How many people who start NS finish?

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Hello everybody. I was just wondering. How many people actually finish nursing school? Or more specifically, how many drop?

I know at my college they let in 150 people into the program each year (50 people Fall, Winter and Spring Quarters). There are many who drop out of my math classes and science classes who told me they were doing nursing. It seems that a LOT of people go there for nursing but most seem to quit that goal after only 1-2 quarters. Does anybody have any statistics?

Specializes in NICU.

So far--We're finishing up our med/surg class, we've kept everyone.

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Anyone know what med-surg is gonna be like, any advise would help, should I start studying early, (if it is at all possible with all the other stuff I have to study for) thanks!

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I have one more year of nursing school to go. Expected graduation is June 2011. I am having doubts now that I am so close to my goal. The first year of classes went by fast, I did very well getting straight A's on all of my subjects. I really didnt study for my exams or read the books and I still did great. I was on a HIGH and full of confidence. Then I took Med/Surg...Reality check. I failed the first session and I had to drop the second session of Med/Surg. What was difficult was after failing the first time, I made sure that I would be prepared for the 2nd session. I read, reread, bought the Success books, did practice questions in the workbook, online, NCLEX 4000 program. Yet I bombed the first exam. I became an emotional wreck, depressed, lost my confidence, and started to doubt if this is for me. But I continued on. I retook these classes and passed with A/B+. Peds came and gone, A. WOW!!! My confidence started coming back up. Then OB. First exam I did really bad. Anxiety, depression, doubt came flooding back. I can do this..... Prepare for my second exam, studied my butt off. I felt good going into this second exam and once again I did bad. I had to drop the class to stay in the program. Presently, we are on our summer break (2 weeks). I am feeling like crap. I dont know what to do with myself. I am afraid that I cannot continue. I am constantly thinking that I cannot do it but I already invested so much. I guess I joined this group to get some advice and guidance.

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Specializes in Urgent Care NP, Emergency Nursing, Camp Nursing.
I have one more year of nursing school to go. Expected graduation is June 2011. I am having doubts now that I am so close to my goal. The first year of classes went by fast, I did very well getting straight A's on all of my subjects. I really didnt study for my exams or read the books and I still did great. I was on a HIGH and full of confidence. Then I took Med/Surg...Reality check. I failed the first session and I had to drop the second session of Med/Surg. What was difficult was after failing the first time, I made sure that I would be prepared for the 2nd session. I read, reread, bought the Success books, did practice questions in the workbook, online, NCLEX 4000 program. Yet I bombed the first exam. I became an emotional wreck, depressed, lost my confidence, and started to doubt if this is for me. But I continued on. I retook these classes and passed with A/B+. Peds came and gone, A. WOW!!! My confidence started coming back up. Then OB. First exam I did really bad. Anxiety, depression, doubt came flooding back. I can do this..... Prepare for my second exam, studied my butt off. I felt good going into this second exam and once again I did bad. I had to drop the class to stay in the program. Presently, we are on our summer break (2 weeks). I am feeling like crap. I dont know what to do with myself. I am afraid that I cannot continue. I am constantly thinking that I cannot do it but I already invested so much. I guess I joined this group to get some advice and guidance.

For one - you should really start your own thread, so that your issues can be addressed by the community at large.

Secondly, it sounds like you have stress and/or coping issues, and need to work on those skills. Have you talked to anyone, such as the counselors at your school, about this?

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Wow TheSquirrel, coping issues, give this girl a break, she studies her butt off and still you get on her. Wouldn't hurt to give her positive constructive criticism would it? Sheesh

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I originially didnt know how to reply to the first post. I signed up on Saturday and after reading my first reply I thought that I made a mistake. Thanks for backing me up berns10. :)

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Specializes in Urgent Care NP, Emergency Nursing, Camp Nursing.
Wow TheSquirrel, coping issues, give this girl a break, she studies her butt off and still you get on her. Wouldn't hurt to give her positive constructive criticism would it? Sheesh

I'll admit to being blunt, as her post was off-topic and as such I was not about to address it in full, but how was it not positive? I told her my personal assessment, gave her a direction to go in, did not disparage her for not figuring out how to post her own topic, and *ahem* did not intentionally misspell her username. Just because counseling/therapy has negative associations in our society (which you apparently jumped to) does not make them bad things to suggest.

I originially didnt know how to reply to the first post. I signed up on Saturday and after reading my first reply I thought that I made a mistake. Thanks for backing me up berns10. :)

You did - you and berns10's posts are off-topic for this thread, and should have been made elsewhere.

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Wow once again TheSquirrel, any of numerous arboreal, bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Sciurus, of the family Sciuridae. In case you didn't realize this thread is named "How many people who start NS finish?" Thanks. Vivibae entered this thread hoping she could get some advice in the matter, to see if any other people struggle out there but push on to reach their goal of becoming a nurse. I really hope you don't have kids or are a nurse. Your a great example of why some people, hoping not you, become nurses. Totally not off-topic, now you try cope with your huge blunder.

Just to remind you again, the thread also states:

Hello everybody. I was just wondering. How many people actually finish nursing school? Or more specifically, how many drop?

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My RN class started with 28, now down to 16. That doesn't even count the several who drop out of the pre-requisites like A&P and never even get started in the program.

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Specializes in Geriatrics/Retirement Residence.

I just found 2008-2009 statistics for my school. The graduation rate for the 2 year Practical Nursing program is 87.4% :) Sounds good. In our Pre nursing program we went from 5 jam packed parallel classes, to 4 not so full class by the end of the year :rolleyes: so about 1 in 5 to 2 in 5 people didn't finish the program for what ever reason :rolleyes:

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I would love to know the attrition rate at my school. I went to the BON in my state and couldnt find a thing about nursing school statistics.

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Specializes in NICU.
Wow once again TheSquirrel, any of numerous arboreal, bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Sciurus, of the family Sciuridae. In case you didn't realize this thread is named "How many people who start NS finish?" Thanks. Vivibae entered this thread hoping she could get some advice in the matter, to see if any other people struggle out there but push on to reach their goal of becoming a nurse. I really hope you don't have kids or are a nurse. Your a great example of why some people, hoping not you, become nurses. Totally not off-topic, now you try cope with your huge blunder.

Just to remind you again, the thread also states:

Hello everybody. I was just wondering. How many people actually finish nursing school? Or more specifically, how many drop?

Technically, the poster's name is 'TheSquire', not 'TheSquirrel'. Also, that was rather personal and not nice--you wouldn't like it if people insinuated that you'd be a bad nurse based on 2 posts in one thread on the internet. It's true, the thread is entitled 'How many people who start NS finish'. That's more like a poll kind of a thread--Vivibae sounds like she needs help, and TheSquire made a good point that she would get more help and support if she posted her own thread that is more catered to what she is asking. That wasn't mean or hurtful--just matter of fact.

Back to the topic, I don't know how many have (if any) dropped completely, but 2 out of 10 people dropped from 'fast-track' down to traditional track because of the insane course load.

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