Our teacher fudged our clinical hours let us go home and now I am out of school

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After 3 Semesters of our clinicals during that entire time our teacher for the LPN program let us go home say even at 8 am usually at least once a week I reported her finally to the school in our third semester I was afraid to do it before because of threats of other students that didnt want to make up the work and because our teacher told us if we did report it we would not get to finish school but i realized I did not know enough and was going to be dangeous to patients so I reported it . The exact day after that teacher and 2 other students filed a grievance against me and the school said they investigated it and I was thrown out .. ONe other girl reported it with me she is pregnant and has since been harrased but she was not thrown out .. She did quit but I talked her into going back until it could be straightened out .. Now everyone is afraid to talk because they did throw me out and they are afraid of repercussions

Since then I Have proof of missed hours even thru emails from the teacher and cell phone records on those days with students calling thier spouses or other people and even a record of a student who worked at the hospital who clocked in

Since this which was on the 22 of August the vice president has told the other students they have to make up those days but yet I am still not reinstated to the school and since it has been so long I cannot see how they can let me back in to make up the time even so .. but it is totally awful and I had only 14 weeks left .. I also told them I WAS willing to make up whatever hours needed but they do not want the state to know .. I think they are on probation as it is

I have gotten a lawyer . Students have been threatned not to speak about it

What about the state

I am going to report it to the state.

and I would appreicate any help that I could get with this problem

Thank you

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I tried to correct this message so if it was not corrected excuse the mistakes in it

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Specializes in DOU.

What was the grievance they filed on you about? Was it valid?

It might be that these are two separate issues.

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Specializes in psych nursing.

If you have a lawyer and documentation, proceed as advised but make sure you get a lawyer who is familar with the healthcare system.

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Specializes in Cardiology, Oncology, Medsurge.

kudos to you for your integrity, it will serve you well as the nurse. i hope the best in your nursing education. just get through it best you can...all of us were traumatized to some degree in nursing school. i can't tell you'll make a fine respectable nurse!

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I just wanted to say you deserve lots of credit for standing up for what is appropriate. Obviously this is not a comfortable situation, but when you finish school you are the honest nurse I would like to work with. I am happy to find student nurses with a backbone. Most are just sheep.

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Specializes in ED, ICU, PSYCH, PP, CEN.

I'm sorry you are going through this. Often it is hard to be a person of integrity. You have done the right thing in hiring a lawyer to protect your interests. Hold your head up and this will all sort out okay for you.

I had something very similar happen to me in college. The students were very mad at me and stalking me, and the teacher got fired. It was not classes related to nursing, it was another type of program.

Please keep us posted, we care.

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Thank you for your kind responses

This incident happened on the 22nd I reported it to the Dean of Nursing and the VP at the school. I had emails to back up some of the missed time. The Dean told the clinical teacher before it was investigated so the NEXT day they came and filed a grievance against me for what I still have no idea.

Nothing was ever documented against me I have straight A's I am on the presidents list etc..

The student who filed the grievance did it along with the clinical instructor who was fired or at the very least advised to resign those facts the school has withheld from me

I have no idea what the grievance is that they filed against me but it was done the day after I blew the whistle ..

I am fifty three so I am a little bit older and I am so afraid I could not make it thru such a program again .. that is a bit disheartning

I am thankful that I do have a lawyer and I go tommorrow to see if he can get me reinstated thru federal injunction

I am sure it is totally against the law to fudge clinical hours and as I said I was so embarrassed and afraid of hurting a future patient I knew I had to finally tell ..

it is just a sad thing and I will get thru it the best I can .. If anyone has had any similar experience in clincal hours or with the state I would appreciate any help and it is hard just waiting

thanks a lot

Sara

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Cardiac, ICU.

You're post was little hard to read...did you say she let you go at 8:00 am? What, after you got there at six?

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Specializes in ED, ICU, PACU.

First, you should start mentioning age discrimination. That will get some attention because their federal funding is at stake. Anyone over 40 is in a protected class as far the government is concerned. Second, formally complain to your state board of nursing with facts. Type up the conversations as a transcript and advise the BON that you have the originals. Let your school (especially the head of it) know what you are doing. You should be proud of yourself for your integrity. The school was not fulfulling their state mandated educational responsibility and could certainly lose their accreditation for what they allowed. You are doing the right thing.

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they never gave you a reason as to why you were being expelled?

i'm glad you have a lawyer.

the fight's not over yet, so you cannot be disheartened.

i admire you and your actions.

best of everything.

leslie

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Specializes in icu, er, transplant, case management, ps.

I know that several have advised you to notify both the program and your BON. You are apparently represented by an attorney. Before you do anything, you need to check with him first, and get his advice. And follow it. He should know the legal steps you need to take to protect yourself. Follow his advice.

Woody:balloons:

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