Lost 1/4 of our class to the math test in block 3!!

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I'm still in shock. The school is in shock. There were about 27 of us when we took our first math test during orientation for block three. Only five of us passed it. You get three chances, so on the second run, 12 people failed. They did the third run last Sat (I go to school fri/sat) and 6 people failed!! I"ve been in NS for over a year with these people! I'm just in shock, good friends now gone. One of the girls was due to get married next month, she has a Bachelors degree in accounting and failed it! One of our teachers just couldn't believe it, said it's never happened before. Just needed to vent!

she has a Bachelors degree in accounting and failed it!

What university did this girl graduate from?

As a former auditor (and a current dosage math tutor) I find it extremely hard to believe that anyone who can pass more than a couple of accounting classes would have difficulty figuring out how many 30 mg tablets it would take to to fullfill a 60 mg prescription.

Sorry but things just don't add up.

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Sorry but things just don't add up.

:chuckle

I had to take intermediate algebra as a pre-req for nursing. I don't understand why anyone who passed that would fail drug calculations.

We didn't have one person in our class fail it. Maybe it's these younger students who grew up on calculators. Maybe that's not the best way to teach math.

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I must say it ??comforts?? me to realize our school is not the only one that has the dosage calc requirement of passing with a 90. We have to pass our final dosage calc with a 95 to stay in the program and graduate. I have also thought this is the "weeding out" process. Thank goodness our program has a seperate dosage calc class, phew..guess I am one of the lucky ones!!

Good Luck to all!!

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Our math test is 10 questions...must get 9 right to pass. They do have retakes though...I forget how many. We had 1 student get a 40!

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my school has a 20 question math test...

requirement to pass is 100%. This is my first year and they said each rotation we have to do a math test and get 100 to pass...

some failed.. but if they knew what they did wrong and retook it and passed they were fine... the questions they asked us at least were not that difficult.. but then again... its different for everyone..

i do think a couple lack motivation and i wonder y they are in the program.. they definately do not take it seriously as i do...

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our school has just made changes because too many people were failing the math portion.

in pharmacology we need a 90% to pass the class.

they have since broken the entire class into 2 more intense classes, one math and one pharmacology.

we just had our first quiz last week on basic math principles, and two thirds of the class failed!! i'm talking about fractions, decimals and percentages! those who failed get a 2nd chance, but if they dont pass, they are out. its harsh, but a reality.

I purchased math for meds books and practice a couple days a week in order to stay current. if you dont use it, you might lose it....or so they say!!

good luck to everyone!!

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