Hi all! I am new here and really need some help. I am at the end of my 1st semster LVN program, with one day left. This morning, my instructor pulled me aside and informed me that I did not pass my last math test because I did not round my answers up or down, like 3.6363 would be the answer, but rounded to the nearest tenth or hundreth, it would be 3.6 or hundreths would be 3.64. Well, she said that my dimensional analysis was perfect, and my answers are right, but that I did not round up or down. The instructions on the test were to carry answers out to 2 decimal places.....I did that. Now she says because I did not round up or down, I am wrong. Unless I am mistaken, I thought rounding in this case would be to get a "useable" dosage, or a good rounded number.............I am so angry right now because she says that she really should not let me pass to the next semester for this.........How is rounding or not rounding going to kill my patient???
If I have the dosages correct, I can worry about rounding when I am drawing up my medication at that time................She says my math was flawless other than that..........I don't get it. This whole term has been awful, the instructors are hags, none of them can agree with each other on skills testing, etc. How can you fail someone who has great grades otherwise over rounding or not rounding?? Am I wrong??
Please Help!!! :angryfire