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I'm just "polling". What is the passing grade for the semester in your nursing program? This is not counting prerequisites but only nursing classes. In our school, it's an 80. Anything below that is failing.
What is it at yours?
Good luck to everyone on their finals. Two down, three to go!
Originally posted by Catma63I notice the trend for minimum passing grades in actual nursing courses is between 70-75. This makes me wonder why the instructors in the program I'm in made our passing grade 80. I feel this has much increased the failure rate and..Well, it just seems unfair. Who is the usual determing factor as to what the passing grade is, I wonder? The DON, the instructor themselves, or someone else? Anyone know?
My school has a curriculum/academic committee made up of faculty and students (graduate and undergrad). The committee determines what will be required for a student to progress in the nursing program.
Out of curiosity, are you in a BSN, ADN or diploma program?
The undergrads in the BSN program at my school need a 71% C to pass each class and a C average overall. As Entry Level Masters students in the same classes, we need a B average to continue. We have to constantly remind our instructors that C is not passing for us. Clinicals are P/F, sort of. Some clinical instructors give grades and then report everything over a 71% as a P.
I believe we need a 75% in the actual nursing class to pass. Lab and clinical are both pass/fail, and any corequisites are weighted differently depending upon how important they think it is to your major I guess. We needed a 73% to pass A&P and continue in the Nursing program, where the Dental hygeine students at my school needed to have an 80% in A&P to pass for their program. Doesn't make sense to me.
Originally posted by here with meWe needed a 73% to pass A&P and continue in the Nursing program, where the Dental hygeine students at my school needed to have an 80% in A&P to pass for their program. Doesn't make sense to me.
Excuse my ignorance, but why do dental hygeine students even need to take A&P?
Originally posted by twarlikMy school has a curriculum/academic committee made up of faculty and students (graduate and undergrad). The committee determines what will be required for a student to progress in the nursing program.
Out of curiosity, are you in a BSN, ADN or diploma program?
I'm in the ADN program. :-)
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I notice the trend for minimum passing grades in actual nursing courses is between 70-75. This makes me wonder why the instructors in the program I'm in made our passing grade 80. I feel this has much increased the failure rate and..Well, it just seems unfair. Who is the usual determing factor as to what the passing grade is, I wonder? The DON, the instructor themselves, or someone else? Anyone know?