i know this sounds very negative, but sometimes i think its crazy how there is only one way to pass but a zillion ways to fail. so...ways you can fail/get kicked out/be "unsuccessful at my school
-fail the math test given at beginning of each semester. we are given 10 math dosage questions. if you miss one, you pass. if you miss more than one, you fail. but, if you fail the test one time, you can take it again in one week. if you fail that one, you're out. (in first semester, you had already taken math dosage class in summer, so you did know the stuff.)
-get less than a 75 class average. only thing that counts towards your grade is tests/exams. no clinical, no extra assignments, nothing else
-fail to do the LSRN computer assignments. you get some points for that, but only after you've already passed the class they add it on to your grade. they dont want you to pass based on what you got on the LSRN
-fail to do any other random assignments given to you. like in 2nd year, this big teachign project we had to do, in the community, but got no grade for it. just have to do it
-fail to get a "satisfactory" care plan during the clinical rotation you are in. we dont get number grades for those, just S or U
-have your clinical performance deemed unsatisfactory.
yeah, theres more, im sure. those are just what stick out.
Boy, I'm not even sure what the criteria is for being dropped from school that I attend - I mean other than getting less than a grade of 70% or failing clinical, which is a pass/fail scenario. We also have worksheets, papers, written skills test and return demos to complete but I haven't even thought to ask how bad I would have to perform to be 'dropped'.
I'm just running scared, my eyes tearing from the speed at which I am heading toward my future - that's how I've maintained a 4.0 grade average for the last 51 units.........:uhoh21:
I agree with what everyone has said. Another thing to watch out for is making sure that you make a good impression on your clinical instructor at the beginning of the semester. For some reason, if some instructors get a bad first impression of you, they may think that you shouldn't become a nurse. Then you have to work a heck of a lot harder than anyone else to prove them wrong the rest of the semester. Then you hope and pray they don't end up failing you at the end of the semester. :chair:
i obviously dont know how your school does it,but here, you can't just randomly be failed at the end of the semester.
make a good impression on your clinical instructor at the beginning of the semester. For some reason, if some instructors get a bad first impression of you, they may think that you shouldn't become a nurse. Then you have to work a heck of a lot harder than anyone else to prove them wrong the rest of the semester. Then you hope and pray they don't end up failing you at the end of the semester.
we are evaluated at the end of each clinical week. we get a filled out sheet, evaluating our professional behavior, skills, nursing process, commmunication, etc. so you can't just fail, you have an idea how you are doing.
i really hope that your clinical instructor can't just say "fail" and thats it! don't they have to have some documentation?
At our school, you can get a warning notice during the semester for clinicals. You have 30 days to take care of the problem. What I'm saying is that if an instructor has it in for you, they will find a way to ride you or write you up. If for example, my care plan is unsatisfactory, all she has to do is find things wrong with it every time I do one. At the end of the semester, she can fail me because she can say that all my care plans are unsatisfactory even though everyone elses may not be perfect either.
We also have a C (77) average pass rule. We can also get kicked out for breach of conduct/ethics violations such as discussing test content, discussing patients publicly and all kind of stuff. Also doing stuff in clinics that we have not yet done in class is a big no,no. Doesn't matter who told you to do it. Get yer packpack, yer outta here!!
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Boy, I'm not even sure what the criteria is for being dropped from school that I attend - I mean other than getting less than a grade of 70% or failing clinical, which is a pass/fail scenario. We also have worksheets, papers, written skills test and return demos to complete but I haven't even thought to ask how bad I would have to perform to be 'dropped'.
I'm just running scared, my eyes tearing from the speed at which I am heading toward my future - that's how I've maintained a 4.0 grade average for the last 51 units.........:uhoh21: