Nursing Student Sues University Because She Fail?!?!

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Oh yeah, it's real.

Only in PA.

I know you want her pic first:

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Not bad. A bit manly.

Here is the story:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/pa-nursing-student-sues-school-failing-article-1.2221025




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she don't look depressed in her picture


probably got depressed when she realized she gonna flunk
 
Wow, if you can only function in a "distraction free environment" then you have no business caring for people in a hospital.

- Patrick
 
Good luck getting a job after that, honey. If she gets an RN degree by suing her school, any hospital she works at will have massive exposure to med malpractice suits. Easy payday if your a patient, provided she doesn't kill you. Don't see many medical providers rolling the dice on that hire.
 
Quick to judgement, I have minor disabilities. If my college didn't let me use my extended time an told me to go F myself I probably would sue them too. It's one thing to sue because you didn't pass, another if you denied certain rights. I know this because I've had professors who have turned a blind eye to a simple accommodation. Luckily for me, one of the staff (No names or positions) is a client. It really pisses me off seeing people rush to judgement, until you have certain disabilities you will never understand. When you have to deal with ignorant professors you will then. I don't think she's asking to be pushed along, just a fair shot (It does state that if she were able to take it again she would drop the suit). I think the suit is more of her putting pressure on the school. Good for her, I've seen plenty thrown to the wayside with expensive cookie cutter institutions.

I know students who have threatened lawsuits with schools just for the accusation of cheating, she seems to be coming from a valid stand point. Also they never mentioned her grades? Was she an A student or barely passing? All these are factors.
 
The Driver said:
Quick to judgement, I have minor disabilities. If my college didn't let me use my extended time an told me to go F myself I probably would sue them too. It's one thing to sue because you didn't pass, another if you denied certain rights. I know this because I've had professors who have turned a blind eye to a simple accommodation. Luckily for me, one of the staff (No names or positions) is a client. It really pisses me off seeing people rush to judgement, until you have certain disabilities you will never understand. When you have to deal with ignorant professors you will then. I don't think she's asking to be pushed along, just a fair shot (It does state that if she were able to take it again she would drop the suit). I think the suit is more of her putting pressure on the school. Good for her, I've seen plenty thrown to the wayside with expensive cookie cutter institutions.

I know students who have threatened lawsuits with schools just for the accusation of cheating, she seems to be coming from a valid stand point. Also they never mentioned her grades? Was she an A student or barely passing? All these are factors.
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I see where you're coming from, but if her "disability " prevents her from handling the stress of taking an exam, them maybe a profession where she is responsible for other human beings isn't the best idea
 
I am all for people getting the help they need to succeed. And that also goes for making allowances for people that have disabilities no matter if they are mental or physical and at varying degrees. We just need to ensure that the people we are making allowances for are capable of performing the job we are making the allowance for them to become for the sake of the public we are allowing them to serve.

Man this got serious quick

Btw. If I don't win a polish angel coating in the give away, I might just sue. Is that max with 1 or 2 X's?

Enjoy your Sunday everyone.

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The Driver said:
Quick to judgement, I have minor disabilities. If my college didn't let me use my extended time an told me to go F myself I probably would sue them too. It's one thing to sue because you didn't pass, another if you denied certain rights. I know this because I've had professors who have turned a blind eye to a simple accommodation. Luckily for me, one of the staff (No names or positions) is a client. It really pisses me off seeing people rush to judgement, until you have certain disabilities you will never understand. When you have to deal with ignorant professors you will then. I don't think she's asking to be pushed along, just a fair shot (It does state that if she were able to take it again she would drop the suit). I think the suit is more of her putting pressure on the school. Good for her, I've seen plenty thrown to the wayside with expensive cookie cutter institutions.

I know students who have threatened lawsuits with schools just for the accusation of cheating, she seems to be coming from a valid stand point. Also they never mentioned her grades? Was she an A student or barely passing? All these are factors.
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SYMAWD said:
Maybe nursing isn't the right career for a person with depression and anxiety.
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Lol, fit for active duty? I don't think i'd want her bedside, and certainly not in an ER setting.

Sounds like there is more to this story as I take it the professor did not want to make the accommodations; guessing she knows something we are speculating on.

I broke my writing hand my junior year of college while taking linear structural analysis. Bad class to not be able to take notes. The university made no accommodations as it was a temporary disability. The prof was nice enough to give me extra time to take exams, but she knew me from previous classes and knew my test taking mentality was not to doddle. I have a feeling the opposite is happening here. University offered the accommodation, prof knew it was BS.
 
I had a few students with special needs who were accommodated with things like distraction-free environments and extra time for exams, but that was Computer Programming, not Nursing.

"Left broken down and crying" because she couldn't get through on the phone? Sheesh.

Even if there's more to the story, some people just aren't cut out for certain professions.
 
Audios S6 said:
Lol, fit for active duty? I don't think i'd want her bedside, and certainly not in an ER setting.

Sounds like there is more to this story as I take it the professor did not want to make the accommodations; guessing she knows something we are speculating on.

I have a feeling the opposite is happening here. University offered the accommodation, prof knew it was BS.
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I don't think I'd want someone with that mental fortitude tending my bedside either, however it's not the professors call. Even with a long track record, he/she can get forced out pretty quick for that. If I were the institution, that professor would be gone being such a liability. What happens when in the military when you disobey a senior officer? I'd guess the professor was one of those typical stubborn ones. I'm sure he's gone, colleges are out to make money and anything that attracts bad PR = gone. Seen it a bunch of times.

Just because people have a moment of weakness doesn't mean they can't succeed either. I knew plenty of girls in college that cried over tests etc. They're doing just fine now.
 
A little more food for thought.................

I was an Emergency Medical Services Instructor for eons. A friend used to kid me that I was teaching ems by the light of a fire that had been lit by lightning.

First of all, in the State of CT instructors are also "graded" by the State. What I mean by that is the student must get by me/and the class curriculum (which is dictated by fed/state), then they take a State/National exam. The State keeps track of the instructors/students grades, if they fall below what the State wants, bye bye instructor cert.

People spoke of a liability issue of failing this woman. Well there is also a liability issue if they passed her and she did something wrong.
If the person was taken into court for a reason of doing something incorrectly/wrong/stupid, both the institution and I were probably going along for the ride. Now for me, this was normally an easy issue. Just provide the curriculum, test scores, attendance records, skill sheets etc and I was pretty much done since the skills and curriculum were pretty much engraved in stone.

So there is also a liability factor if they turn this woman loose to practice.

Now this case maybe a personality conflict, but IMHO we got a whiney little girl playing victim cuz she didn't get what she wanted. SHE FAILED TWICE.

So again, IMHO, this isn't the right job for this woman. Or as I used to tell some of my students

"Sorry Mrs. Jones, had I studied harder, you might not be a widow."
 
I don't know.... Where do you draw the line ??? In this day and age, we have to accept everyone's beliefs, handicaps, opinions, and short comings. Is this really going to improve society as a hole? Someone I know came up to my counter the other day and told me they were applying for disability. I asked them "Why?" They told me they felt most people where A-holes and they just can't deal with working.

Should this person be considered disabled? On the one hand, the way I presented it - most would say "NO!". Give it to a lawyer ... then it's a slippery slope. Then, all of a sudden phrases like "social anxiety disorder", "agoraphobia", and "panic attacks" come out. Now should this person be considered disabled?

My opinion is most of this stuff is just BS. If you want an education and a job you have to suck it up and compete with others. If you need special requirements to take a test - whose to say you won't need special requirements on the floor when your a nurse? What if your having some type of psychological "issue" when a code is called and you simply can't deal with it or respond appropriately?

Programs like nursing are meant to be hard to weed out people who can't take the stresses of the job. Picking up vast amounts of information and being able to be tested on it uniformly is a stress unto itself. This is not fair to the other students who pass the course following standard requirements and testing procedures. Somehow, we just throw all THEIR rights and achievements out the window to compensate for some wacko?

I've seen like a zillion people come here from other dirt poor countries with like 2 nickels in their pocket to go to school for pharmacy. A lot of these people barely spoke English and had zero support in this country. Like 15 of them used to live in a 2 bedroom apartment off of Broad St in North Philly (The Bad Lands) - and none of them had a car. They would eat stuff for lunch like rice balls rolled up in tin foil - because it was cheap.

Somehow, most of these people worked their butts of and did very well and thrived. They were no BS type of people, where their primary purpose in life was to study. They never complained about the workload, professors, or testing - they just shut up and did it...

Dunno. I think some Americans could learn a lot from these people.


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