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[Alyse]

This is my first time to post so bear with me. I have impressed upon my students in the LPN class I teach, the importance of writing their name and date on their exams as well as on the Scantrons (sometimes they have to list certain answers). Since so much of charting and documenting requires nurse's signatures, I feel this is a good way to start remembering to do this.

Are there instructors out there who subtract points from students tests for not including their name nor the date on their tests?

[purplemania, BSN, RN]

how in the world do you know whose test it is without a name?

Not only would I require it (after all, it is "documentation" for their school record) but I would require that it be legible.

[VickyRN, MSN, DNP, RN]

I agree - without a name, how can you legally grade the test?

[LSHRN]

I have been a PN Educator since 1993 and the Program Director since 2003. We use Scantron Sheets for testing. We subtract 5 points from a student's grade if the form (name, id number, etc.) is not filled out correctly. The students are informed this at the beginning of each semester when we go over the syllabi. On one test this year, it meant the differece between passing and failing for a student. I assure you that the student never made that mistake again.

[19Claire59]

Hi.

No. I've been dying to do that, but our nursing program won't allow it. I have stood in front of the class and said THREE TIMES during a test to be sure to write your name on the Scantron and the Dosage/Calculation sheet (which is usually separate) and anywhere from 1 to 3 students will fail to do so. Once there was a mix-up where the instructors couldn't identify the students' handwriting, and all wanted to claim the paper with the highest score. :angryfire What a mess! If your college will support you, I think this is a great way to encourage students to become adults.

[BeenThereDoneThat74, MSN, RN]

Hi.

If your college will support you, I think this is a great way to encourage students to become adults.

excellent point. Some (not all) students do not comprehend the whole accountability concept. Yes, it's seems so pariochial-school, but c'mon. It seems that students who pull stunts like this are the first to cry that they are not being treated like adults :bluecry1: