A question came into my mind after observing the huge number of drops in my A&P I class. In my class, we had 75 people to begin with. During finals we had 16, about 4 of which were not even close to passing. Who knows how many didn't even get into A&P because they registered late.
Can you guys help me with stats for the remainder of the journey to "retiree-nurse". Don't worry, we don't have to be scientific here. Just provide numbers from your experience (please base answers off of your observations, not from a guesstimate). It might be interesting to see how narrow the path was that we all have to tread. If I get enough replies to make it a good sample, I'll average it all out and let you know that you are 1 in ????
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Odds of passing A&P I: 12 out of 75
Odds of passing A&P II:
Odds of getting accepted into nursing school within 2 years:
Odds of passing all nursing classes:
Odds of passing the NCLEX:
Odds of surviving the first year:
Odds of still being a nurse after 5 years:
Odds of still being a nurse after 10 years:
And finally, odds of retiring after at least 20 years of nursing:
There is just a lot of stress, and a lot to learn. If you have anything to distract from studying and focusing solely on school, such as children and a life, it will bring your grades down and impact on whether or not you pass even.
While I do agree that having family at home (husband, wife, kids, etc.) does impact one's education, I do not agree that these things WILL bring your grades down. On the contrary, my children are my motivation for doing well...I want to them to see that I'm giving my all to my education while maintaining the strength of my relationships with my family. Martyr? No. Role model? Absolutely.
NOW, as far as my school is concerned, A&P I is considered to be the "weed-out" course among students. Of the 24 that started in my class, 16 were left at finals. Don't know how many passed, but considering that "passing" is a C or higher, I can't imagine that more than 10 "passed." I just finished A&P II..of those 24, 23 were left at finals. From what I gather, about 15 of them will pass the course.
c. How many people from each years program passed NCLEX.
Don't know about other states, but in South Carolina, you can go the DON website to get NCLEX passing rates for each program in the state.
This is a precarious way to consider it. Not everyone has the same motivations, support, (emotional and financial), nor the same abiltities and the same current life situation as each other.
So true...! I saw so many fellow students do poorly because their priorities weren't on school due to choice or necessity.
I know there's a teacher shortage and this is why the wait to get into school is so long. But if schools looked at these "drop" statistics, it would make sense to let more in at first knowing it would wittle down. A teacher's aide or tutor in addition to the regular teacher/professor could help with the large class.
In 1985 my class graduated 38. We started with 67. We lost 27 after the 1st year of pre-reqs before the nursing courses even began. We lost the other 2 in the 2nd and 3rd years during clinicals. The nursing instructors didn't think they could make in the real world of nursing.
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While I do agree that having family at home (husband, wife, kids, etc.) does impact one's education, I do not agree that these things WILL bring your grades down. On the contrary, my children are my motivation for doing well...I want to them to see that I'm giving my all to my education while maintaining the strength of my relationships with my family. Martyr? No. Role model? Absolutely.
NOW, as far as my school is concerned, A&P I is considered to be the "weed-out" course among students. Of the 24 that started in my class, 16 were left at finals. Don't know how many passed, but considering that "passing" is a C or higher, I can't imagine that more than 10 "passed." I just finished A&P II..of those 24, 23 were left at finals. From what I gather, about 15 of them will pass the course.
Don't know about other states, but in South Carolina, you can go the DON website to get NCLEX passing rates for each program in the state.
Good luck!!