What is your class size after this semester.

[peaceful2100]

This semester has been quite a roller coaster ride. My class loss 7 people, they could not pass. The final in one class was particulary difficult. I thought I had 3 B's and 1 A. Well, thanks to the HESI exam it pulled one of my B's to a C+ for a final grade the sadest thing is that I was only 2 points away from the B. The HESI for those of you who don't know is a test they give nursing students at many schools that is like a Mock NCLEX to help prepare you for the NCLEX, you have to get a certain score at least a 85 to be considered a good candiate to pass NCLEX well the sad thing is that I got an 80 and my school decided to offer points to those who got at least an 85 on the HESI and those who got below an 85 will get 0 points. So I got a 0 and that pulled my B to the C+ even though I got B's and A's on the normal class tests and work:( :( :( Talk about frustrating and VERY upsetting news I had to stare at my C+ for 10 minutes because it was so unbelieveable Wednesday I had a B and now today a C+. Anyway In addition to the 7 who will not be back grade wise 2 are talking about dropping out because it is too much stress, some are talking about dropping out because they are scared of the shortage and some of the nurses we have ran across this semester in clinicals have been scaring them away, and some don't like the school and thinking about changing schools. I am so disappointed in my grades, they are HORRIBLE. There is no way I can even begin to get in Graduate school with a C+. I am toughing it out though. My problem is test time I need a book on test taking tips because I know the material quite well but it is always on the test at least 2 right answers and I can ALWAYS narrow it down but sometimes I change my answers, or I don't pick the right answer. I am doing better than what I did in the past, but still.

I am still proud of myself though even though the grades may not necessarily show it. I learned SO Much this semester not just book wise but CLINICAL wise as well.

Good luck to those who still have finals. I have 3 weeks before I start back school on Jan. 8th and I will review everything we did this semester to keep it fresh in my mind. As well as practice drug calculations for the test we will have the first day we come back.

Tonya

[Nurse Shanta]

we started out with 64 and we are down to 40 after one semester! most students dropped out because they didn't like the instructors and the other half just couldn't make it.

[Ortho_RN]

well, the nursing 1 class start with 36 and lost 4, so they now have 32.. not my class though, i start in january...

we are suppose to start with 43 students, so we will see how that goes....

[Whisper]

I started training to be a nurse at the end of September 2001, not a very long time ago, and the intake was just short of two hundred people. A quater have gone all ready! I don't know 25 of the people who ahev left as they were from the other half of the year (they spilt us into two teching groups, to make it easier) But the 26 who left from my side of the course hit me quite hard. Especially as we have had no exams yet, it is just the stress of the course and the ward placements that have made people leave

Oh well only 2 and 3/4 years left to go!

[KITTYLADY]

Lessee.... started out w/ 60 1st semester - that dropped down to about 18 by the 2nd semester - now in the 4th semester and I THINK we have about 15 of the originals.... My philosophy on the whole thing: woulda, shoulda, coulda -- woulda studied more (If I'd known) shoulda studies more (to make it) coulda studied more (but I guess I was not managing my time OR I was really lazy) I think these are the main excuses for not making it ---- fortunately for myself, I Have NOT had to "excuse myself"... now if I could only do this w/ my weight....

[marieoct62]

First off, I attend Mansfield University in PA it is a BSN program run by the college and affiliated with a local hospital. There were 25 students in our sophmore year and we are down to 13 I am sure that we will all graduate together.

I can relate to your frustration taking the tests!! I have learned a few helpful hints I will share with you.

1. Cover the test with your bubble sheet and don't look at more than the question you are working on.

2. Read the question slowly two times, circle words that stick out like BEST, PRIORITY, FIRST, LEAST. make sure you understand the question. Yes there are usually two correct answers but if you read the question and think about it, the answer will come to you. Visualize if you need to put yourself in that question and respond by what you would do if you where there.

3. Cover the answers and try to answer the question before you look at the choices.

4. Don't second guess yourself!

5. Go with your first instinct/ it usually is the right answer

[mcg02]

I attend the Medical College of Georgia School of Nursing in Augusta, Ga. we started in 7/2000 with about close to 100 folks and now in Spring 2002 we will have about 75-80 some because of grades, others they couldn't handle and others becuase it was not what they thought it was going to be.