Last semester of Practical Nursing.. is this even fair?

psnin92 · Feb 14, 2017

Hi firlom44,

I'm currently in the final semester of the PND seneca program and I'm having a similar issue getting around the passing standards of the course. Any helpful advice on how to study and what study tools you used would be more than helpful!

Looking forward to hearing back!

Tenzin4 · Oct 23, 2017

hi guys, I am starting my first semester at seneca yorkgate for practical nursing this jan 2018 and I could really take some tips and aware of the things to make myself ready for the course.

Thanks

Khow89 · Oct 25, 2017

Try to keep up with the weekly readings and ask questions. How come you didn't choose the King campus?

stu7 · Oct 25, 2017

Hi which school if you do not mind me asking?

Khow89 · Oct 25, 2017

Seneca King

Tenzin4 · Oct 26, 2017

Just applied to yorkgate. Closer to my place.

Tenzin4 · Oct 26, 2017

I would really appreciate if anyone who has already done first semester provide me with some links of the course that I can start referring to. Thank you.

stu7 · Oct 26, 2017

Sorry I meant to ask which school does one have to pass all three comprehensive exams?

Sengrad2018 · Mar 2, 2019

I just graduated from the Seneca College practical nursing program in Dec 2018. The consolidation course PNC 520 now requires 400 clinical hrs and submission of 2 large assignments. In addition, you must pass a comprehensive exam with a 75% or over. You have 2 chances to pass the exam. If you fail both exams, you are given a third chance after the term is over. If you fail the third time you must repeat the entire course. I heard that previously, you were able to repeat the classroom but, now you must repeat the whole course including the clinical hours. The CNO web site shows that the Seneca students from the PT program have the lowest pass rate for the CPNRE for 2017, 77.2% on the first try. In addition to the CPNRE. you must pass the jurisprudence exam (3hr 15 min online, open book exam) before you are registered.

Xyrodon · Mar 17, 2019

On 12/30/2016 at 5:19 PM, Missha said:
I am from Seneca as well, just graduated this June 2016 and finished 520 in April. I was in the part time program as well, they raised it from 70% to 75% for us and we had the exact same requirements but ON TOP of all the quizzes and exams we had to pass an ASI exam with 75% minimum. From what I heard, they removed the ASI exam after our class.
I passed all the quizzes and exams on my first try, and from my class I am only aware of around 10 people out of the 70 that passed. I wasn't really surprised. The problem with the PT program is that the teachers hired for the classes leading up to consolidation are all part-time staff. They only come to campus to do their 3 hours and go, there's not much commitment to the students. A lot of my friends that didn't do well tended to "shop around" at enrollment time for class sections with teachers that were known to be easy markers or ones that give out really good "reviews" before exam time.
My advice to anyone trying to pass the PT Seneca program is to study prep guides and to buddy up with your Preceptor if they're recent grads and ask them how they studied. I do have to say, the Seneca comprehensive exams were a lot tougher than the actual CPNRE, so if you do pass, you'll have a great chance at the CNO exam!

Hey Sengrad2018,

Thanks for your post. I'm doing 520 next semester and I'm pretty petrified of the workload, shifts and of course the exam. Any tips or advice? Could I private message you about that?

I have some friends doing 520 now, they just had the midterm. I think two people passed the exam.. that thing is nuts and way harder than the CPNRE apparently.

Prehealth2Rpn2Bscn · Apr 5, 2019

On 7/6/2016 at 12:58 AM, firlom44 said:
Hello everyone,
I am currently on my last semester of Practical Nursing at Seneca College and I would just like to share my experience.
In our college, the criteria to pass the final semester would be as follows:
10% - Quiz 1
10%- Quiz 2
40%- Comprehensive Exam 1
40%- Comprehensive Exam 2
TO PASS THIS FINAL COURSE, YOU NEED A 75%.
Aside from this, we need to accumulate 375 clinical placement hours.
Now, I am currently halfway in this semester, juggling clinical placement and studying for those tests at the same time. I have passed the first 2 tests so far and just got the result for my Comprehensive Exam. I FAILED MISERABLY - I got a 68%. In this Comprehensive Exam, every content that was discussed and not discussed were testable. So I was definitely juggling my clinical placement and studying for this "CPNRE like" exam. For some reason, most of the people I know failed as well and (we are talking about students who were doing well from the past few semesters), so it seems like something was wrong.
Question is: Is a 75% average to pass this last course fair? Was the breakdown of the course fair?
How did your college structure your last semester of practical nursing school?
Comments/suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Hey,

I've applied to Seneca's RPN program for Fall 2018 my current cumulative average is 80 in my pre health program I'm just waiting for my grades to drop before I hopefully get acceptances! How did you like the program? pros, cons?

Thanks

Sengrad2018 · Apr 5, 2019

Hi,

I liked the program, but the last consolidation course is very difficult. The material covered is like the review of the previous courses, but the application of the material is difficult. This is especially true for students with English as a second language. The questions on the mid-term are tricky in the wording. Things like"what do you do first" or "how do you assess", are questions to test your critical thinking. I would suggest getting the CPNRE test guides from previous years to study the rationales for the answers. This way, you get the flavour of how they want you to think. Many of my classmates bought NCLEX-PN study guides from different companies. They are helpful in getting the breadth of questions for the exam. I would also study the previous tests in the course as a review. I hope this helps.