Should I start over or find a new career?

[Strugglebus101]

So there was an incident that led to me being dismissed from my program with only ONE day left which was the final test. I showed proof and appealed the decision but because the hospital has contracts with the organization they sided with them instead of me. The problem now is that I'm unable to find a program that'll let me transfer all of my ADN classes over so I'd have to start completely over. I've been in the ADN program for 3 years because I failed out and had to wait in order to retake the class. I'm honestly not sure if I can handle going through all of this torture again for another 2 years and then I considered getting my BSN but that's even longer. Should I just switch careers? I've tried to go back to the school and even find lawyers but I haven't been able to so I'm SOL with the program I was weeks away from graduating from.

[lifelearningrn, BSN, RN]

windsurfer8 said:

I did two combat tours in Iraq (OIF/OIR).  I saw stuff that was beyond horrific day after day after day.  Using dramatic words like "torture" to describe college is insufferable.  Iraq we worked 16 hours a day 6-7 days a week.  On your feet the entire time. I was honored to be there and to have the opportunity to help save warfighters.  "Torture" is what a 19 year old soldier with his legs blown off..or testicles blown off and can never have children...or burns that are indescribable..are experiencing for the rest of their life..  So please toughen up a little and maybe appreciate the opportunities you have as opposed to whining about them, 

Thank you for your service.  Relatively speaking, many of us can never understand the trauma experienced during war and I really don't think the OP meant to downplay what 'true' torture is like.  

[lifelearningrn, BSN, RN]

CurlyNP said:

That would literally drive me insane. I  spaze now when my grade it later than my classmates because I am at the end of the alphabet. I could not imagine having to wait til the end of the semester!

In my nursing school, the graded assignments (projects, research papers, group work, etc.) only got counted if your exam scores averaged 73% or better. It was a lot of fluff work, but it helped bring grades up as long as you passed your exams. There was a couple semesters of me biting my nails until the last couple of days waiting for the final exam scores. 

[Majie RN]

Strugglebus101 said:

My school is TORTURE we had to do work to get into class and the work was graded BUT we didn't get the grade until we passed the semester. So yes, torture. I've worked different places as an LPN including ED, LTC, etc and nothing compares to what that school is like.

Did you expect the RN program to be easier?  

[Majie RN]

CurlyNP said:

That would literally drive me insane. I  spaze now when my grade it later than my classmates because I am at the end of the alphabet. I could not imagine having to wait til the end of the semester!

It's really not that hard to calculate grades unless their score was locked in the vault. 

[Majie RN]

Why are you not sharing it here?  Do you believe that you were wrong legally? Did you violate school polices?   

 

Maybe some people here can help you if you can share what that is.  

 

[Majie RN]

Schools and hospitals do not always have the same policies and terms. There are procedures or nursing skills you can perform by your placement, but the school wouldn't allow you to perform specific skills.  The most important matter to keep in mind is never to perform anything out of your scope of practice. Why would a hospital go against you?  

 

I recently did something "against the school policy,” but it wasn't illegal or unethical. I was saved from a write-up. I'm an LPN who used to be an RN student—that's how I got my LPN license two years ago. My instructors agreed that there should be an exception for the LPNs who are students; however, they made it official that all nursing students are not allowed to get blood glucose checks because some students who have never been an LPN got upset that we get to do more things. I regularly do this at work as an LPN staff, so I don't care one way or the other. On the other hand, where I work and have my clinical placement allows me to do things without an RN gawking at me all the time. If they are short-staffed, I assist the RN. Anything I'm allowed to do by my employer and school, I help. I don't come in as a student anymore.