Gateway community college controversy

U.S.A. Arizona

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One of my friends told me that Gateways nursing program is having some issues. Here is the issue: Students are being failed by instructors who are actually passing the test. They will take a test and answer the questions then the instructors mark correct answers as being incorrect. The students bring their test back to the instructor with proof that they are correct and the instructor refuses to fix their grade.

According to my friend (I don't attend this college yet) they have gone to the college president and even the state board of nursing. I checked the websites and do not see this listed, has anyone heard this?

Worst case scenario, they lose accreditation from the state board.

if you have 40 students in your class, groups of 10 go to a clinical site.

block 1 had 1 friday group, 3 saturday groups, same with block 2. block 3 had all saturday groups (one of them had a few fridays). most people wanted saturdays. there was a lottery on who got the friday spot that couldnt be filled. if you want fridays, you should be fine.

OP,

I certainly HOPE that's not true of ANY college or university. I have never heard of anything like that anywhere - and I have a boatload of coursework under my belt from previous degrees. Every once in a while, there would be a mistake made, but professors were always consumate professionals and promptly corrected those types of oversights. I assume the same is true in this situation too. In any case, best of luck!

Ok, so this is my last free weekend before I start school, have a wonderful 4th of July weekend- Im going to sleep alot this weekend and just relax, oh and study NCLEX questions =)

Specializes in ER.
Ok, so this is my last free weekend before I start school, have a wonderful 4th of July weekend- Im going to sleep alot this weekend and just relax, oh and study NCLEX questions =)

Does anyone have any tips for block 3? I'm having a very hard time with peds for some reason. I did really well in blocks 1 and 2 without studying, but I completely bombed my first peds test.

Peds is just like big people with different psychosocial issues. You must understand the developmental stage of the child to modify your approach and care plan.

----------- is a beast. I just finished block 3 last semester. Make sure you click (and read!) every single link she posts in Blackboard and in her powerpoints. A lot of her test questions come directly from random places she casually mentions!

Good luck with her.... : (

Specializes in ER.
----------- is a beast. I just finished block 3 last semester. Make sure you click (and read!) every single link she posts in Blackboard and in her powerpoints. A lot of her test questions come directly from random places she casually mentions!

Good luck with her.... : (

What book did you use to study for tests, like Saunders, Kaplan, the Evolve Hesi one, or Mosbys?

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