The "Nursing Games" claims it's first victims...

[Klimpys]

I posted on another thread recently how nursing school is like "The Hunger Games." Today was a particularly rough day. I heard the cannon sound for several of my fellow classmates. They failed the required drug calculation test and have been dismissed from the program. I feel so sad for them. It just really, really suck to have put in so much time and hard work, not to mention money, to be admitted into the program and then get dropped the first month. I can still see the tears. Blerg!

[bosslady781]

Well, gosh...this topic is terrifying! I've always been really good with basic stats/algebra, but I'd love to start studying up on these drug calculations tests. I start nursing school in January and the thought of all my hard-earned work going to waste by failing this test is giving me the shivers. Does anyone have any study guides they can recommend? Either a website or a book or both?

Oops I forgot to mention "Calculate with Confidence" is a great book for drug calculations.....tons of examples you can practice on.

[PinkCupcake]

Why did you go to that school?

It's the only RN program in the area. When you have a family and live in a rural area the pickings are slim. Short of uprooting my husband and our 4 school age kids there is no other option. It's a very challenging program and it's sink or swim, they don't "make nurses" they weed out the ones that can't hack it. On the bright side everyone passed their NCLEX.