I am new here and was wondering if the 33% loss that we have in my class (AAS) is normal. We are only in the second semester of clinicals (2 more to go) and I think we may have a few more that will fail out this semester.
I can understand that there will be some losses, i.e. one woman didn't come back because she in a middle of a divorce, someone got pregnant, a few decided to do a BSN instead, etc. But it seems like we are dropping like flies.
Our drop rate is excessively high and in my opinion sad. We started out with 37 students and are now at 14. This is only first semester. They project the drop rate to be higher in the second semester. People who were dismissed varied. However, I saw many people who were dismissed who would have made great nurses. We have to maintain a 70% average,you can only fail three tests, you only have two tries at clinical labs,and you must have a 93 to be exempt from the final. Very tough program in terms of grading criteria.
Specializes in pediatric, med-surg, some oncology.
My grade is a 73 right now and we have to be at 78 or above to pass. I have one test and a final left. Our final is worth 25% of the overall grade and it's only going to be 100 questions, I could really use more. I agree, I tend to overthink the questions sometimes. I too, have study in various ways. My clinicals have gone very well and, just like in LVN school, the students that do bad in clinicals do well in class and vise-versa! The problem is, clinicals are pass/fail and I don't get an actual "grade" to bring up my class average. I know I would do a lot better if things would work out that way. Then again, the NCLEX doesn't allow us to test out on clinical skills either, so...it all boils down to the test! :monkeydance:
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Our drop rate is excessively high and in my opinion sad. We started out with 37 students and are now at 14. This is only first semester. They project the drop rate to be higher in the second semester. People who were dismissed varied. However, I saw many people who were dismissed who would have made great nurses. We have to maintain a 70% average,you can only fail three tests, you only have two tries at clinical labs,and you must have a 93 to be exempt from the final. Very tough program in terms of grading criteria.