ARE MOST RN SCHOOLS LIKE THIS??

[Anon143]

I’ve just got accepted in an RN program & in every syllabus, they mention that if you score below 75% in all tests, quizzes, final or misters that you’ll have to attend mandatory tutoring & that any homework, projects, class work, etc that you have competed will not add on to the test or quizzes until AFTER you have completed them with a 75%. In other words, you can score high & do well in all class work assignments & homework but if you score less than 75% in all tests taken, you fail the class. Is this like this is ALL RN schools or is mine being shady???

[EDRN522]

At the school I went to you were automatically expelled from the program if you got less than a 75 average for any class or less than a 75 on a nursing final. Couple of people passed a nursing class, got low 70s on the final, and were expelled. My school was the strictest school in my area though.

[Guest957596]

My school was 80%. If you had a 79.99%, too bad. They don't round up.

[Alex_RN, BSN]

My school had similar policy. Nursing school is the time to crack down and get ahead of your education. Your philosophy should be: 1) Leave No Point Behind, and if things start to slip, 2) Panic Early and Often.

Nursing schools need to have good stats to market themselves. That means if you sit for the NCLEX and fail, you make them look bad. They want to weed you out before graduation if you are not a good shot at passing the NCLEX. They still want to collect your sweet tuition $$, though, so they may crack down more closer to graduation but having tougher policies for your core or clinical classes.

It is true, nursing school is harder than nursing.

[Alex_RN, BSN]

This is an important thread. I have enjoyed reading the posts.

[CrunchyEvenInMilk, BSN, RN]

My school is exactly like this! You have to get at least 76% on tests and quizzes before any homework is factored in. If your test average is not 76% at the end of class, you will not pass. If you get below 80% on a test, you have to remediate and attend tutoring. It makes sense if you think about it. The true test of your mastery of the material is the exam. Homework is just fluff grades.

[Orca, ADN, ASN, RN]

I don't remember exactly what the pass/fail cutoff was for my school, but I recall it being in the mid to upper 70s. A classmate, who had already failed the final semester once, fell one question short of what she needed on the final. That put her out of the program for good. It may seem harsh to some, but considering that graduates may be tasked with making life-and-death decisions, rigid standards are not unreasonable. I believe that it is commendable that the OP's school is offering tutoring to maximize the students' chances for success. My school offered no such assistance to struggling students.

[myoglobin, ASN, BSN, MSN]

Has there ever been a study confirming that those who score over a certain percentage (say 80%) as opposed to those who score less (say 75%) are actually less safe as nurses? I believe that if we are going to put such stock in standardized exams to pass school then we should at least utilize highly standardized, and psychometrically validated exams such as USMLE, I, II, and III. For that matter the best psychiatrist that I know failed USMLE 1 twice and USMLE II twice. However, he had the opportunity to retake the exams (which he did) and became a great physician.

[Guest957596]

Not a question of safety. Don't know where you get that. It's about passing NCLEX. That's why in nursing school there is an NCLEX Passing Predictability Test (ATI). And if NCLEX pass rates aren't high enough, Boards of Nursing can put schools on probation, or shut them down. Not a question of money.

[CrunchyEvenInMilk, BSN, RN]

3 minutes ago, tacticool said:

Not a question of safety. Don't know where you get that. It's about passing NCLEX. That's why in nursing school there is an NCLEX Passing Predictability Test (ATI). And if NCLEX pass rates aren't high enough, Boards of Nursing can put schools on probation, or shut them down. Not a question of money.

Exactly this.