Getting a C in Nursing

[Annachu512]

I have seen it in a lot of posts so I just had to vent a little. Please stop making earning a C for your nursing class the end of world! It's not! Nursing classes are hard and while some may simply excel through them with As (by either brains or hard work...either way, awesome job! ) but there is no shame in simply passing. That will not make you less of a person or less of a nurse. Just realize what you did wrong and move on.

Always remember, there's always that person who failed who would love to be in your shoes. Just press on! We're all in this together!

**End of rant, thank you :thankya:

[KimberlyRN89, BSN, RN]

Anyone considering grad school needs a back-up plan. I think most that think about those big nursing degrees dream of them before they even attempt the first semester. Life does not go how it's planned out sometimes so have a backup plan, I say. BTW, I do have plans to apply to a CRNA school here in Pennsylvania. The requirement for GPA is 3.0 and that's what I'm aiming for as much as possible. BUT I have a back-up plan and would be perfectly happy as an L&D nurse :)

Thank you! I think that was what I was trying to say earlier. There's nothing wrong with having dreams of being an NP, CRNA, CNM, or whatever else..but don't get so caught up with the future that you forget to focus on the present- undergrad nursing school. It's where you'll lay the foundation for the rest of your professional career

[ImKosher]

Go check out the thread for yourself. Don't get me wrong, I'm all about supporting fellow students but when you keep pushing the fact you failed and want others to acknowledge your failure what's the point. We're not making fun of the student making a C. It's the foolishness of wanting to drop after the first semester.

[sherri12]

I'm in my second semester of a BSN program. If we had a C in any nursing class, we would be OUT. We can't get below a 79 (B-). We also have to take a med calculation test the second week of every semester and pass it with a 95%, or we are OUT. We get three chances to pass it. I failed it twice the first semester....with a 93%. So this talk about C's being ok all depends on where you are attending.

[PatMac10,RN, RN]

I agree with the OP. Before Nursing school, I was a strong A & B student throughout my college prereq's and graduated Magna Cum Laude from high school. My first semester of nursing school I made a B in my nursing class. I am currently 19 and just came out of my prereqs and high school and worked harder for that B than I have in any science class I have had. This semester we had two nursing courses and I made a B in one and a C in the other, although I was 3 points from a B. Anyway. I am happy to get what I got, my most important thing is that I am still in nursing school. I pray and thank god everyday thanking him for just still being there. Of course, it is my aim to strive for excellence. If I could get straight A's that would be welcomed and great, but I am happy with passing if that is all I can attain at the moment. It is hard to get that first test grade that is disappointingly below your normal standard. However, you come to appreciate that the main thing is that your still in the game. TO those in such a situation, keep your head up, your time will come! Strive for excellence. Les Brown said "Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars."

[OB-nurse2013, BSN, RN]

I'm in my second semester of a BSN program. If we had a C in any nursing class, we would be OUT. We can't get below a 79 (B-). We also have to take a med calculation test the second week of every semester and pass it with a 95%, or we are OUT. We get three chances to pass it. I failed it twice the first semester....with a 93%. So this talk about C's being ok all depends on where you are attending.

Okay but you guys are missing the posts point. And by the way a C is passing in my program and a C in my program=80%-85%. I wish even an 80 was a B for us, a 79.9 is failing or a D and the point the OP was making was not about people failing is was about people scoring on the lower side of passing either what would be a C for me or a B for you.

[PatMac10,RN, RN]

I'm in my second semester of a BSN program. If we had a C in any nursing class, we would be OUT. We can't get below a 79 (B-). We also have to take a med calculation test the second week of every semester and pass it with a 95%, or we are OUT. We get three chances to pass it. I failed it twice the first semester....with a 93%. So this talk about C's being OK all depends on where you are attending.

Wow. What point scale is your school on. I am in a local CC's ADN program and here an 80 is a C, a B- starts at 85 or so. We have to keep a testing average of at least 80 just to take our final exam, and then whatever we get on our final exam can't drop our class average below a C. Also if you fail any co-requisite course that you are taking for a degree requirement during the program, you are automatically dismissed.

[futurehomebirthcnm]

"Foolishness"--that's judging.

It's not foolishness. It's a concern. They came here asking for perspective. I think that's actually pretty smart.

[Annachu512, BSN, RN]

You want to be in my shoes your going to gosh well earn it, just like I have!

You know what I mean, no nastiness necessary.

[PatMac10,RN, RN]

Okay but you guys are missing the posts point. And by the way a C is passing in my program and a C in my program=80%-85%. I wish even an 80 was a B for us, a 79.9 is failing or a D and the point the OP was making was not about people failing is was about people scoring on the lower side of passing either what would be a C for me or a B for you.

I agree with you. I wish and 80 was a b for us too, but it's not and I've learned to live with it now. I think our programs have the same grading scale. We had a very nice lady fail this past semester because she had a 78.3 testing average. It is sad.

[Annachu512, BSN, RN]

LOL some interesting posts. Thank you for such a heated response :) No disrespect to anyone intended. I am just happy to be here and still proud to be a student nurse. We have a great, spirited bunch here on Allnurses student board

[shay&lynn, ASN, RN]

To some, a C is devastating, especially when coming into the program when your used to getting A's.

I saw a thread started by someone who got a C first semester for a 9 credit hr class, mind you this was their first semester...everyone was being positive, trying to give uplifting words of encouragement, but this person just shot down everyone's comments. This person was asking about withdrawing completely because of that one grade in the first semester. I saw people encouraging them to put their chin up and move on...to focus on what went wrong and make a plan to correct it. I didn't see anything wrong with that. But this person like I said kept shooting down everyone's words of encouragement.

It's hard to help someone that already has their mind made up. I don't even know why the person posted if they didn't want another opinion.

[PatMac10,RN, RN]

The key note speaker for the pinning for our 2012 graduating class on Tuesday is an RN who graduated from Our program some time ago. He didn't have the perfect grade stretch during nursing school, but he is a very intteligent man. He became and RN and has just completed his 3rd year of Medical School at East Carolina Univeristy! I think he performed better in the genreal ed courses in his Bachelor's program and that brought his GPA up dramatically he says. My GPA was about a 3.7 going into nursing school, I suppose in lingereing on the edge of a 3.2 to 3.0 now that I got a C this semster, but oh well!!! I was inducted as a member of Phi Theta Kappa and the National Technical Honor Society (of which I was nominated President) this past fall. I have 3 more semesters to work on my GPA, but of ocurse tha's easier said than done. Lolz!!! I learned in my first smester that in nursing scgool and life in general you have to choose your stessors, and I personally choose not to let my desire for an A or B to be one of mine. If I can make it through this part! I have plenty of time to work on improving the extra stuff.