Get the question right and lose a point!!

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I am so ****** off!!!!

This is what happened: We had this question on the exam about a topic that hadn't been covered. They came to the conclusion that the question should be removed so, instead of 50 questions the test was rescored to 49 and according to their ratio or whatever calculation they made, whoever got the question right, lost 1 point, if you got it wrong, you gained 1 point. Now tell me does this make any sense to you? I was punished twice. 1 because they put a question that shouldn't be there to begin with and 2 because i got it right.

By the way this is XXXX (school name removed)

a lot of people already spoke to the person and she said they wouldn't do anything. Is there a students' protection association, organization, ana...who could handle this??

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How is it that you think you got it wrong? If you got 50 right out of 50 questions...it's 100%. If you got 49 right out of 49 questions....it's 100%.

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If you got 45 out of 50 that is 90%. Rescored your mark would be 44 out of 49 or 89.7% which after being rounded is still 90%. In the grand scheme of your nursing education is this really a big deal?

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If you got 45 out of 50 that is 90%. Rescored your mark would be 44 out of 49 or 89.7% which after being rounded is still 90%. In the grand scheme of your nursing education is this really a big deal?

Yep, especially when the cut off for passing is a 78% or better.

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I understand your frustration, and yes, one point can make a difference. However, if the question covered material that had not yet been presented, I can see why it would be thrown out in order to make it fair for everyone.

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If you got 45 out of 50 that is 90%. Rescored your mark would be 44 out of 49 or 89.7% which after being rounded is still 90%. In the grand scheme of your nursing education is this really a big deal?

My school doesn't round. So that would be the difference between an A and a B. 82 is a B, and 81.99 is failing so this could potentially be an issue. At our school, they just invalidate the question, the test would still be worth the 50 points.

~Simmy

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I understand how you feel, it happened to me recently too!!! Kudos for getting it right, try and focus on being proud of yourself :)

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I am interested to know if you got the answer right because you knew the answer....or because it was a lucky guess. Just wondering.:clown:

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Specializes in Pediatric Hem/Onc.

Hate to say it, but.....get used to it. Every test we've had, the instructors discuss questions afterwards and some do get thrown out. Some of them will just give us the point. Others will throw the question out and lower the total points.

I wouldn't stress about the difference between an 89.7% and a 90%. You're still way above passing. There's bigger things to stress about ;)

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Student protection association... ANA... Umm, overreacting just a bit, I'd say.

You're not being "punished" at all - it's simply as though the question had never existed.

Regardless, it's highly unlikely that one point is going to make the difference in your course grade. And if it does, you'll really have nobody to blame but yourself for having a marginal score.

I'd encourage you to practice the art of the chill... the daily life of the nurse is filled with myriad frustrations and "unfairness" -- don't make yourself (and your coworkers) crazy by getting your panties in a bunch over such trivialities as this.

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Student protection association... ANA... Umm, overreacting just a bit, I'd say.

You're not being "punished" at all - it's simply as though the question had never existed.

Regardless, it's highly unlikely that one point is going to make the difference in your course grade. And if it does, you'll really have nobody to blame but yourself for having a marginal score.

I'd encourage you to practice the art of the chill... the daily life of the nurse is filled with myriad frustrations and "unfairness" -- don't make yourself (and your coworkers) crazy by getting your panties in a bunch over such trivialities as this.

Thank you! I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that involving the Student Protection Association or ANA over 1 POINT on 1 TEST is FAR TOO EXTREME!:lol2: Honestly, lets keep things in perspective, here. I do get that you're mad about it - I would be too, but that's life. Turn the tables, would you want someone making SUCH a HUGE FUSS over such a teenie weenie mistake you made? So people made you mad, big friggen deal, get used to it, you're in nursing now - life will suck once and awhile.

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Hey I feel your frustration. I was, and I say was a student at TSON, up until 2 weeks ago. In the LPN to RN program, and failed psych nursing due to unfair testing. So yes, it is a big deal especially when the faculty there does not listen.

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