How many don't make it out?

llg, PhD, RN · Jun 8, 2006

The percentage of students who don't graduate (or who have to repeat a semester in order to graduate) varies greatly from school to school. In some schools it is over 50%, but in other schools, it is a very low 5% or 10%. The information on your particular school should be readily available.

Good luck,

llg

Curious1alwys, BSN, RN · Jun 8, 2006

All programs are different and vary in intensity. Failure rates would reflect accordingly. Don't let people scare you with the numbers. No one has failed in my program...

WindyhillBSN · Jun 8, 2006

I'm am curious as to the numbers of nursing students who do not last until the end of the program. The school that I am applying to accepts 80 each fall and I am wondering how likely it is that all 80 will cross the stage. Could some of you who are in nursing school or already finished tell me how many of your classmates didn't make it through the program?
Thanks in advance!

Some schools don't make this public knowledge. The number usually varies, but at my school, usually 30% don't make it. This is not counting the people who do go through the program, and don't pass the NCLEX. My school has an 88% pass rate for the NCLEX. I don't think that's good enough.

teashop · Jun 8, 2006

In My School, I Would Say 1/10

NoWaNrN, ASN, RN · Jun 8, 2006

we started with 42 and finished with 33, but 2 people came in later into the program. (they had started once but couldnt continue for other reasons than failing)

RN and Mommy · Jun 8, 2006

We began with 120 students and 62 graduated, so we lost about half.

NaomieRN · Jun 8, 2006

My school is higher this year because last semester a new maternity instructor failed a total of 23 students. The students were allowed to continue with Medsurg, where 12 did not pass and got kicked out of the program. My school, you allowed to fail twice and you out. I would say 40% of people do not complete the program. Majority of the people that do not pass, are those who are taking science classes together with nursing.

S.N. Visit, BSN, RN · Jun 8, 2006

We started 120 , graduated with 78. Not all student's flunked out, some decided nursing wasn't for them.

sweetcaroline · Jun 8, 2006

I don't want to discourage you, but our school has the highest pass rate of the City Colleges of Chicago. It also has the most number of students. Of the 110 or so of us that started at the same time, only 81 made it to take our exit exam (the HESI) at the end of the 2nd year. Of that 81, I heard about 12 failed the HESI exam, hence they must retake in order to graduate. I think the key to successfully passing nursing school is 1. consistent studying, 2. Not working too much or having your time occupied by other obligations, if possible, 3. keeping up with classwork and being involved.

ms mimi · Jun 8, 2006

i just finished 1st semester of an ADN program with about 90 students starting. about 10 didn't make it to finals, and after finals i think 7 flunked out. some of the ones that didn't even make it to finals had problems with their fingerprints, so they were only there for about a month. and someone else scored really low on the first test so i think she just left. then we had this drug calculation exam that we all had to pass w/ a 90% or fail the whole semester, so a couple people left after that. we also had to take pharamcology with our lecture/skills/clinicals so if you didn't pass that you failed the whole semester, so there were many ways that you could flunk out. i was wondering though, what percentage do most of you have to pass with, i mean percent overall for the semester. ours is nothing below 75% and they won't count 74.9%. just curious where my school is with the rest of the country??

FNPhopeful · Jun 9, 2006

Im wondering if schools that admit people through a lottery system have a higher flunk out rate?? since they would be getting the people who barely passed their pre-reqs in the first place?