1st semester: How many students have you already lost?

EmilyCCRN · Oct 7, 2004

We haven't lost any of our 40 students, but we're only two weeks into the term. :) Our second year students lost four of their classmates last year, two due to transfers to other schools and two for "other reasons".

abundantjoy07, RN · Oct 7, 2004

The only person we lost was because he died in a car wreck. That is a sad point that we all face not having him there. Hopefully, we will lose no one else under any circumstances.

DeanG · Oct 7, 2004

My condolences BabyRN-06. I'm in week 8 of Sem. 1 of a 5 Sem ADN program. So far all 40 of us are still hanging in there.

DZcarrie · Oct 7, 2004

3 that we are aware of. funny how close the 120-something? of us have gotten in such a short time!

NurseBunky · Oct 7, 2004

Our midterm drop point was today but out of a class of 107........12 dropped before midterm. There's no telling how many are gone now. The last exam we had last week was killer. 60% of our class failed it. (Failure is 74% and below) Luckily I and everyone in my study group passed. I don't know what it is we are doing different but it works. I feel so bad for all of those who have dropped and are going to drop. I wanted everyone in my class to make it to graduation.

stressgal, RN · Oct 8, 2004

I'm in the second quarter of a 7 quarter ADN program. We started last quarter with 120, this quarter with 98. Pharmacology tends to "weed out" a few, that's this quarter, must get 90% on calculations test to pass. Our program requires an 80% to pass in other nursing classes. I keep telling myself that when it comes time to take the NCLEX I will really appriciate the standards of my program.

rn2bekay2006 · Oct 8, 2004

Started with 60, down to 57. No one has failed out, all 3 just dropped out/quit. #1 decided nursing wasn't for her after all. #2 just got into nursing school to prove to some other people she could, dropped out to run off with her boyfriend. #3's husband is a PhD chemist, she has an education degree and just found out she's pregnant, so decided to be a stay-at-home mom instead.
I feel bad about these folks just up and quitting, seems like their spot could have gone to someone else who really wanted/needed to become a nurse instead.. too late now, though. :)

I've never posted before, but I have to wonder if these people who are up and quitting are not being pushed out by the instructors? I see it happening alot where I attend. It also makes a person wonder if they could be next on their list.

kathy_79 · Oct 8, 2004

start with 50 now is 45

next week we have midterm finals and we will see who else "will be fired"

shape0fmyheart · Oct 8, 2004

I've never posted before, but I have to wonder if these people who are up and quitting are not being pushed out by the instructors? I see it happening alot where I attend. It also makes a person wonder if they could be next on their list.

I saw this happening a lot last semester. Actually, one of the instructors did it to someone during clinical. Told her maybe nursing wasn't for her and maybe she should consider leaving. My classmate then started to cry (of course, who wouldn't?) so then this instructor proceeded to send her home because she "couldn't compose herself". Duh lady! All I have to say is, thank goodness she stayed back to torture the incoming freshman and we got new instructors. She was a terror (that's the only thing I can say without using inappropriate words :chuckle ).

Last semester, 2nd out of 4, is what killed our class. I'm not sure how many dropped during each semester but when we returned this semester (3rd) there was 23 of us left out of 42 that started a year ago in September. Hopefully those of us that are still left will be in it for the long run.

gerry79 · Oct 8, 2004

Sounds very scary this world of nursing school. I am in the first semester of classes, which does not involve nursing classes, so to my knowledge we have not lost anyone yet. Also, I am in a part time program, and I am taking some of the required non nursing classes at another school. The "fun" for me begins in January and I hope that all in my class survive. The question that I have is this: Is nursing school unnecessarily hard? And do some school wear the attriton rate of their program as a badge of honor?

DZcarrie · Oct 8, 2004

I saw this happening a lot last semester. Actually, one of the instructors did it to someone during clinical. Told her maybe nursing wasn't for her and maybe she should consider leaving. My classmate then started to cry (of course, who wouldn't?) so then this instructor proceeded to send her home because she "couldn't compose herself". Duh lady! All I have to say is, thank goodness she stayed back to torture the incoming freshman and we got new instructors. She was a terror (that's the only thing I can say without using inappropriate words :chuckle ).
Last semester, 2nd out of 4, is what killed our class. I'm not sure how many dropped during each semester but when we returned this semester (3rd) there was 23 of us left out of 42 that started a year ago in September. Hopefully those of us that are still left will be in it for the long run.

i would like to know the reasons for everyone that leaves. it's so sad that they feel like they've got no other option than to drop out.

DZcarrie · Oct 8, 2004

Sounds very scary this world of nursing school. I am in the first semester of classes, which does not involve nursing classes, so to my knowledge we have not lost anyone yet. Also, I am in a part time program, and I am taking some of the required non nursing classes at another school. The "fun" for me begins in January and I hope that all in my class survive. The question that I have is this: Is nursing school unnecessarily hard? And do some school wear the attriton rate of their program as a badge of honor?

i'm also in my first semester, but i am taking nursing classes. All i can say is that it is just A LOT of HARD work. i had to miss one day last week (only missed 2 classes) because i literally could not get out of bed ..i was sick..and i still haven't caught up with all of my reading. the nursing class is sooo involved. you've got clinicals and all of that paperwork and preparation, skills to practice and get validated, math skills and measurements you NEED exact, and a million pages of reading to do besides. meanwhile, you're telling yourself that if you don't know how to do any of this, you could really hurt a patient!

i don't think it is unnecessarily hard. the job itself isn't easy and people's lives are literally at stake here. i feel that schools DO want the best of the best, but who wouldn't? i wouldn't want someone taking care of me that couldn't correctly administer meds or something. my motto: where there's a will, there's a way. if you want this bad enough, you'll do anything to get it!