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

Specializes in Hospice.
everyone isnt a "a" student or a "b" student for that matter. Often times though they make the best nurses. Number 1) they don't assume they know everything and 2)theyre always open to learning and peer criticizing meant to make them a better nurse. 3) theyre always open to teach others what theyve learned.

Is there research to back your statement up? I think that there are perhaps some great nurses out there that aren't good test takers but for many with poor grades it is because they didn't do the work , stay organized or learn the material...i personally want the nurse that works with me to have taken their education seriously. (not making ANY judgements about the original poster just i have heard this statement before but i don't think there is any evidence to support it)

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Specializes in Primary Care, OR.

Where's GrnTea!?!?

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Where's GrnTea!?!?
why? My grades didn't slip because I couldn't comprehend the material, it was due to unfortunate circumstances that caused me to fall off track.
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Specializes in Primary Care, OR.

GrnTea= Voice of Reason

I think you've crossed paths before. Never said anything about comprehending material.

Sorry your having a tough time. I hope you can get through this and slam dunk next semester:yes:

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Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.
Wow, some people are so rude. The OP may have had a lot going on during the semester, extreme test anxiety, etc. To assume they are doing the minimum to pass is ridiculous when you have so little information to go off of. Also, the OP may not be familiar with weighted grade calculators that are available online. A simple suggestion would have been sufficient. I graduated with a 3.9, no where close to failing but i always utilized the weighted grade calculator so i knew what i needed to pass or to get the grade i wanted.

​How is anything I said rude?

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Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.
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

Uh oh, Esme...I think you're going to pay for this post. ;)

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Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.
why? My grades didn't slip because I couldn't comprehend the material, it was due to unfortunate circumstances that caused me to fall off track.

As unfortunate as your situation was--and I am truly sorry for that--you have to understand that you won't always be able to count on being cut slack for personal circumstances affecting your performance, whether in school or at work.

​I wish your friend a speedy recovery.

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Specializes in Emergency, ICU.
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

75 to pass? That scares me more than a college student not knowing how to calculate their grades...

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75 to pass? That scares me more than a college student not knowing how to calculate their grades... Sent from my iPhone using allnurses.com

Let me scare you a little bit more. My school is a 70. :)

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Specializes in Emergency, ICU.
Let me scare you a little bit more. My school is a 70. :)

LOL! That just makes my night. Thank you!

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Specializes in Hospitalist Medicine.

Leave it to Esme to sum it up well. Love your posts! And I really appreciate all the advice & experience you share with us.

OP, I'm sorry to hear about your friend. Just throw yourself into studying & comprehending the material. Do as many NCLEX questions as you can to prepare for exams. I find those to be the most helpful when trying to "think like a nurse". Don't settle for merely passing. Aim high and you'll far exceed that 75%.

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Specializes in Medical Surgical.

I just want to say that #1 I love Ralph Waldo Emerson.

And also, there are so many presumptions on here about this student. She asked a simple question and a simple answer would suffice. She is a nursing student not anybodies child on here and there should be no reason to be condescending. I have a nursing school friends who's grades are not always awesome, but then again she is super pregnant, working three jobs, and has a special needs child at home so there ya go!

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