MCCCD Nursing (Maricopa) Calculation test. I have questions.

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Can anyone tell me more about the calculation test at Maricopa Colleges? I hear you have to pass with a 100%. Do you get several chances to pass? One chance? Any info would be great. Thanks!

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Specializes in ICU, Research, Corrections.

Three chances from what I recall. You have to take it every semester too.

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Do a lot of people not pass because of it? I imagine it's not too terribly difficult.

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Specializes in ICU, Research, Corrections.

Well, it is very stressful because if you flunk this test you are OUT of nursing school. They are very picky with answers. For example, you have to label the answers - the answer is not 3, it is 3 ml. Or the answer is not .04, the answer is 0.04.

I usually flunked the first test just because of nerves. A lot of people did. Then I would ace the second test. Sometimes the tests are misgraded - had that one happen before too. I actually saw people flunked out of school for flunking their third test.

Normally I am a really good test taker, but the math tests freaked everyone out. The questions were not easy, but not extremely hard either. It is just something you have to get used to. Almost all employers give math tests too. The tests from employers are usually much easier than the school tests.

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