School refusing to release transcripts for NCLEX!

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I'm enrolled in the October '17, LPN Program at Adult Community Education - Hudson, and I have a friend who just finished the program, but the school won't release her transcripts so she can take the NCLEX. I would like to know for her as well as myself before I start the program if this is allowed. She completed all the requirements, has her diploma, has her IV certification, and even has letters of recommendation in hand from the program itself and she's still not authorized to sit for her NCLEX exam. Also, she completed all of her coursework successfully, and even walked for her graduation. The program has a "predictor exam", which you must pass. She received a 90% on said exam. A 90% chance of passing the NCLEX on her first try. Passing", right? WRONG. If you don't pass the "predictor" with a 94%, (a 94% chance of passing the NCLEX on your first try) the school refuses to send your transcript to the Board of Nursing. Then, you spend months taking an ATI review course (another $475). Any suggestions?

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Specializes in NICU, ICU, PICU, Academia.

Many schools have similar policies.

This is a PROGRAM REQUIREMENT.

She needs to pass the Predictor at the required level. It's her only choice to move forward.

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Specializes in NICU.

Have her retake the test and get a 94% on the test. Problem solved. The school required a 94% on the test to release her transcripts. She got a 90%, so they did not release her transcripts.

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Specializes in Critical Care.

Yes, this is common practice at many nursing schools. If you do not fulfill their predictor exam requirements, regardless if everything else has been completed, they will not allow you to sit for the NCLEX.

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Like the others I would say take the ATI Review Course and then study and make an attempt to pass the ATI Predictor Exam with a 94%. Schools have policies and students will need to abide by them. There's really no way around it. In my LVN program, we were required to pass the Exit HESI with an 850 or higher. I fell one point short and even my instructor lobbied for me to graduate because I was passing the term with a B however; graduation requirements said 850 so I repeated another three months for the final term and I not only passed the Exit Exam with an 850 however; an 877 a big improvement from the 1st attempt (667).

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In my LVN program, we were required to pass the Exit HESI with an 850 or higher. I fell one point short and even my instructor lobbied for me to graduate because I was passing the term with a B however; graduation requirements said 850 so I repeated another three months for the final term and I not only passed the Exit Exam with an 850 however; an 877 a big improvement from the 1st attempt (667).

I thought you said you fell a point short but got a 667?

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Specializes in CVICU, CCRN.

100% allowable. In fact, it happened to me. In fact, I had 2 predictors that I was required to pass. It's for the person's own good. When my school sent my things, I passed 75 questions in 1 hr and 15 mins. It's the way for the school to also protect their nclex pass rate.

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Specializes in Lvn.

I had the same issue. In California a school cannot withhold a students transcripts for any reason if they have received their graduate status. Also not sending in the RONP would be fraudulent because said student did complete all required coursework to sit for the NCLEX. Another thing is these schools don't get to stay open if they don't get a pass rate around 70% if I'm not mistaken but it still doesn't give them the right to keep student documents. I didn't even take the post graduate predictor I just reported them to the board nursing and my transcripts were sent right away. Also passed on the first try...

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