carostar

Wonderful letter! I, too, am still at GPC but I'm not that impressed with their "temporary" fix because it was admitted by the administration that they were "one time exceptions". The problem is not with the caring teachers whose hands are tied, but where it bottle-necks with the administration who can't see doing it another way. I'm so frustrated with their poor planning for summer school spaces, uncaring and condescending attitude and poor communication! :angryfire I should have gotten the hint when first applying and hitting a stone wall on the first level for any information about the sancrosanct Nursing program. Even the counselors at GPC get the wrong information and pass that along to the clueless students for pre-requisites. I had the experience of being told ON THE DAY OF the NET test that the policy had changed and only one chance to pass would be given (like we weren't nervous enough) so if you didn't feel ready to take it, LEAVE. I could go on..but.. maybe another time. Word of advise: If you get accepted somewhere else, choose that school first!

I tried looking for these books through Amazon and B & N. Can't find them. Are these the correct titles? Can you give me the ISBN #'s or authors? Thanks so much Carostar

I am a 1st year GPC Nursing student who just finished a grueling 1st semester. I'm a little shell-shocked by the whole episode, especially after having seen some very bright, caring and hardworking fellow students fail out of the program for some very minor mistakes during a check-off (Isn't that supposed to be a LEARNING experience?) or bad test questions about stuff that wasn't even covered in the lecture or study materials. Even after taking to heart the advice of "dedicate at least 40 hrs a week to lect/ck-offs/clinicals/studying" and our study group was a permanent fixture at the school, the exam results were awful. The horrendous test-questions (degree of difficulty) are NOT like the practice exams, study-guide questions or NCLEX-Review book one is advised to resort to. It's almost like you have to take a course on how to take/pass tests before you enter this program. I started the program with a 3.8 GPA, Honors courses etc... so I know I'm a pretty good student. I'm writing to ask if anyone has any advise for the following: The Georgia Board of Nursing will be meeting with our class in a few weeks to review/question as to why the high failure rate at GPC. What kind of feedback should we give them that would make a difference to this program? About half of the instructors we have had are wonderful, helping and supportive while the other half expects you to already know how to think and act like a nurse. That's scary when you are thrown into the hospital with your own patient (had a lot of people praying for the patient and ME!) I would appreciate any help with this matter. Carostar