ADN Program-How many exams each semester? Does this make up your whole grade?

truern · Oct 10, 2005

We had the med calc test that's pass/fail that we had to make at least 95%..

Then we have homework assignments for each section that count as follows:

Endocrine 2%

Cardiac 2%

Respiratory 2%

GI part 1, GI part 2, NSI, MSK each count 1%

The exams for endocrine, cardiac, resp, GI pt 1, GI pt 2, NSI, and MSK count 10%, and our comprehensive final counts 20%.

Clinical, of course, is pass/fail. Each component of clinical (careplans, etc) are pass/fail as well.

charlies · Oct 10, 2005

I was just wondering how other ADN programs worked.

The program at my school is very similar to yours.

kimhaw · Oct 10, 2005

we have 4 exams and one comprehensive final. clinical is pass or fail we usually will get a 5 point critical thinking activity added but the activity is a paper that takes a couple of hours to do for 5 points. So our grade is mostly exams no homework and no rounding of grades to get the c. Pretty tough 78 is a c

OUBobcat94 · Oct 10, 2005

We have 4 exams, plus a final. We also have periodic quizzes that make up only like 7% of the grade all together. There is a writing assignment that is figured in there somewhere too.

Clinicals and all paperwork associated with it are pass/fail.

-Bobcat

MIA-RN1, RN · Oct 10, 2005

each semester has different number of exams, first semester had 4, second had 8 or 9, this one has 3 for maternal, 3 for psych, and I havent got to the final semester.

Everything is based on your test grade but if you fail clinical, you fail no matter what your grades are.

stressgal, RN · Oct 10, 2005

last quarter 5 exams, quarter before 5 exams, this quarter 5 exams. Hmmmm, I see a pattern.

AgentR · Oct 10, 2005

We have 6 exams (worth 60% of our grade), and one cumulative final (worth 40% of our grade). Our lab, clinical, and care plans are all pass/fail, so you have to pass those, but they have no effect on the letter grade.

Momto3andNurse2B · Oct 10, 2005

Sounds pretty much like my program. 3 exams: first two worth 50 points, last one worth 100 (1/2 new material, 1/2 old/cumulative). Total of 200 points only.

Cowboys_RN, BSN · Oct 11, 2005

My school splits every semester half. This first half is done next week. We had three tests and will have a comprehensive final. Clincal is pass/fail, you have to get so many point on the final evaluation and you have to pass all your compentencies.

alexillytom · Oct 11, 2005

My school has 3 exams and one comprehensive final exam. Our cumulative quiz average, with the lowest quiz score thrown out, counts as a fifth exam. We also have to do 2 process recordings, two care plans, and a nursing issues paper. I don't know how they are factored in. I actually believe they are part of the clinical component which is pass/fail.

MamaCheese · Oct 12, 2005

Ours sounds similar to your. We have 4 exams worth 10% each, a midterm and final worth 30% each, and our labs and clinicals are pass/fail.