Now that the semester is almost over, how many of your classmates are still standing?

Mr._Bill · Dec 9, 2004

I understand what you are talking about. We graduate next week with less than half of the people that we started out with. Some of them have dropped out of the program altogether, and others have dropped back into the class behind.

That kinda irks me. An individual gets into the program, can't hack it, and then gets to take yet another spot in the following year. What if they can't handle the course load again?

To me it just sounds like a wasted spot in the class for two years running.

Maybe I'm being too harsh and yes, I'm sure there might be good reasons for this to be allowed but it still prevents others from having a chance sooner rather than later.

:clown: Mr._Bill :clown:

LVN2006 · Dec 9, 2004

We have lost 6 so far. LVN program. We lost 5 in Fundamentals, 0 in Pharmacology, 1 in med-surg due to injury. The teachers kicked out a student 3 months prior to graduation--didn't like her clinical notebook. They can kick you out just because they say. Kicked another student 5 months prior to graduation--clinical notebook. Notice how the teachers only help the students who know what is going on? Are you taking your class thru college, private school, or adult ed?

I don't know if there has been a post like this before, but I am starting a new one:) My school is like a war zone. There are casualties left and right. 2 students got booted in just the past week. The most recent was today(didn't pass the math)It's weird....everything always seems fine in classes until the end of a semester. In the last few weeks it seems that students start dropping like flies. Why is that? We started out with 8 males in our class, and now we are down to 3. Our class is beginning to look like a ghost town...Good thing: we get more 1 on 1 time w/our instructors. Bad thing: I miss my former classmates. So, how many students are still standing in your class?

LVN2006 · Dec 9, 2004

You are certainly full of yourself. You are probably one of those students who believes he is smarter than the teacher

well im gonna go ahead and say this.....not everyone is cut out to be a nurse.So i dont mind losing classmates at all,since ive noticed quite a few i would not want working on my loved ones. In short i believe if they do not make it,it was not meant to be.

Nightcrawler, BSN, RN · Dec 9, 2004

That kinda irks me. An individual gets into the program, can't hack it, and then gets to take yet another spot in the following year. What if they can't handle the course load again?
To me it just sounds like a wasted spot in the class for two years running.
Maybe I'm being too harsh and yes, I'm sure there might be good reasons for this to be allowed but it still prevents others from having a chance sooner rather than later.
Mr._Bill

I understand the frustraton with people being able to fall a class behind. In our school you are allowed to fail. Once. If you fail the same class again, or fail a second class for the first time you are gone.... I know that the schools in our area just took a look at the applicant pool and figured that there are 800+ people who have finished prereq's and are just waiting for a spot, and thi9s is after the schools took into account all of the people who applied to more than one program. I don't know if the rules for repeating classes change, but I hope not. Most of the people who fail don't do so because they can't do it, but because there were persomnal issues that interfered. I have passed all of my classes, but everyone is different, and compassionm and empathy are nursing traits

studentnurse74, LPN, LVN · Dec 9, 2004

We still have 39/40. Not too bad.

Mr._Bill · Dec 9, 2004

Most of the people who fail don't do so because they can't do it, but because there were persomnal issues that interfered. I have passed all of my classes, but everyone is different, and compassionm and empathy are nursing traits

I agree. To a point.

Maybe there should be a requirement that, if you were dropped because of personal issues beyond your control, you must provide evidence that the problem/issue has been corrected or is no longer in place before you are provided a "second chance".

Believe me, I worry every day that something might happen and I would be stopped from completing my goal. And if that occurred, I would want that second chance too. But I would also understand that I would need to rectify the situation BEFORE trying again. Proof that I had done so would not be unreasonable, in my opinion. Some people's lives are so full of drama that they will NEVER be a suitable student for ANY school/program, regardless of profession.

Offering a second chance to someone that doesn't have extenuating circumstances but instead is failing due to lack of effort or flat out incompetence is NOT acceptable to me. This is of course excluding the possiblility of personality conflicts with instructors who just might be "out to get you." If you are lazy or unable to handle the material due to intellect or personal motivation then you SHOULDN'T be a nurse. That's my opinion anyways.

My opinon might sound harsh, but I think it is well grounded and true to reality.

:clown: Mr._Bill :clown:

LadyK82 · Dec 9, 2004

For the first semester we started out with about 100 and I think we are down to 85 or 90. Several people have quit b/c the pressure was too much to handle and some people got booted for excessive absences. Luckily, no one has failed out yet.

Jill1215 · Dec 9, 2004

We started with 64 and we now have less than 40 going into the finals. This is just the first semester. The professors are wondering what went wrong.

rosendalemj · Dec 10, 2004

Lost 6 out of 29 from beginning of 2nd semester. Lost 1/3 of original group I started with.

maire, ASN, RN · Dec 10, 2004

We started with 50 and now graduating there are just over 30 of us.

lil' girl, LPN · Dec 10, 2004

We had 2 people quit because of personal reason's, but the rest of the bunch all passed I am happy to say!

RuthieRN2008 · Dec 10, 2004

I don't know about passing yet, but so far 3 people quit due to personal reasons and 1 is planning on taking respiratory therapy...she said nursing is not really what she wants....

We still have two more exams to go!!!