I posted this to the Student Nursing forum - but since it is local (Meaning CCRI) I wanted to post here and see if I could get some reactions:
I recently found out that a fellow student will be getting an A in Physiology - good for her but she actually earned an 87 with 10 points of extra credit on each exam and was graded on a curve. I am not debating the merits of extra credit, we all can use help in difficult courses, however my issue is with the fact that if this is true and if she is taking the same course we should be held to the same standards.
At mid-term I had a solid B with an 85 on two out of three exams. I received a C for the class. What my final exam grade was has not been communicated to me. I am not happy with this grade but that is what I earned. My class was not given extra credit options and was not graded on a curve. There were many students in my class who had to withdraw from the class because they were not meeting the standards required for admittance into the nursing program. However if they had the other professor then they may have ended the class with B's or A's. How can this be justified?
My GPA is now 3.75, which is not bad. However with the grade of a C in Physiology I can forget about being accepted through the merit based system. Another student who in reality earned a lower grade than I did but based on a curve and some extra credit will be allowed into the program before me or other students in the same situation. I believe there should be some uniformity to the standards of grading if the school is to expect the same integrity from it's students, especially if this affects a student's chances of admittance into a very competitive program.
One thing about CCRI is that they do not have C- or C+ they have just a C. Performance based vs. waiting list may or may not make a difference. I work with Diploma nurses, BSNs, ADNs, MSNs. Some of who recently came out of a non-wait list program, and this particular nurse shouldn't be a nurse has the wrong attitude and has horrible interpersonal workplace skills.
I think having an LPN or CNA requirement before one enters the RN program would help. It don't matter though I have dealt with Nurses with BSNs new grads who can't figure out that half of 50=25 and 1 100MG tablet=100, so you would give 1/2 of the 50 MG tablet and, 1 100 MG tablet. What does she do? She gives the whole 50 MG tablet and 1 100 MG tablet= 150 MG.
Its the personality and caring about the job that counts, and willing to be on the ball and utilizing your skills.
drmorton2b
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One thing about CCRI is that they do not have C- or C+ they have just a C. Performance based vs. waiting list may or may not make a difference. I work with Diploma nurses, BSNs, ADNs, MSNs. Some of who recently came out of a non-wait list program, and this particular nurse shouldn't be a nurse has the wrong attitude and has horrible interpersonal workplace skills.
I think having an LPN or CNA requirement before one enters the RN program would help. It don't matter though I have dealt with Nurses with BSNs new grads who can't figure out that half of 50=25 and 1 100MG tablet=100, so you would give 1/2 of the 50 MG tablet and, 1 100 MG tablet. What does she do? She gives the whole 50 MG tablet and 1 100 MG tablet= 150 MG.
Its the personality and caring about the job that counts, and willing to be on the ball and utilizing your skills.