Grading Scale For Your Nursing Program........

[MQ Edna]

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Hello, again.

Please I am asking everyone that comes by, to please please please respond to this message and not just read it and then go on by. Please do respond to it. Thank you so much.

What is your grading scale for the nursing program that you are attending right now, or will be attending in the future, or already attended [if it has been 1 yr or 30 yrs or more, does not matter]. I want to know and need to know. Thank you.

The reason why I am wanting this information is because the nursing program that I am attending right now, the grading scale is as follow: 93 to 100 = A

86 to 92 = B

80 to 85 = C

74 to 79 = D

73 or below = F

Yes, I want to compare our grading scale and yes I am getting up a petition to take to the President of my college to have the grading scale changed for the nursing program.

I have talked to several nursing students who goes to several other colleges and their grading scale is on a 10 point grading scale...meaning, 90 to 100 = A; 70 - 79 = C -- Passing.

So please, don't just read this message and not respond to it. I would love to hear from you thank you.

And also, the nursing program that I am going through is an ADN program, 2 years.

We have 4 levels that we have to proceed through.

And believe me, none of them [the Levels], prepares you for the following level(s). But each instructors in the following level(s) expects you to come in there knowing it all.

Also, thank you for stopping by and reading the other message I have posted ["Will I ever become a Nurse..."]. Your encouaging words and support means so much to me during this time of my life. Thank you.

:D :D :D

[NMAguiar]

The grading scale at Peter's school is a nightmare! NO WONDER THERE'S A FRIGG'N NURSING SHORTAGE!!!

I'd love to compare the workload and course work with the typical 80-75=C school. Geez, only 1 person in our class recieved an "A" on any of three midterm tests last semester; we'd all be out of Peter's program.

While we can't get less than a 75 percent and pass the program, we STILL loss about 30 percent of first semester students. :rolleyes:

[angelnurse75951]

I am a nursing instructor and while I agree and have observed that the academic grade is not always indicative of how well you pass boards, because common sense is a large part of nursing, we have to have a cut off point for passing. In our program it is a minimum of 75% overall. Clinical and labs are pass/fail, and you must pass dosage calculations. It may sound tough, but you will have people's lives in your hands. We want to graduate the best possible people we can.

Good Luck to all of you in nursing. We need all of you and I for one am thrilled you are pursuing nursing as a career. I have been a nurse for 21 years and can't think of anything I would like to do more.

Hang in there!!!

[RNFROG3, BSN, RN]

I remember:

100-93=A

92-85=B

84-76=C

C=BSN

A lot of our folks got really hung up on the grades, so much so that they gave themselves headaches and nausea. I figured if I can just pass and know the important stuff (like how to critical think things thru) then passing boards is the real test. College for nurses isn't the key graduating and being able to board is more important.

Don't get me wrong I liked my A's and B's but I just tried not to make a big deal out of it if I didn't make it on one test.

Just curious why change your schools grading system. Even the High Schools here in Indiana use this grading scale. I hope its not just because you (your class) have a high fail rate. I think the real point after learning the material is to inflict stress on the students so that those who can't handle it are eleminated before the diploma. Let's face it there isn't a part of this job that isn't stressful and if ya can't hang.... Goodluck in school-though I don't know if I agree with what you are attempting. I do know its great that you are a go-getter!

[BritishStudent]

Errr :) 40% is a pass and less is a fail, its a pass fail course! yey!. Those may sound a little low, but all our assignments are essay format, where as (ive been led to belive) american ones are largely multiple choice....

[PsychNurseWannaBe, BSN, RN]

Our is

A = 93 - 100

AB = 92 - 89

B = 88 -85

BC = 84 - 81

C = 80 - 77

CD = 76 - 73 ****considered failed, not allow to receive this as final

course grade. Must retake or will be kicked out of

college/nursing program. Only allowed to retake

2 classes through out your nursing program.

If a transfer student a C- is

also considered failure and not acceptable

D = 72 - 89

F = 68 or below

***Also if you receive less than a 77% on an exam, you must retake the exam, however the highest grade you will recieve is a 77%, even if you got a 100% on it. The 100% will be dropped down to 77%. Also all final exams are comprehensive..YUK!

~ Psych

[luvmy2angels]

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100-93=A

92-84=B

83-75=C

We don't get D's, anything below 75% and you FAIL!!

[sonja77]

grading scale:

for nursing classes:

a=90-100

b=83-89

c=78-82

no need to worry about anthing below that.

nothing below a c allowed in any required support class. the rest of the college went by 90,80,70,

we use the same grading scale.

care plans are graded, clinicals are pass or fail.

our school starts the lvn program with 55 people, so far we have lost 3 (that i know of, but we got our last graded care plan back today and several people were called to their clinical instructor's office, so i'll have to see about those).

from the last graduating class in may, 42 out of 47 people have taken the state boards so far and all of them passed. from last year's graduation class, 100% passed state board.

[MMARN, BSN, RN]

I gotta say that after seeing some of the grading scales in other schools, I don't feel as bad about mine as I did when I went to orientation. Mostly everyone was a bit shocked at our grading scale, but I think it's ok compared to some of yall's.

91-100= A

85-90= B

80-84= C

70-79= D

As you can see, in my program, we have to have an 80 in order for us to pass the course/program. It also states that if you get two or more grades less than an 80% in the same semester, student "will be permanently dismissed from the program". Good luck with your petition.

[tlhubbard]

We had the 93-100 A 85-92 B 78-84 C Below 78 was a D, might as well be an F. Because a C was required for any science or NUR class.

But we used the point system So if we had a total of 1000 possible points then 930 was the minimum to get an A. (followed the % scale used by the rest of the school)

Final exam of the last semester (all graduation gowns, announcements, etc had been ordered) we had 2 girls fail by 2 exam questions. If they wanted to become a nurse, they had to wait a full year to retake the semester. The one was a newlywed, pregnant and already had a job as an RN waiting for her. (how embarrassing). I felt really bad for them. They even went to the instructor and argued their case for the answers they'd given, which fell on deaf ears. They were denied. I'm not sure if they went back the next year or not. (they were also already listed in the program of graduates )

[Nashima]

In my program, the scale is as follows:

90-100 = A

80-89 = B

79 or under = FAIL

You either pass or fail. No C's or D's.

[xxAmyxx]

I don't remember the exact scale but I do remember that a 78 was the lowest passing grade. We also had to pass the HESI test in order to graduate as well.

[Nicky032605]

Does anyone realize that this thread was first posted in 2001? He he....Interesting to see things don't change and are pretty consistent through-out all this time.