100% dosage calculations?

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I was sitting here looking at my dosage calculations book(& wondering why I decided to go to nursing school:lol2:) &I started thinking. My school requires a 100% on your dosage calculation test and allows you to take 1 retake test.

I understand why they require this but I was just wondering if most schools do this

we had a calculations test about three weeks ago and I literally blacked out mentally during the test. It was the stress, the anxiety of knowing that I am about to graduate from an LPN program that has been very difficult, and this one test could end it for me. No matter how many A's and B's I have, and the fact that I have made no C's and have perfect attendance: fail the calculations test and you have one make-up try and fail that - you're out.

Everyone in the class (12 students) thought they failed, but I was the only person who did fail, and by one point.

So while the rest of the class got to have a five-day break, I got to spend it in a deep depression, studying dosage calculations.

I took the make-up second-chance test last Friday morning, but my instructor has been ill, and I haven't heard the results. 5 days later, and no news.

I do think I passed, if I missed anything, I don't know what.

But the stress!

WHY WHY WHY do they put the pressure on us like this? And why so often?

What other programs, besides nursing programs have do or die stakes?

My school require >90% and we get 3 chances each semester. Then we are kicked out.

Specializes in Med-Tele, Internal Med PCU.

My program requires a 76% to pass the drug calculations class in the first semester. BUT, you have 6 dosage tests built into the second semester and at least 4 in all of the subsequent semesters. They don't count toward your grade but, any grade

Personally, I wish they were counted toward the grade.

Hello

My University also requires a 100% pass rate with one resit

[Coloradogrl;1985737]I was sitting here looking at my dosage calculations book(& wondering why I decided to go to nursing school:lol2:) &I started thinking. My school requires a 100% on your dosage calculation test and allows you to take 1 retake test.

I understand why they require this but I was just wondering if most schools do this

Hello Coloradogrl

I don't know about all schools, however, my school sure does. I'm in my third semester and in a couple of weeks I will be taking my dosage calc exam. Every semester we take one and my school also only allows one retake:o I know how you feel, I too some times (many times) ask my self why I decided to go to nursing school :idea: I think all nursing students go through the same thing. Good luck on your dosge calc test; you can do it!!

Specializes in OB, Telephone Triage, Chart Review/Code.

I graduated from a Community College in Colorado in 1989. Math has never been my best subject. Yes, we had the requirement for 100 percent. I had to take it twice. Once it was over, things made better sense to me.

My school in Virginia required 100%, two retakes. I just graduated with my RN in December. YEAH! I am so glad that is behind me. I am from Colorado also, but I do miss the snow.

WE have a requirement of 100% on the math test for Fundamentals. We had three tries and one did fail. He didn't get kicked out of the program but he has to take that class all over again, which is pretty silly since he was aced that. Tomorrow is our first class of clinicals for 2nd semester students, and we have another test on the first day! Which, we must pass with a 100. I dont' know if we'll get retakes in that, I just know we won't be able to pass medications if we don't pass. I think if the schools are going to require this work, and the 100% they should make a 7 week class that deals with that.

I was sitting here looking at my dosage calculations book(& wondering why I decided to go to nursing school:lol2:) &I started thinking. My school requires a 100% on your dosage calculation test and allows you to take 1 retake test.

I understand why they require this but I was just wondering if most schools do this

In my LPN program, and again in my RN program, 100% was required to pass the dosage calculations final, and you could only take it once.

My school must be generous, we have to get an 80% and we have two tries to pass.

Well we need to get a 100% but we get 5 tries.

Specializes in OR, MS, Neuro, UC.

Dosage calculations are eigth grade math; simple ratio and proportions. As an LVN or RN you are literally holding that patients life in your hands when you give meds!!! A Heparin calculation error can cause a devastating brain bleed in a premie. That misplaced decimal in your chemo order can result in your killing all of the patients cells resulting in multisystem organ failure. There are no second chances when these errors happen and they still happen too frequently. Good luck to you all on these tests, keep in mind how important that 100% really is. I am surprised there are still schools with a benchmark pass less than 100%.

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