i can't remember if we have gone over this lately so i thought i would ask again. what is the minimum passing score in your nursing classes?
i think this goes along with the pass rates. i think the higher the score one needs to pass their classes the better chance they will have of passing the nclex.
In my LPN and ADN classes, it took a minimum of 80 in each topic studied that semester-NOT an average.
One girl in my LPN class had to quit because she got a 78 in A & P. She was passing everything else. I had offered to help her study-she refused-said she wanted to do it on her own.
A passing grade at my school is a C or 65%. This passing mark does not seem to effect the student's ability to pass the registration exam since our school has consistanly scored higher than the provinicial average for the number of successful applicants.
Our classes are rated on the good old "standard" scale you probably remember from high school and other college classes: 90-100 is an A, 80-89 is a B, etc.
My LPN program is pretty strict. You must have at least 80% at the end of each semester in every class, also 80% on every final exam at the end of the semester or it's bye-bye. We also get graded on clinical performance, and three unsatisfactories in a rotation- you're gone and can't ever come back to the program! I'm glad they're pretty strict, it weeds out who's serious and who's not!
Are these pass grades in the high 70'2 low 80's for the final year only?? Because on my course, to conform with the rest of the university to get a 1/3 you need 40% in the first year, 60 in the second and 80 in the final year, except for some exams where it is 95 or above. How many credits are your modules worth? the same as a usual university module? Where I am studying one nursing module is either 15 or 20 credits, for a 'normal' degree a module is worth 5 credits.
Congratualtions to those of you that made it, and goodluck in your careers!
CATHYW
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In my LPN and ADN classes, it took a minimum of 80 in each topic studied that semester-NOT an average.
One girl in my LPN class had to quit because she got a 78 in A & P. She was passing everything else. I had offered to help her study-she refused-said she wanted to do it on her own.