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nursing student kicked out
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Posted about 3 years ago Has anyone ever had this happen to them? I was accepted into nursing school on my first attempt. Great. Started in Jan. 2010. Joined the NSNA. Volunteered at the book store etc. Then learned I had missed my first clinical!! I have to say this school's website was a scavenger hunt to say the least. I had a mentor student point this out and she was right on the button. You had to check it daily as it was always changing. You had online modules to do but it did not specify if they were through the school's website or if it was through Evolve our online book's own modules. Way too much time spent trying to figure that out. Then add to that that my laptop died so I got a notebook. The problem here is that the online books are only allowed to be downloaded to ONE computer. So what to do it your PC dies? I had to contact their tech support and have them load in my modules for me one at a time. As they put it it takes eight minutes to download them for me and override the system for each and every module. Keep in mind there are many. I had them load about four at that time. I was getting behind with all the other studying I was missing dealing with this problem. I emailed my advisor about it. She could not help. She advised the school's tech support. They would be useless in helping with the Evolve website as they have no access to this outside vendor. I don't know why this was even suggested. I also found that my Pharm prof had only passed 4 students the last term. I actually met one of them. So I know this was not an exaggeration. If you don't pass Pharm, you are kicked out of the program. Of course, we all need to know our meds, but something has to be wrong with a passing rate like that. Anyway, in all the problems going on, I knew there were these modules to complete before actual clinicals so I was trying to tackle this particular issue. Since the first clinicals were called ACE, Alternate Clinical Experience, I thought the online modules were a precurser to the actual clinical which is how I ended up missing the first one. I knew if you missed any there would be a 3% grade reduction. When I realized what had happened, I emailed the profs, apologized, stated I would be there bright and early for the next weeks and was told to come in for a mandatory meeting. To cut to the chase, I was told that since I missed the first clinical, I was now too far behind and I had "no other recourse" but to withdraw!!!! And that the director of the program was backing them on their decision!!! I was in such a state of shock I could not think straight. They told me that I could go sign the paperwork to withdraw right now and I would still get some money back. Rather thoughtful, right? I actually had thought that I would have some type of reprimand but nothing like this even entered my mind. I was too dumbfounded to do anything but go withdraw. When I got home and told my husband he was equally upset. He's been a nurse over 25 yrs. Basically it was, I told you so, about nurses. He has been warning me for years not to go into nursing. I can see why. Anyway, the next day when I had my wits about me a bit more, I wrote an email to the director advising her that I had withdrawn under duress and that was not what I had wanted to do at all. I also asked if she was backing "their decision" on telling me I had to quit. I never did get a response to that. Maybe I should get an attorney and sue this school. I had quit a job of 9 1/2 years with a bank making pretty good money for sitting in a cubicle all day. I even won trips to St. Thomas and Cancun for outstanding performance. So I have been sitting at home, depressed for over 2 months now. I am coming out of it. I am thinking of getting a real estate licence as I am pretty good in sales. I don't really trust this nursing program at all now. But I did reapply just in case I feel like I will be treated fairly there. I'm still not sure. It's like the feeling of " do I go back to the abusive boyfriend/spouse/significant other? I think he's changed." |
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| Posted about 3 years ago I'm really sorry to hear about your situation, but I have to say at least from experience with my program alot of them are insane like this. We have people that were suggested to withdraw, and just alot of "stuff". If you get hurt or have an injury that lasts more than one week, you're out because we have clinicals twice a week and only two make-up days, so you miss more than a week and you fail clinicals which equals not moving on in the program. I would think about an attorney, but if this program has done this to others and nothing has happened you might not have a chance. I know alot of schools have free legal aid you might want to check that out as well. Good luck with everything.
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