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Mar 29, 2009 11:02 AM

Need your help - trying to change school policy


I would greatly appreciate your help. After losing two more students after 5th quarter (of a 6 qtr ADN program) our class would like to put forth a proposal to lower the percentage required for remaining in the program. It would greatly help our cause if we had information from other schools of their requirements. If you could please let me know your school, city, state, and type of program (ADN, BSN, LPN, etc), the minimum gpa or percentage a student can earn before they are dropped out or what happens if a student falls below that mark for a class. THANK YOU!

ex. Seattle Central Community College, Seattle, WA, 2yr ADN, min. grade to stay in the program is 82% and if you fall below that you are dropped from the program with no option to retake a class.

Again, thank you for your input, I greatly appreciate your help. If you have additional information to add about how many students have been dropped from your program that would be great too.


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Old Mar 29, 2009, 11:28 AM

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Don't forget NCLEX pass rate if you are preparing a presentation to your nursing advisory board...
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from jeanette21
Old Mar 29, 2009, 12:57 PM

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82% is absurd. My BSN program requires a 77%.
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Old Mar 29, 2009, 01:02 PM

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We are contemplating a clause that would require students who fall below a certain percentage (but above the cut off) to enroll in an NCLEX prep class. That way, students who are "at risk of failing" would have a better chance at passing and the school would maintain its rep for a high pass rate. Currently we've lost nearly half our class as have other previous classes. The NCLEX pass rate for the past two years is 100% but with only about 30 students taking it each year.

Thanks for the feedback. If you could leave your schools info though, that would be most appreciated.
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from truern
Old Mar 29, 2009, 01:11 PM

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Seriously, why would you want to do that? Do you honestly think lowering standards is beneficial? The high standards are why your school has a high NCLEX pass rate.
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from J9G2008
Old Mar 29, 2009, 01:22 PM

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My school not only has a high percentage required to pass (80%) but they also changed the grading scale so that this represents a "C". I am fine with the percentage, but when someone has gotten an 85% in a class and this is recorded on transcripts as a C, it looks bad, because everyone else operates on the standard 4.0 scale.
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Old Mar 29, 2009, 01:27 PM

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Because the percentage may be high but the numbers graduating and taking the test are low, we're in an economic crunch and there is a nursing shortage...I could go on. Quite a few of these students have gone on to succeed at other schools and will be fabulous nurses. Losing students costs the school money in lost tuition and the retention rate lends itself to bad publicity. Wouldn't you rather go to a school that has both a high retention AND a high NCLEX success rate? That would speak more highly of a program to me.
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Old Mar 29, 2009, 02:04 PM

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Guess it depends where u live, but here in the DC area, they have really cut back on the hiring of new RN graduates. at NVCC, our minimum pass is 78%, with a drug dosage exam each semester which requires a 90% to pass.
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from Jolie
Old Mar 29, 2009, 02:07 PM

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Instead of petitioning to lower the passing standards, how about requesting student assistance programs such as test prep and tutoring?

I doubt that a reputable school would lower its passing score. That will, in the long run, lower the outside opinion of the program.
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from alecsmama
Old Mar 29, 2009, 03:50 PM

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West Virginia State Community and Technical College Institute, WV 2 year Associates in Nursing requires an 80% (B) to be your final grade in the class. You can fall below during the class but you must bring it back up before the class ends. You get dropped if you fall below that. You can reenter the program if in one year but you must reapply and you can start where you left off. But you have to audit previous classes. Like if you fail med/surg 3 you must audit 1 and 2. ohh and you must maintain a 2.75 GPA at all times and make a 70% (C) in all prereq. classes. They also have a high success rate on Boards. Ohh and at the end of every class you have to take a corresponding ATI test and get atleast a tier 2. hope this helps
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