How is your school's communicative efforts?

[LPNtoRNin2016OH, LPN]

Just curious if this is just the schools I have experienced or if this is every nursing school.

I attend a well respected bridge program and the communication between the nursing department -> advisor -> students is AWFUL. Espesially for pre nursing students. It will be months after policy changes that you actually find out about it and I feel like my advisor never knows what is going on.

It's a smaller college so the bridge program all shares the same advisor. I shot her an email the other day about an ATI entry test, asking the benchmark for the test. She said we have to get 140 out or 150 questions to pass, SMH. Thing is, if I even question it, then she will get offended. She didn't understand that 90% benchmark was 90% chance of passing NCLEX if we were to take it again, not 90% of the questions answered correctly.

It cant be that hard when your the one sole person responsible for forwarding on communication regarding the nursing program (Which I have worked my orifice off to get into) to make sure that communication actually occurs.

[HouTx, BSN, MSN, EdD]

No, this is not the norm for most programs. In fact, they usually go 'above and beyond' to ensure that all changes are communicated effectively & require students to sign an attestation that they have been informed.... because this keeps them out of legal hot water.

[Not_A_Hat_Person, RN]

I did a straight RN program, but my experience was the same. My advisor was useless. When I asked her how to challenge my state's CNA exam, she acted like it was none of my business. In maternity and pediatrics, the instructors talked a lot about a mandatory group presentation at the end, then revealed at the last minute that we were not going to get credit for it. Clinical sites and assignments changed without warning.

My advice: get everything in writing, communicate solely by email, and don't delete anything until the day after graduation.