Should you admit you made a mistake when it could affect student success

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Looking for thoughts on the following, should an academic institution allow a student to continue in a program when there was an error on the faculty's part that impacted successful completion for that student?

Specializes in Emergency, Case Management, Informatics.
I thought this only because the post was very minimal, usually there is a bit more of a rant if the OP is a student...

Very true, along with the accusations that the instructor failed them "for no reason at all". ;)

I guess we'll be on the edge of our seats until OP returns...

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Specializes in Med Surg.

Looking for thoughts on the following, should an academic institution allow a student to continue in a program when there was an error on the faculty's part that impacted successful completion for that student?

First of all I admit that I worked last night and have only had a couple of hours sleep. My thought processes may be a little fuzzy.

It appears the OP is not asking about owning up to a mistake or taking blame. The question seems to be should the academic institution allow a student to continue if a faculty member made a mistake that got said student kicked out of the program. Since one of the values nursing schools try to instill in students is the importance of integrity, I would have to give a qualified yes.

Unfortunately, sometimes a mistake like this can't be easily corrected. It might be necessary for the student to retake the course because too much time or work was missed. It may not be right or fair but one of the other things students need to learn is that you can still get jammed up on the job through no fault of your own. Harsh reality but that's life in the big city.

So, yes, the school should make the effort to correct the situation. It's just that the correction may not be exactly what the student had in mind. Or this may not be what the OP was asking at all. Or in my sleep deprived state I may be full of beans. Either way, the OP needs to get back on here and tell us what the **** this is all about.

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Home Health.

Yes. When my sister, who is a lawyer, finished her undergrad, her professor misplaced her final paper. She finished the term with an incomplete, and ended up graduating in August, instead of graduating cum laude in June. Fortunately, her professor had enough integrity to admit that he lost it; otherwise, she would have sued.

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Specializes in Trauma, MICU.

IF it is a case of the teacher making an error that would have failed the student, the teacher could admit to the mistake and put the student on probation. I don't think it would be fair after the fact to fail the student. On the other hand, as a student, I could tell you my exact grade at any point in any of my semesters. I always had a good average, but it's good to know just in case.

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Specializes in Electrophysiology, Medical-Surgical ICU.

More details please...I'm kinda nosey ;-)

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Specializes in School Nursing.

It sounds like the instructor made a mistake and passed a student that should have failed. But unless the OP is that student, how can she or he truly dictate who passes or fails?

There definitely isn't enough information here to give any usable advice.

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One would think.

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Specializes in ICU, ER, EP,.

when the OP has more to add to this, I'll give my advice, until then?

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