Lessons Learned - Choose Your School Wisely - Page 6

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  1. Jun 8, '12 by
    Quote from brillohead



    (Seriously, is there any chance of me getting an honorary "Biter Crusty Old Bats Club" membership even though I'm still a student nurse? LOL)
    I knew it was only a matter of time before they started biting!!!!
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  2. Jun 8, '12 by
    Quote from Stephalump
    I knew it was only a matter of time before they started biting!!!!
    Knew I was gonna get flammed eventually, right lumpy?
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  3. Jun 8, '12 by
    Quote from brillohead

    Knew I was gonna get flammed eventually, right lumpy?
    Flamming people is rediculous ..... lol (and yes that was intentional )
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  4. Jun 8, '12 by
    But you don't want to stomp on my DREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMM do you????

    We'd better be careful, or we'll get this thread shut down like the old C.O.B. thread was! (Oh, I had sooooo many laughs reading that thread, and I was so heartbroken to see it get shut down!)
  5. Jun 8, '12 by
    Sounds sketchy to me. There has to be more. My school requires transcripts to be approved prior to being accepted to the program. There is also a list of every course requirement from pre reqs to co-reqs. The advisor goes over your schedule and it's known each semester what you have to take to fulfill the program requirements.

    The math issue? We all had to pass a test to be accepted, either having to take the required math classes or testing out of them. With my school we had a dosage test at the beginning of each semester. 90 was required to pass. Period. No retakes, no sob stories. In my opinion the dosage math is extremely easy if you pay attention to what's being asked.

    People don't just quit with 4 weeks remaining without some other motivation to quit. With all the other exceptions and excuses it sounds like your luck just ran out. Sorry if that's harsh of rude but we all have circumstances that arise in school and the majority of us put on our big person underpants and deal.
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  6. Jun 8, '12 by
    Our school gave us 3 chances on our dosage calculation exam too :uhoh21: And we only need to make a 90% as well.
  7. Jun 8, '12 by
    We had 3 math exams for every clinical. Six clinical rotations=18 math exams.
  8. Jun 9, '12 by
    Quote from brillohead
    But you don't want to stomp on my DREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMM do you????

    We'd better be careful, or we'll get this thread shut down like the old C.O.B. thread was! (Oh, I had sooooo many laughs reading that thread, and I was so heartbroken to see it get shut down!)
    Oh, Brillohead, I truly enjoy your posts. As for me, yes, I am so mired in reality that even my husband calls me the Dream Killer - a label I wear with pride. I'm sure I will be a BCOB within 10 years of finishing.
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  9. Jun 9, '12 by
    Quote from Epic_RN
    90% on a med math test? Really? In my program it was 100%, no exceptions.....
    My school is 90% as well. You have three chances to make it. Everyone usually passes by the second try.
  10. Jun 9, '12 by
    For the life of me I can't understand why people think its acceptable to get anything less than a 100 on med calc tests. 100% and one try; if I get sick and end up in the hospital I really don't want to think about the fact the nurse caring for me did basic med math wrong 10% of the time.

    For the people that disagree: would you let me do a bone marrow biopsy on you if I missed 10% of the time?
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