Help me calculate my med surg grade..

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Test 1= 90% (worth 10% of grade)

Test 2= 72% (worth 25% of grade)

Test 3=74% (worth 25% of grade)

Test 4= (will be worth 10%)

final= (will be worth 30%)

so what do my next two grades have to be to achieve a 75% to pass this course

why are people sometimes such jerks on this site. it was a simple question. the op didnt mean any harm. some people just are mean for no reason. if it annoys you that much.... DON'T RESPOND!
Agree. Ikr. I get free speech but who wants to read the ------? I mean really if you had nothing productive or helpful to add to the post... HUSH!
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You're in nursing, yet you can't solve a basic math problem.

SMH.

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Agree. Ikr. I get free speech but who wants to read the ------? I mean really if you had nothing productive or helpful to add to the post... HUSH!
How is this post productive or helpful?
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Amazing Grade Calculator

However, when you fill in your letter grade levels add one extra point so if an A = 92, B = 94, and C = 77, put them in as a 93, 95, and 78 since the calculator rounds to the nearest whole number but most schools round up to two deci points.

When we had a special teacher that the whole class was borderline, we utilized the calculator a lot to figure out what we would need to keep a B or at least pass the class. It has helped calm down some of my classmates that flipped out because they though they had failed with no recourse.

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As far as people being mean on here I would assume its the same reason you hear of nurses eating their young (seen it happen in clinicals and in my nursing profesion so far, though not to me). Some people get off being jerks and making others feel miserable.

As far as getting top marks, Some GREAT nurses I know were middle of the pack in school but have the right stuff in RL nursing. In classes you needed to know stuff about every freakn aspect of nursing, once your out in your chosen area you develope expertise. Put an med surg nurse in OB and see how they do, or ER nurse in psych. Grades well show you if you need to improve but they arent always the end all on whether a person will be a good nurse.

Last note ive seen straight A students go to their clinicals and SUCK BIG time when preasure was placed on them, or they had horrible bedside manners.

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This one post is not indicative of her intellect or how hard she works.

She could be a first semester nursing student who is stressed, tired, scared and does not understand how things are weighted in her courses. Instead of making assumptions and trying to tear people down, a little positivity would not hurt. I forget since I have only been here a short time, it seems a select few people on this forum are perfect and never need advice. I look forward to running into people like this in real life when I graduate, this is one young nurse that will not let the vultures circle.

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Here is what I think.....

I think that the OP should try to find out WHY their test scores went from 90% to the low mid seventies. I think that calculating the lowest score possible to pass is setting oneself up for failure in the long run because nursing is the type of profession that relies on accumulative knowledge.....leading up to one final exam....NCLEX.

I think that when you are dealing with peoples lives the focus should be on perfection..... mistakes once you have graduated are costly. It's someones life you have in your hands.

I think if one posts in a public forum....one needs to be prepared for public opinion. I think that just because there are conflicting opinions or they are opinions that don't reflect what one wants to hear........ doesn't mean that you are being bullied, doesn't mean nurses eat their young, it doesn't mean anyone has their head placed anywhere special.

Once you graduate from school....no one is going to care that you "have a lot of things going on", that you "aren't feeling well", that you weren't "a good test taker"......they going to care that they have a competent care giver who is willing to give it their all.... each and every time they step onto the floor and with every patient they care for each and every day.

I think nurses may not have all the answers whne caring for patients but they know how to use critical thinking skills to figure it out and when needed.....knows where/when/how to find the answer themselves and doesn't rely on someone figuring out the answer for them.

I think the internet has made people lazy.....I think having to sit in a library finding your own answers give you skills on how to critically think for yourself and finding your own Ah Ha moment. Each and every student I help here...... I make them work for their answers so they can have their own Ah Ha....I will help you find the information you need and pose my suggestions in questions so that the student has to "think it through" leading them to that....."Oh I get it now".....moment.

Those who want to think for themselves and develop their own critical thinking skills learn a ton....those who want it done for them never return or become annoyed that their question wasn't answered for them.

Nursing is all about initiative and drive. Self motivation and a hunger for knowledge. A constant hunger to be the "best of the best". Nurses have strong personalities. Nurses are VERY opinionated and will fight for what they believe is right......we have to....peoples lives are at stake.

While there are those that do "eat their young" I believe every profession has them. Usually, they are the insecure ones who don't have the knowledge to share. But, every time someone makes a student/new nurse work for an answer isn't being a bully NOR eating their young.......they are up holding the standards necessary to survive AND thrive in this field. They are proud that they are nurses and want the best for the profession as a whole. They want the best for their patients.

I think many nurses tire of the "I need the fastest, cheapest, easiest, poop free way....to have the best, most...money, hours, day job. That isn't nursing.....those who expect that are always disappointed and unsatisfied with nursing. I remember a time when you could only take a test like the SAT twice, the Boards/NCLEX twice ( and back to school), a prerequisite twice and the bad grade still counted. There was no take it until you make it.....nursing schools counter the limited numbers of students that had to drop out....not how many were left in the program because they admitted hundreds of students. My nursing class had 60.....we graduated 59.....all 59 passed boards.

I know I sound like "In my day" alas I am getting older....but I have been at this for 35 years I might have an insight or two for those just entering.

To new nurses and students....just because someone points out what you are doing wrong doesn't mean you are being bullied or they are being hostile...they are trying to up hold the standards of the profession.

As my tag line says.......

"Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted".......Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I respect your opinion, most people gorget it is not what you say, it is how you say it. If the delivery is wrong, people will shut down.

I think you made many valid points.

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I respect your opinion most people gorget it is not what you say, it is how you say it. If the delivery is wrong, people will shut down. I think you made many valid points.[/quote']

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My grades dropped significantly because a very close family friend of mine was injured in a car accident (she's slowly recovering). I spent many hours at the hospital being supportive of her instead of hitting the books hard every night. It affected my grades a lot. I'm doing the best that I can considering the situation.

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My grades dropped significantly because a very close family friend of mine was injured in a car accident (she's slowly recovering). I spent many hours at the hospital being supportive of her instead of hitting the books hard every night. It affected my grades a lot. I'm doing the best that I can considering the situation.

You don't own any of these people an explanation for your grades. You asked a question; people can like it or not like it and throw in their unrequested snark (or "advice" as they'd like to call it) because it's an open forum. But take what you need and leave the rest. :)

I'm so sorry about your friend. Hope things are going better for ya.

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