Being accused of an academic dishonesty, integrity, or code of conduct violation at a nursing school in Kentucky can have serious consequences if a student is found responsible. Suspension or dismissal are possible, even for seemingly minor offenses. Nursing is a profession involving trust because it involves patients and access to prescription drugs. If found responsible, this can have a major potential impact on your ability to complete your nursing program and to become licensed.
Schools often seek to hold a student accountable with little or no evidence. Schools often do not follow their own policies, which can lead to an unfair outcome. Without an attorney advisor to guide you through the process, you can be found responsible unfairly. If you are found responsible, even if you have the right to appeal the finding, appeal grounds can be limited, and you do not want to find yourself at a disadvantage.
Common areas of concern can include, is the school following its disciplinary policies and procedures? Were you properly notified of the charges? Did you have the opportunity to review the evidence? Did you have a meaningful discussion with your instructor? For example, were you accused of cheating using an online resource? Is there an alternative explanation for the alleged misconduct? Were the academic resources and accommodations that were promised by the school provided? Having the answers to these questions is critical to successfully defend against the allegations.
An experienced attorney advisor will help you present the strongest possible defense to the charges of misconduct, and they should be involved from as early as possible in the case. Even if the allegations are true, an attorney advisor can help resolve the case and they can help in seeking the least possible sanctions.
Kentucky nursing schools where Joseph D. Lento can help as your or your nursing student's academic misconduct or code of conduct advisor during investigations, hearings, and appeals include, but are not limited to, the following schools:
Cincinnati suburbs
- Beckfield College
- Gateway Community & Technical College - Edgewood
- Northern Kentucky University
- Thomas More College
Lexington
- Bluegrass Community & Technical College - Lexington
- Midway University
- University of Kentucky
Louisville
- ATA College
- Bellarmine University
- Galen College of Nursing - Louisville
- Jefferson Community & Technical College - Louisville
- Jefferson Community & Technical College - Shelbyville
- Spalding University
- Spencerian College
- Sullivan University
- University of Louisville
Other Kentucky cities
- Ashland Community & Technical College
- Berea College
- Big Sandy Community & Technical College - Paintsville
- Big Sandy Community & Technical College - Prestonsburg
- Bluegrass Community & Technical College - Danville
- Bluegrass Community & Technical College - Lawrenceburg
- Campbellsville University
- Daymar College
- Eastern Kentucky University
- Elizabethtown Community & Technical College
- Frontier Nursing University
- Hazard Community & Technical College - Hazard
- Hazard Community & Technical College - Jackson
- Henderson Community College
- Hopkinsville Community College
- Jefferson Community & Technical College - Carrollton
- Kentucky Christian University
- Kentucky State University
- Lincoln Memorial University - Corbin
- Lindsey Wilson College
- Madisonville Community College
- Maysville Community & Technical College - Licking Valley
- Maysville Community & Technical College - Maysville
- Maysville Community & Technical College - Montgomery
- Maysville Community & Technical College - Rowan
- Morehead State University
- Morehead State University at Mt. Sterling
- Murray State University
- National College - Pikeville
- Owensboro Community & Technical College
- Somerset Community College - Clinton Center
- Somerset Community College - Laurel South
- Somerset Community College - Somerset
- Southcentral Kentucky Community & Technical College - Bowling Green
- Southcentral Kentucky Community & Technical College - Glasgow
- Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College - Cumberland
- Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College - Pineville
- Union College
- University of Louisville - Owensboro
- University of Pikeville
- University of the Cumberlands
- West Kentucky Community & Technical College - Murray
- West Kentucky Community & Technical College - Paducah
- Western Kentucky University
Nursing is a noble calling – one built on care and trust – and nursing students at schools in Kentucky have worked hard and invested much to achieve their goals. Whether a nursing student is studying to become an LPN, a registered nurse, a nurse practitioner, or a nurse anesthetist, everything is at stake when accused of academic misconduct or a code of conduct violation. Future educational and employment opportunities, clinical placements, and professional licensing are all at risk. Nursing students need to take allegations seriously, regardless of their merits.
Nursing schools can often be in a rush to judgment with no regard for a nursing student's rights and interests, and you must have professional assistance to work towards a fair process and favorable outcome. Nursing students facing disciplinary proceedings at their school need someone in their corner who is solely dedicated to their cause, and attorney Joseph D. Lento has helped hundreds of nursing students in Kentucky and across the nation protect their good name and academic and professional goals.
Joseph Lento and the Lento Law Firm fight nationwide on behalf of their nursing student clients and they have unparalleled experience and success in resolving nursing school issues and concerns. Joseph Lento is a licensed attorney in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York, is admitted as an attorney pro hac vice in state and federal court if needed when representing clients nationwide, and he serves as an advisor for nursing students facing school disciplinary proceedings in Kentucky and throughout the nation. Make certain your or your nursing student's interests are protected during the nursing school disciplinary process - Contact National Nursing Student Defense Attorney Joseph D. Lento today at 888-535-3686.
