Hey so I was wondering if a nursing professor will still fail you even if you put in a lot of effort over the semester to do well. Like you went to go get help from the in-school tutors and visited her after you didn't do well on tests and stuff.
I'm going in the final for my Womens/Peds class right on the brink of failing. I have to raise my grade 4 points in order to pass. My grades have steadily been improving over the semester and I honestly can say that I have done my best.
Will the professor still fail me if I don't do so well on the final?
Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
YOU HAVE CRUSHED MY SOUL AND SHATTERED ALL HOPE. My life is RUINED!!!!!!!!!
I can slip into my con-artist suit and instill those big hopes back into ya!
"I'm a headhunter for Ralph Lauren and we're looking for runway models. You have the perfect look. Just sign on the dotted line, give me $2,000 for airfare to NYC and lodging at a five-star hotel on Park Avenue, and you'll be working tomorrow!"
don't you nurses have people to save... and the students... exams to study for?
Your point would be.....what? That this student should not be posting on a message board, and neither should people respond to him/her? And if so.....why are YOU here?
I can slip into my con-artist suit and instill those big hopes back into ya!
"I'm a headhunter for Ralph Lauren and we're looking for runway models. You have the perfect look. Just sign on the dotted line, give me $2,000 for airfare to NYC and lodging at a five-star hotel on Park Avenue, and you'll be working tomorrow!"
No, nor do we wish to be admonished for posting on a forum that is intended for exactly that. Since time others spend here is of concern to you.....shouldn't you be studying now?
No, nor do we wish to be admonished for posting on a forum that is intended for exactly that. Since time others spend here is of concern to you.....shouldn't you be studying now?
If you were a practicing nurse, or even a successful nursing student (and you are neither as evidenced by this quoted post), you would probably understand WHY those of us who ARE practicing nurses or ARE successful nursing students are not encouraging the OP to try to wheedle a grade she didn't earn. Why we don't condone petitioning for exceptions since she is failing the class through no reason other than she is not making the grades. Why we don't take kindly to people who try to get out of nursing school what they did not put into it.....and why we do not wish to have people who are not competent to practice nursing as our colleagues.
Should you find yourself or a loved on having a hospital stay, I seriously doubt you'd be happy with the nurse who 'tries real hard, even if she doesn't really get it' when you have something stressful/painful going on.
Blunt? Yes. No warm fuzzies, like you posted? True. But there are standards for a very good reason, and those who cannot achieve that standard should not be moved along anyway.
Well, since we are being "blunt" here, I will ask this one question: What are you fishing for in my posts? You can quote me all day long, but you will NEVER find (or quote) that I encouraged the OP to beg for points. I stated that "a few added points" were possible because it is the truth. Some instructors do add points for their own reasons (could be a good or bad thing, which I also stated).
As for OP's feelings and my "fuzziness", I am doing this to make up for the ignorance of some of the posters on this board. One would think that the profession is full of bullies if they read some of the posts on here. OP is a human like all the other posters and he or she doesn't deserve to be ridiculed for asking a question. The OP simply wanted to know if extra points were possible for effort. The decision to add effort points can "lead to good results or bad results :devil:" (stated in my previous post). I don't know the OP's academic record or study habits; it would be ignorant for me to assume the worst. Most students are doing their best and sometimes it takes more than one try. Nurses and nursing students deal with a lot as it is, and it takes a certain kind of person to want to add to this stress (a person who is need of an intervention or treatment).
As for "getting it", one will not know if the OP "gets it" unless he/she passes the NCLEX and "does it" with few mistakes over the years. Some that passed the NCLEX and have years of experience "get it" and make mistakes; some of these are serious. There are also many people that "get it" but can't "do it", and doing your job correctly involves some sort of empathy. I would want a nurse that does her job without mistakes and makes me feel confident that she will not talk about me to other nurses. Clients should not feel infantilized and neither should posters on AN . Also here is a little more info about me: One of my relatives died from an infection that was acquired at a hospital. "Getting it" wasn't enough .
or bad results :devil:" (stated in my previous post). I don't know the OP's academic record or study habits; it would be ignorant for me to assume the worst. Most students are doing their best and sometimes it takes more than one try. Nurses and nursing students deal with a lot as it is, and it takes a certain kind of person to want to add to this stress (a person who is need of an intervention or treatment). 
. Also here is a little more info about me: One of my relatives died from an infection that was acquired at a hospital. "Getting it" wasn't enough 
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ixchel
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YOU HAVE CRUSHED MY SOUL AND SHATTERED ALL HOPE. My life is RUINED!!!!!!!!!