CrystalShip

Thanks everyone for your input. I'm still looking for some solid numbers but I appreciate everyone's input. Yes, all schools are different, we're trying to make ours better. The change we're trying to implement isn't to make school "easier" its to hold teachers accountable for teaching (not just weeding out students) and to give students who may not initially test well a chance. We have to pass our med calculations test with 100%, do clinical lab check offs perfectly, attain a level 2 on ATI evaluations (two of them were given even before we had the class!) and maintain a 2.5 gpa. Losing 50% of every class isn't an efficient use of resources. Clearly there are other issues such as shortages of qualified nursing instructors but to maintain the status quo really isn't getting anyone anywhere so we're trying to at least make some suggestions. To do that we'd like to know what other schools are doing. As I said, I appreciate everyone's input! Just for the record so you all don't think I'm a whiney slacker, I'm not in danger of failing out and never have been. Thanks for your time!

Because the percentage may be high but the numbers graduating and taking the test are low, we're in an economic crunch and there is a nursing shortage...I could go on. Quite a few of these students have gone on to succeed at other schools and will be fabulous nurses. Losing students costs the school money in lost tuition and the retention rate lends itself to bad publicity. Wouldn't you rather go to a school that has both a high retention AND a high NCLEX success rate? That would speak more highly of a program to me.

We are contemplating a clause that would require students who fall below a certain percentage (but above the cut off) to enroll in an NCLEX prep class. That way, students who are "at risk of failing" would have a better chance at passing and the school would maintain its rep for a high pass rate. Currently we've lost nearly half our class as have other previous classes. The NCLEX pass rate for the past two years is 100% but with only about 30 students taking it each year. Thanks for the feedback. If you could leave your schools info though, that would be most appreciated.

I would greatly appreciate your help. After losing two more students after 5th quarter (of a 6 qtr ADN program) our class would like to put forth a proposal to lower the percentage required for remaining in the program. It would greatly help our cause if we had information from other schools of their requirements. If you could please let me know your school, city, state, and type of program (ADN, BSN, LPN, etc), the minimum gpa or percentage a student can earn before they are dropped out or what happens if a student falls below that mark for a class. THANK YOU! ex. Seattle Central Community College, Seattle, WA, 2yr ADN, min. grade to stay in the program is 82% and if you fall below that you are dropped from the program with no option to retake a class. Again, thank you for your input, I greatly appreciate your help. If you have additional information to add about how many students have been dropped from your program that would be great too.