1/2 way through level one... 1/3 of the students are gone...

[Pab_Meister]

That pretty much sums it up.

Today in NU 116, Level one, I noticed that many of the seats that were once occupied are now empty. Just to check, I thought I'd count the occupied seats. Sure enough, of the +/- 65 students that I started level one with, there were only 43 left after eight weeks. Talk about depressing!

I'm a "B" and hope to be there at the end of the next 8 weeks. How does this compare with your school?

Any tips?

[Carolanne]

Yes, it's the elimination process down to the semi finalists. I remember on the very first day of my first semester the first thing the instructor told us was, "take a good look at the faces around you. They all won't be here when you graduate." Right then the hair on our necks stood up a little and we knew we were in for a long haul. It's hard to tell what brings everyone into the nursing program, everyone has their own motive. I think some are lured by the demand for nurses, the status, the flexibility, chance for advancement. Others are there for more personal reasons, where life has taken them and the desire to help others. It's all such a mix. We all sit there bright eyed and bushy tailed on the first day of class and, as we have all seen, things change pretty quickly.

[TinyNurse, RN]

started with 80 RN students graduated with 59 that is with 12 LPNs articulating through......in my program that graduated last June......

xo Jen

[TinyNurse, RN]

started with 80 RN students graduated with 59 that is with 12 LPNs articulating through......in my program that graduated last June......

xo Jen

[orrnlori, RN]

We started with and accumulated along the way about 150 total students if they were all counted at the same time, 64 of us graduated. I think it's very very common to lose upwards of 1/2 of any given nursing class, in any given program, in any given state. People (and that includes me at that time) just don't understand the demands of a nursing program. I would be interested in knowing the attrition rate of medical schools, I would bet they are comparable.

Just make up your mind that you will be in that 50% that gets through it. I got to the point where I determined that they would have to physically take me from the building and put me in the middle of the street before I would give up. Determination makes the difference. Hang in there. :)

[orrnlori, RN]

We started with and accumulated along the way about 150 total students if they were all counted at the same time, 64 of us graduated. I think it's very very common to lose upwards of 1/2 of any given nursing class, in any given program, in any given state. People (and that includes me at that time) just don't understand the demands of a nursing program. I would be interested in knowing the attrition rate of medical schools, I would bet they are comparable.

Just make up your mind that you will be in that 50% that gets through it. I got to the point where I determined that they would have to physically take me from the building and put me in the middle of the street before I would give up. Determination makes the difference. Hang in there. :)

[JenRN_2B]

That's about right on with my school. We started out with 70 RN students. Only about 40 of them (including me, Yeah!) made it to 2nd semester, but then a lot of LPN transition students and 2nd semester students from the previous year (those who made it through the 1st semester but not the second were able to begin in the 2nd semester this year) joined us. That put us up around 60. Now we're back down to about 48 or 49.

I remember on the very first day of my first semester the first thing the instructor told us was, "take a good look at the faces around you. They all won't be here when you graduate."

We got the same speech but it's weird to see it actually happen!

[JenRN_2B]

That's about right on with my school. We started out with 70 RN students. Only about 40 of them (including me, Yeah!) made it to 2nd semester, but then a lot of LPN transition students and 2nd semester students from the previous year (those who made it through the 1st semester but not the second were able to begin in the 2nd semester this year) joined us. That put us up around 60. Now we're back down to about 48 or 49.

I remember on the very first day of my first semester the first thing the instructor told us was, "take a good look at the faces around you. They all won't be here when you graduate."

We got the same speech but it's weird to see it actually happen!

[manna, BSN, RN]

Wow, I guess I didn't realize that students dropping was so common. My school's lowest ever retention rate (in the past 10 years or so) was 95% (they accept 50 students a year).

[manna, BSN, RN]

Wow, I guess I didn't realize that students dropping was so common. My school's lowest ever retention rate (in the past 10 years or so) was 95% (they accept 50 students a year).

[nurseshawna]

wow...

we haven't lost any out of first semester yet. although we did hear the other day that second semester has already lost 5.

i remember being in my A&P 1 class, the first day, the room was jam-packed, and by the end of the semester, i bet not even half of us were left, it was weird.

[nurseshawna]

wow...

we haven't lost any out of first semester yet. although we did hear the other day that second semester has already lost 5.

i remember being in my A&P 1 class, the first day, the room was jam-packed, and by the end of the semester, i bet not even half of us were left, it was weird.

[blkdawn]

We're halfway through the second semester (of four) and although we've started with 24, we've lost 6.

I understand that administration expects a minimum of 20% of the class to fail each semester....unfortunately, it's running pretty accurate.