How Many Did You Lose?

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There are rumors circulating that my class has one of the highest turnover rates ever at my school. I don't know exactly how many but this is my first semester and we did lose a huge chunk. They say that less than 50% will finish--this is a crazy amount! Does anyone know how much they've lost?

I'm in my first qtr of nursing. We started with 30 students, and we're now at 24 with a week left. 1 person quit because, "It looks too hard, so I'm going to become a P.A. instead". Another person quit because she decided she didn't want to go into nursing anymore. One girl got into a school 2 1/2 hours closer to home. The rest dropped because they didn't think they were going to pass.

Specializes in CNA, RN Student.
Hey desert, hows it going girl. I only know of one drop, i don't know anymore. Hope all is well with you.

~M

Hi!!!!

All is well! I'm just trying to get through this semester...can't wait til it's all over! So tired already!

Specializes in Med Surg, ER, OR.
at the beginning (september '06), we had 110 students.

we are now 2 quarters away from graduation and have 58 left. :(

hey there danibanani! two quarters left, whoop whoop! can't believe it. i am so excited.

My clinical group of 12 has lost 1 person. He was making Bs, but he got off on the wrong foot with our CI, and she told him he was going to fail clinical (he and I were on the same floor for the first 8 weeks of clinical, to my eyes he wasn't doing anything wrong, but she blatantly hated him). He was having some medical issues as well, so he wound up dropping out and is now getting a medical withdrawal on his record. He's going to have surgery, then either come back here in a different clinical group or apply elsewhere. I don't believe the other 12 person group has lost anyone. That's it for accelerated students, I don't know the numbers for the regular program, but we all take the same classes and they're still full - it can be hard to get a seat in some of them, I've sat on the floor more than once.

Specializes in No nursing yet, but assist. to CRNA.

My class started out with 40 and we are down to 38 at the half-way mark. The first girl dropped about two-four months in (new baby). The second dropped about 1/3 of the way in (unsure of reason).

My school has a very high success rate, I feel for many reasons. Unlike most programs we had to go through an interview process just to get in. I like that because I feel that they can "weed out" people that they feel are not quite ready. Our instructors have longevity with the program and are very supportive; they will bend over backwards to help a student that they feel is in need. I just love my program! We also have 100% pass rate on the NCLEX, which is very reassuring to me.

Good luck to all of us...it's not too far to that finish line. I graduate on 8-8-08...what a lucky number!:lol2:

Specializes in Acute Care.

We lost 23 from a class that started out with 40 (and might lose another 2 or 3). Graduating May 10th.

Specializes in Home Health, Case Management, OR.

We are down to 48 out of 64 people since the beginning of the semester. The majority of the students dropped or failed out from the afternoon class so I am not sure the reasons. A few reasons that some of the students dropped (from my am section) is, Pregnant and had the baby, had to commute too far to school and with his job there was not enough time in the day, a girl who always was nodding off didnt pass and another who just had poor grades for whatever reason.

Started with around 220/230 (Aug 2007)(ADN program) and now we are down to around 170. Some just quit, some realized nursing wasn't their calling, some failed theory, and some failed the Drug dosage exam!! And I know this semester (2nd) a lot are on the bubble!!

Specializes in L&D, NICU & School nursing.

My ADN program started with 40. We are now down to 17... Pinning is 3 weeks from today. The "light" at the end of the tunnel is blinding, and "The future is soooo bright, I have to wear shades!!" Woot-woot!

My school goes by cohorts.

Our cohort started in Jan with 28 students. We lost 2 within the 1st 2 weeks. Another one dropped right before the drop period. Then we lost another student (there were medical issues) right before the 1st class ended.

This 8 weeks, we lost one more person 2 weeks ago. Decided that nursing wasn't her calling. Now down to 23.

The cohort behind us has something like 31- I don't know if they've lost anyone yet. I know a couple of people in that class, but we only see each other in passing.

We keep saying that we don't need to lose any one else. With a class this small, you get to really know everyone in the class, and it's hard when someone has to leave due to grades. :crying2:

We started with 65 and by the end of first semseter we were down to 38. In our second semster it also looks like we will lose a few more. It is sad that so many people can't make it and a lot of them are trying - they do study - it is just getting the hang of nursing tests.

Specializes in One day CCU maybe!.
My husband just finished up LPN and they lost about half. I think a lot of people get into a NS without looking into what nursing really is. Once they start clinicals, they discover that they don't like touching people or the sights/smells/sounds really bother them.

What I don't understand is the people who can't make the grades. To get in the nursing program at my school, it pretty much takes a 4.0 and about a 90 on the TEAS. If you work that hard during GenEd, you should know what it takes for NS. I know the classes aren't quite the same as GenEd but they should already have established good study habits and note taking skills. I've talked to a few people that went through NS where I go and they felt like the pre-reqs were actually harder because only A's were acceptable.

I doubt they worked so hard as they did in Nursing school for their grades. I've found that all the classes I got A's in were curved and I didn't even have to try. The only class I EARNED my A was General Psych...my teacher was a PhD and demanded we learn it right. But the curve helped. I now have Microbiology and I'm working my BUTT off for a B and she doesn't curve. Period. She says she does it this way to teach us how its going to be in Nursing school. I'm getting pummeled weekly in that class! I study roughly 20hrs a week for Micro...sad. Also the retention is around 30%...we started with around 28 and we now have 8. We all know each other pretty well. I guess she's teaching us about retention rates in NS too!

So if you are making an A in NS, then you are doing an awesome job!:bowingpur Send me your notes! :chuckle

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