Failing....? Your school's policy?

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Hi everyone. I recently graduated school but I had a question. There were a few members of my class who did not pass their finals with the minimum percentage needed to pass. There were 2 that were accused of cheating as well... & There were also a few who did not pass clinicals.... It's obvious that these students were pushed through for whatever reason (went in and got points back, begged, cried, offered $$ IDK).

So my question is what happens at YOUR school

If/when that happens? Is it "sorry, you're done, you have to sit out a term" or are there "extenuating circumstances"? I know a girl that pulled the "single mom" card (BS, lady, 3/4 of us are!! You're just a hot mess who can't prioritize) and that worked for her.

Just doesn't seem fair.

Sorry, just had to vent. :-/

Although if you do fail out of one of the routes, you can reapply another route. Meaning a traditional RN student can fail and then go get their LPN and do the LPN to RN bridge with credit for the classes they completed (our LPN to RN bridge meets up with the RN students during the 2nd year). The LPN to RN can also take the traditional route and get credit for their classes they passed like if they failed out of OB but passed peds, they don't have to repeat peds. If they still kept up with the paramedic program, that would be another option. (The paramedic to RN program is not run very often due to the lack of qualified individuals who are not on a rotating schedule)

Our school is similar to the others here. Fail once and you can retake the class, fail twice and you're out. There are five people in my level now who failed it last semester. All by one point! It's crazy how strict it is...but you have to draw the line somewhere and stick to it!

Specializes in Forensic Psych.

My program is an integrated program that only starts once a year, so there's no retaking one class the next semester. If you fail a class you fail out of the program and have to reapply. Up until recently, reapplying meant starting at the very beginning, but r they've changed it so you can start in the semester you failed, which seems way more fair to me!

However, two people failed at the end of last semester and both mysteriously reappeared this year. As a class we were given extra points on the final, but were never really told why or if any questions were thrown out. So I'm a little suspicious that there was some curving going on.

Specializes in Adult Psych.

SSU required 77% minimum grade to pass, you got one repeat (you failed and got a do over) and the next fail your received was an expulsion from the program. When I enrolled I was with the last class to have a 74% minimum pass grade, but they upped the mark to boost NCLEX pass rates.

Specializes in Psych ICU, addictions.

In my ADN program...

The first time you failed, you had to repeat the class. You could go into the first upcoming class that had space for you. The second time you failed any class (it didn't have to be the same class you failed the first time), you were out of the program

If you failed the clinical portion of the class, you failed the class. It didn't matter what your grade in the classroom was; failing clinical was an auto-fail for the course.

I don't think they cared what your overall GPA was as long as it was above 2.0. They worried more about the nursing classes.

80 (which was a C) was the lowest passing grade. There was no rounding up of grades, so 79.9 was failing.

Also, if you didn't pass the drug calculation tests, you were out of the program.

And failing a drug test (as in urine drug screen, not pharmacology) resulted in an automatic dismissal from the program.

And all of this was told to us at Orientation, again on Day 1, and many many times throughout the program, so there was no surprises.

With my school, you had to have 74.5% to pass, clinical and lab were pass/fail. I know a few people who failed clinical. If you fail first semester you have to reapply for the program. If you fail 2-4 then you have to put in an application for reinstatement. You can only do that once. You fail again you have to reapply for the program and hope to get in again. I know a few people who failed in every semester. It sucks, I hate leaving behind my friends :( And ditto on the drug calc tests. Fail those fail the course.

At my school 74.5% in theory. Pass/fail in clinical. Pass a dosage calculation exam with a 90%. You only have 2 times to make a D and you have to wait 5 years to apply to any nursing program in the state again. So that is why I be so busy trying to make sure that I am doing the best job that I can do in order to be a successful nurse. I really don't have time to worry about what other students are doing.

My school is a C+ average so 65%!

If you fail, you fail.

Ours is pass with 78% or better, clinicals and lab are pass/fail (if you fail clinical or lab, you fail the whole class). We have a math competency each semester that you get two chances on but have to pass with a 90% or better...fail the math comp, fail the class. Our school allows one failed class...fail a second one and you're out of the program.

To the member who states their program requires an 87%... wow! That's harsh! Mine only requires a 75.

Specializes in Behavioral Health.

My college only requires a 69.5 to pass a nursing course. Clinical is either P/F. If you fail clinical, you fail the course. You are only allowed to fail two classes. You have to take each failed class alone in one semester. You must also finish the program in less than 7 semesters or fail.

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