Passing Some Students Who Failed!!!!!!

[GlennatheIncredible]

Hi I'm new to the site. I recently started back at Nursing School. I failed Med/Surg last year by a point and had to retake it. The school only offers the course 1 time per year so I had to wait a year to take it. When I returned to school yesterday, I was talking to a group of students from my old class and they told me that a certain girl in class failed OB/Peds (which is an 8 week class we take after an 8 week med/surg course) by 3 points and was allowed to continue to the next semester so they didn't understand why myself and a few others were't allowed to. I feel like that is completely unfair because I failed by 1 point and wasn't offered any options to continue.. I was more than willing to do any kind of extra credit. I'm wondering if I should talk to anyone in the Nursing Department or let it slide. I realize I'm stuck in my class no matter what, but its unfair that I am now behind a whole year of nursing school and out the money for 1 point and someone else was allowed to continue when she failed by 3 points.

[missjennmb]

If you were currently about to be kicked out of the class I would say give it your all, in a respectful and professional way. BUT, since its water under the bridge at this point and nothing you can say or do will make a difference, you should just drop it and focus twice as hard on your studies so that you don't ever get into the situation of 1 point making the difference, again.

[NurseLoveJoy88, ASN, RN]

I have never heard of such thing. I would be very careful at approaching this situation, because you don't know this girl who failed and then passed. You don't know her situation or circumstances. The other students could have the wrond info. or do not know the whole story. Maybe the student had errors on her scan tron ? Maybe the instructors credited a few questions, that kept her from failing ? I would just focus on this semester... You can't go back to a year ago, nothing will change if you did talk to the director of the program. Now, I would ask them to reinforce the policy or grading scale, because it would be unfair if this did happen. Good luck to you.

[twow]

Hi I'm new to the site. I recently started back at Nursing School. I failed Med/Surg last year by a point and had to retake it. The school only offers the course 1 time per year so I had to wait a year to take it. When I returned to school yesterday, I was talking to a group of students from my old class and they told me that a certain girl in class failed OB/Peds (which is an 8 week class we take after an 8 week med/surg course) by 3 points and was allowed to continue to the next semester so they didn't understand why myself and a few others were't allowed to. I feel like that is completely unfair because I failed by 1 point and wasn't offered any options to continue.. I was more than willing to do any kind of extra credit. I'm wondering if I should talk to anyone in the Nursing Department or let it slide. I realize I'm stuck in my class no matter what, but its unfair that I am now behind a whole year of nursing school and out the money for 1 point and someone else was allowed to continue when she failed by 3 points.

Sucks. But the year has already passed. Technically, you failed the class. At best, complaining would benefit future students (but probably not). There's nothing in it for you except for maybe the satisfaction of having filed a formal complaint. Sucky situation.

Like everyone else, this has happened at my school too. Unprofessional and inconsistent, those nursing instructors.