Has anyone ever failed out because the couldnt pass the math/dosage calc tests?

HeartsOpenWide, RN · Aug 21, 2006

I do not know if it is the same thing but we have to take a math mastery test thingy and we have to have 92%. I am going to get a tutor and the whole nine yards. I feel faint just thinking about it.

supermo · Aug 21, 2006

Same here. At the beginning of each semester, the students must pass the calculations with 80%; they have three tries to do it. In the last semester, the student must get 100%, but they still have three tries. If the student doesn't get it, they're dismissed.

They told us out of the gate that we have to master the math 100% on our first test.... in 4 weeks! Honestly, I'm okay with the logic that we have to be 100% correct in real life but to think that I could fail out of school because of one thousandth of a microgram. At the risk of repeating myself, YIKES!

But, we'll be fine, you'll see. I got faith.

supermo · Aug 21, 2006

This is the scariest post I have ever read.

You must not have read the one about the grossest/weirdest things a patient has come into the ED for....... :uhoh3:

GeminiTwinRN, BSN · Aug 21, 2006

You must not have read the one about the grossest/weirdest things a patient has come into the ED for.......

Link please

supermo · Aug 21, 2006

Link please

Try this one > Click

Amber_student_nurse · Aug 23, 2006

We needed to get 100% in our med calc test. But I can fully understand the reason. You make a mistake - You can kill someone. So getting 80 or 70% is really not good enough when you look at it like that.

anaknisupernurse · Aug 23, 2006

Keep on practicing. If you don't feel confident, keep taking practice exams from review books or you can review your old exams. Understand what is being asked. If you could, do try to understand the formulas that you have instead of just memorizing them. Review your work. And lastly, look at your answer and determine if your answer makes any sense.

You can do it. But just practice, practice, practice...

Kiren · Aug 23, 2006

Our school requires 100% to pass the math dosage test every semester. I'm going to take the optional calculations class to make sure I pass. All of the students I have talked to who have taken the test say it's not very difficult.

SVN Felicia · Aug 23, 2006

The math is pretty overwhelming in the beginning. Let me tell you, i taught my friend all of the math in our first semester and we both did good in the class. Then for the next semester she and I had different classes and were not able to help eachother anymore, and she failed out of nursing school cause she didnt pass the math. It can happen, but practice alot and u'll be fine!!!!

Roy Fokker, BSN, RN · Aug 23, 2006

I know, it's probably simple stuff.....I have major math anxiety I guess. Wether its warranted or not. Im just having statistics and chem flashbacks I guess.

I passed my high school board exams with a borderline grade.

I'm no math whiz - heck, my 13 year old cousin does better math than I do.

If I can do it, you can too :)

There is no substitute for PRACTISE.

Sitting and worrying will solve nothing!

Good luck!

GeminiTwinRN, BSN · Aug 23, 2006

I got a 100%!! YAY!

Oh, and thanks for posting the link to the grossest story link.. I've been reading that thread as I get time. Yikes!

So-- how'd everyone do on the math tests?

MuddaMia · Aug 23, 2006

I got a 100%!! YAY!
So-- how'd everyone do on the math tests?

I got 100% today!! :w00t: What a relief...I hate that stress. I mean--any test sucks--but one that can cost me a year off of school can send me into panic attacks. Now I plan to enjoy my last 4 days off before the semester starts and RELAX!