Re: Everyone has a 4.0 GPA!! Originally Posted by NursingStudent5548 
Okay I was doing orientation at a major hospital today...while there I had time to talk to new grads and students at the program I am going to enroll in.
I am hoping to get into the accelerated program. The standards are higher to be accepted in this program and although I exceed them, I still worry about getting accepted.
So I (know maybe rude) asked a few people what their GPA was in school. EVERY single person told me 4.0!!
This cracked me up especially the itty bitty girl who took a Nurse Tech position in the NICU.
I had orientation with her the day before and I couldn't help but laugh at her ignorant questions and statements. It was so bad I shared with my fiance when he got home.
When discussing warning signs for bleeding she stated decreased HR increased BP.....
This is just one the ridiculous things she said... and if not saying something ridiculous she said "I don't know"
Once again, she claims to have a 4.0...
And she has completed the first semester of Nursing School.
What makes this worse is if my child goes to NICU after birth, I will insist she doesn't lay a hand on him!!
I am also concerned how or why would any hospital hire an nursing student who couldn't tell a foley from an IV!!
I mean didn't the ignorance I have seen displayed over the last 2 days come out during her interview??
Actually, this is not all that strange. Not saying its acceptable or anything or that she doesnt need some guidance perhaps, but its not uncommon.
Some of the students from my school who had "4.0":
1. I know of 3 people from my graduating class that failed boards first time. One of them had the magical "4.0".
2. My class, from beginning to end had a lot of people drop out because of clinicals, not because of theory. We often joked at the trend of people dropping out of the program and stating clinicals were the reason. It seemed they all had great theory grades. It got so bad, when someone got a "A" on a test............they'd announce to the class "I'm getting written up this week in clinicals for sure."
3. I did not like a lot of things at my school program. Disorganized, chaotic, unclear expectations. One thing I think that went well though was Skills Lab. Our lab instructors were superior. Never had a lab class that I didnt appreciate. We had only two students ever have to repeat a semester because they failed lab. Both of them had very good theory grades.
I think these trends were not coincidence nor were they unique to my class. It boils down to two things:
1. Clinicals and Lab are simply pass/fail. Doing well in them vs. barely getting by makes no difference what so ever. In theory, it does though. A system where all three are represented by a letter grade would help with this.
2. The theory behind "Knowledge Application" tests is solid, and a lot of effort is put into making the tests. In the end though, I dont think they do a very good job of giving a grade reflective of the person's understanding of the material. It is harder to B.S. your way through a test but something is still lacking. To be honest, I think often the wrong people do well with these tests. The purpose they were designed for was to raise a red flag on those who memorize instead of understand. But, somehow, it just ends doing something completely different.
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