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UPDATE: I had the meeting and I don't know..after it I just didn't feel confident. They won't take into the account of what the plagiarism checker is counting as plagiarism such as my headers, lab value names (RBC, WBC, etc). It feels like they basically beat me into the ground. Now they're trying to say certain things match other papers. Such as patient height, weight, and delivery date. I took other care plans to show this is the way that I document things and yea...it just wasn't good. It felt like they were trying to tel me everything I've learned in med surg as far as documentation is incorrect. It's just..a lot. Still waiting to hear back regarding the decision.

Sorry for the late reply. I go before the conduct committee on Friday and after that I'm not sure how long the decision takes. The situation to me is very odd because for this rotation they have a "one submission" rule and I know plenty of people who has submitted a care plan twice for this rotation and even received full credit on a care plan that makes absolutely no sense at all.

I swear that's what I thought...it would just be a clear statement. During med surg II clinical, my professor did a presentation on how to do the care plans from that point on. With key things to include throughout the care plan. Something that came back as a match is me stating that patient and her boyfriend are able to meet basic needs such as housing, food, and clothing. However, in my mind this is key..the patient is leaving with a newborn..if she can't meet the basic needs or need additional resources then at the point I would provide her with the appropriate resources to make sure the need can be met.

It sucks so much because I'm three terms away from being done with the BSN program. If I have to take the alternate route (LVN program, get licensed, and reenter the program) it'll take me three terms to complete the LVN program then when I return to the program I'll have to do this clinical FOR THE THIRD TIME.

The original care plan was for a post c-section with complications (severe preeclampsia, chronic hypertension, gestational diabetes, and so much more) i hated that care plan. The professor picked that patient for me and the care plan was 18+pages. This care plan is for a post lady partsl delivery patient, no complications, no prior medical history.

I write consistently the same way for all my care plans. This is the way I was taught in Med Surg II. For example: Cardiovascular: S1 and S2 sounds audible. No murmur detected. Capillary refill less than 3 seconds. 76 beats per minute. Blood pressure 126/72 taken while sitting. As for the citations, for this rotation the whole department is really strict when it comes to citations. EVERYTHING needs to be cited unless it's your assessment. I feel like that's the only thing I can do is try to convince them. If all else fails, I've mentally prepared myself to take an alternate route.

The percentage was 72%. I asked about the percentage of the actual content that's exactly the same as the previous care plan and the professor stated it was just the way I put my assessment. So for example, the course is OB. For my post labor patient, my professor only required for us to do cardio, respiratory, and BUBBLE-HE. On my old care plan it's listed cardio before respiratory and because it's listed the same way it's considered "self plagiarism". But in my mind that makes sense and it's also how i do any assessment, neuro first, auscultate heart sounds and cap refill while the patient is still relaxed then I'll assess respiratory. The percentage is so high because of the "matching" it did. The subheadings, my name, the word patient, RBC, WBC, HCT, etc. not the lab values but the name. It sounds so crazy that I'm stressed out over this.

Lol that's the thing, I didn't reuse my work. That care plan traumatized me and I deleted it from my laptop. The issue is me using the same resources and not wording it differently. Thanks for your input!

Hey Trixie, For the course repeat, in my opinion its very vague, "when the student repeats a class for which they initially earned a failing grade and receives a passing grade, that grade will replace the failing grade and the new grade will be used to calculate the final cumulative grade point average (CGPA). All attempted coursework will be reflected on the official transcript. All credits resulting from repeated courses are included in determining student's satisfactory academic progress standing for rate of progress." For plagiarism, it is listed in our academic honor code as, "Representing the ideas, expressions, or materials of another without providing the author with due credit, paraphrasing or condensing ideas from another person's work without proper citation, falling to document direct quotations and paraphrases with proper citation." The only thing I feel that the professor felt applied is, "submitting work created for another course without instructor approval." Which is listed under academic dishonesty. However, when she gave us instruction on how she wants the care plan, she stated she wanted us to keep it simple by using our textbook, drug book, lab manual, and care plan book. These are the same books I have been using since fundamentals.

Good afternoon, I'm turning to this forum to get advice on a scary situation that I'm currently facing. This term I'm repeating a clinical due to receiving a failing grade on the previous clinical care plan. I submitted my care plan two days late due to an emergency family issue, the day it was due we had to move and I literally found out that morning. I didn't communicate the issue with my professor and I take responsibility for that but I just didn't feel comfortable with telling her my situation. When I submitted the care plan, there was a technical difficulty and our techs took responsibility for the issue and I had to fight (literally for a month) to get my care pan graded. Once graded, I received an 88 but with the late deduction it was a 68 and I needed a minimum of 69 or 70 to pass. Two weeks ago, I submitted my new care plan and received an email from my professor stating I got a zero because I "plagiarized" my old care plan. I let her know that I did use the same resources but she had already escalated the situation to the dean and the academia committee. When I took a look at my care plan, it matched things such as my name, the subheadings in the assignment (pertinent labs, HPI, PIH panel and these are subheadings provided by the program). And other things matched were cited. My professor stated I should've "switched up my words" and used different resources but in my opinion I took this course previously and know exactly what the professors are looking for, clear statements and getting right to the point. I've met with the dean and she let me know that me using the same resources isn't the issue, the issue is the percentage. Next I meet with the committee. I just feel like the best way to say the sky is blue is saying,"the sky is blue". If there's anyone who had been through this, please comment and let me know how did it work out for you.