JohnsonPartyOf3

This is the program at TNCC in Va. I love my professors and I think its a great program. It just has some policy's that are not beneficial to the students. I am appealing the decision, first my grade and then the policy. I have the guidance of the Dean of Science with me so hopefully she can help me.

Im not sure how many actually graduate. They accepted 60, I was 1 of 4 alternates that were taken after 4 people declined admission. Now we are down to 52, then now minus 3 who were dismissed.

It is extremely unfair. I am going to write an appeal letter to the dean of the department ( health science) which so happens to be the dean of the nursing program so I know i wont get anywhere with that. Then im moving up to the Dean of science and so on. Hoping someone can help us. I could except it more if I was struggling and it was apparent i wasnt going to pass because i could not perform well. But its the complete other end.

So Thursday I received the new that has completely turned my world upside down. I was unsuccessful in completing my final skills exam for my lab. I am in the middle of my first semester of the program and I am now dismissed from the program I did not say stop after I was finished with my blood pressure reading and therefore ran out of the alloted time to complete the entire scenario. There are 3 other ladies who the same thing happened to them and they are also gone. I am completely devistated over this. I have spent 3 year and countless thousands of dollars just to get into the program and now 30 minutes has ended it all. What do i do now? Our program has a not repeat policy. I missed the withdrawal date by 4 days. My only choice is to seek out another RN program, or do a LPN program and then return for their LPN to RN accelerated program. Either way I have to wait until the fall semester of 2011 to enter into either program, not to mention spend more money and time away from my son. There is no appeal process, but I want to try. I have an A in the course, until now I have a W. I completed all my skills check offs with no repeats and exceptional remarks from my professors. I even recieved countless remarks that I will make an excellent nurse,and I have amazing bed side manner from my professors. What do I do now?

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