Set you up to fail?

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I just completed and passed my first nursing class and I'm excited to move on to clinicals next year. It was difficult, but I made it. Many students did not make it and I've talked with a few who believe that the school purposely set them up to fail. Some of them believe that there's this conspiracy to have only a few students graduate even when there's a nursing shortage. I myself don't believe in this "conspiracy" not because I was one of the few who passed because I believe I'm in control of whether I pass or fail. The one thing I didn't like is when the faculty and staff would mention that half of the students who were currently in the nursing program would not pass. Some people automatically gave up (subconsciously) when they heard this while others were determined to pass. I was determine to pass even when I procrastinated from beginning to end. I'm tired of students who refuse to own up to their own mistakes. They need to stop blaming others.

glad you passed. Don't assume everyone that fails has not study sometimes things don't work out but thats doesn't give people the right to assume they are not giving it there all; especially when they are just two points of the required score of passing. I know I'll keep trying, but please don't assume just because a person fails, they are not studying.

i just had to add a story of mine to this thread. all of my first semester i spent studying and doing everything i was suppose to but i was still just barely staying above water. i was doing ok...maintaining a grade right on the c-b border the whole time. when it came time for the final exam i decided i wanted to do great on it to ensure i'd pass the program. i studied my rear end off on that test!!!!!!! i took the exam feeling like i failed, i doubted most of my answers....well i missed 4!! 4 out of 83!!!!!! i was in such shock i started to cry and my classmates thought i failed. when they found out that i only missed 4 some were really excited for me and others...(mostly the people who i was friends with) were joking saying that i somehow cheated. obviously there is no way i could have cheated. i put in that hard work dangit and for them to even joke made me kinda upset. anyway, i did great and ended up with a b in the class which i can't say for many of the others. so..the moral of the story....hard work really does pay off because i can't remember a day, other than the birth of my kids, that i've ever felt so great. so i'm on to 2nd semester and i say...bring it on!!!!!!!!!!

until next week when i'm drowning. :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

I can say from experience that the clincal grading can be set up to fail by an instructor..My friend she failed the clinical portion and got kicked out of the nursing program.. After she got kicked out, she went to a different nursing school and passed..

Specializes in orthopaedics.

nursing school is hard period. if someone tells you different they are pulling your leg. we were told in the begining that some of us mignt not make it. i took it as a challenge it wasn't going to be me.

yes i think sometimes there is a little push by the higher ups to get someone through maybe they tried their best and they see some potential. still i sometimes look at a few of my classmates and wonder why they are still there. they keep saying how horrible they do on test with below passing scores yet they are still around. are they really getting these low scores or just starving for attention.:angryfire

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