings given from the teacher? Can you provide more info on what exactly happened that day?

I am really sorry to hear about this. I can only imagine how frustrating and sad this would be. Have you started an appeal? Or talked to someone in the program?

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Specializes in L&D and OB-GYN office.

Just from what you have written it does not sound like grounds for dismissal from the program. I mean, come on, you are a STUDENT. Students are not perfect and students make mistakes. Is this really the basis for your dismissal? Is this what your instructor told you?

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Specializes in ICU, ER.

Dismissal seems a bit severe. As Stacy said, you're a student. Have you had previous problems of this nature?

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Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.

I suspect that there were other factors that contributed to your dismissal. Perhaps you don't see them at the moment because the Lovenox incident was the most recent and you are emotionally upset and focusing on that one thing.

I suggest you take a deep breath and maybe a day or two to calm down ... and then review your entire semester with this instructor and all of the feedback she has given you. Then you will be better able to address anything that might have contributed to her decision to give you a failing grade.

Good luck.

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I did not administer the injection, I was warned by my instructor that this wasn't the appropiate site. And before this incident, I was placed on probation for an entire semester and had to do medication pass on every single clinical day. I was exposed more than any other classmate on medication pass and passed clinical for one semester, but she continued to have me placed on probation after the second semester. The first incident was completlly unreliable. She wrote an incident report that had false facts which she admitted in a meeting, and my mistake was signing a form because of pressure and fear.

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I agree with the others. You need to figure out, by talking to the Dean, the top people at your school, exactly what the reasons are for booting you out of the program.

The lovenox issue isn't nearly enough, IMHO.

Do not take this lying down. You've spent too much time, effort, money, blood, sweat, and tears to get kicked out for something so trivial. And I'm not saying that giving a med other than the way the manufacturer says is best is something trivial. Meds are super important. Super. But the way you have described things is leaving me with my head spinning, as I just don't think it's serious enough to get someone kicked out.

How is your attendance? Tardiness? Turning in papers late or with lots of errors in spelling, punctuation, grammar, etc.? Have there been complaints about you from peers, other teachers, patients, doctors, etc.?

Anyway, fight it with all your might. And good luck.

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First of all let me say, I am so very sorry to hear of your experience. I am a recent grad, and when I think of the people who were dismissed from my class, they were dismissed after ample warnings. Some were dismissed for medication errors, but only after they received an oral warning, and then written warnings which came with points attached. If we received 10 clinical points for things such as missing clinical days, med errors or if the instructor felt the student was unprepared for post conferences, the student was automatically dismissed. And I can tell you my instructors really thought long and hard before assigning a student points or dismissing them from the program. And even then, the director of the program had some say in it, as assigning clinical points can be a subjective thing.

Did you have any kind of point system? Can you talk to the director of the program regarding your dismissal? Can you be reinstated to the program in a future class? Some people who were dismissed from my class are returning to a future class. They had to meet with a special board at my school and discuss where they felt they went wrong and what they would do to be successful in the future. I wish you all the best with your situation. I hope it can be resolved. Three years is a long time and a lot of work. Good luck!

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I think it's impossible to judge when we obviously do not have the whole story.

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Specializes in ICU + Infection Prevention.

Wait why were you placed on probation and kept on probation?

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