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we have to maintain a 77 percent. weighted between 4 exams and a paper. they have policy that they dont round. pretty much looks like i am waiting another 18 months to become a nurse tough because it was only 16 weeks away. thats a huge change of plans..yuck

I need some help. Anything would be great. I am a nursing student done with the program in May. I have one semester left 16 weeks or so from now. I have always done well in classes, done really well clinically. I stuggled with this semester on exams. Either did well or didnt. there was no in between. I finished the semester and didnt pass. I fell short .52 points. seriously needed half a point more to pass the course. They are counting it as failed, therefore i have to wait 1 year to pick up where i left off and then retake that course and then finish last course. What should i do. they are not responding to any requests to see and go over past exams or dispute the grade. Just bascially said the grade is the grade i must repeat the course. any thoughts. or ideas. has anyone been in this situation with a postive turn around. i just thought they would have found the half point no questions asked, i am so close and always been great student. so shocked and dissapointed. HELP>>>

Hey, I am currently a paramedic and just finishing my degree in nursing. I had researched the paramedic to RN programs prior to entering traditional nursing school. I am 100% grateful i choose not to do the bridge program. Although nursing requires unimaginebale time and dedication it is a investment that will only make you that much stronger in your nursing career. I know it is not probably what you wanted to read and i also wish there was a more desirable way to get your RN but i strongly recommend a second thought. Nursing school is really a challenge. I have been a medic for 5 years with a very strong, advanced service doing all the lastest and the most up to date prehospital care. We are affillated with a medical school that is one of the top in the US. I feel that nursing is a different profession granted some similarities but i find getting through the exams and the NCLEX require a learned critcal thinking thought process that no paramedic can obtain without starting from day 1 in nursing school when they start revealing the strategies. Where i am from they allow paramedics to go into the senior year of ADN programs like the LPN and they must have some success so maybe really ask a paramedic who choose that path. Ironically, i felt everything i really needed to know about nursing was in the first two semesters because it is all the fundementals. Just really think it out because nursing school is nothing you want to shortcut. Ultimately, i will forever respect paramedics for the job they do everyday, in comparison nursing is actually relaxing. good luck