And the real reason is not because your not smart. Its not because nursing is hard. As a nurse I have seen the pattern, 40 students enter and only 10 graduate. Do you know why? The real reasons why is because of money. Yes MONEY!... Look at the cycle, people failing nursing programs for silly reasons, nursing programs creating exit exams that are unfair and the state boards knows about it. Well people the state boards of nursing and the schools are all part of the reason why so many people fail nursing school. And the reason is all about money. HERE is the FACT... Nurses get paid good money almost 65 to 75k to start, nurses are in demand, So what happens when something is not in demand anymore? The value goes down. People see the amount nurses make, they go to the school, if plenty people pass and graduate, that will throw more nurses into the work field, which will cause the nurses pay to go down, If the nurses pay goes down , guess what happens?? Fewer admissions into the nursing program. Thats right its a cycle, thats the reason why nursing school is getting harder and harder. To keep nursing pay up and to keep people entering nursing programs, the school benefits where poor people who invest their hard earned money into the program suffer. So believe it, its not you. This is the reason why unfair nursing instructers still remain. Shame on nursing.
Perhaps, people fail because they don't use their time wisely; don't study for exams or cram before them; or take too many credits at one time and overload themselves with work.
Some of my coworkers/classmates are taking on full time credits while working full time. I gave them my advice, though they didn't take it, to take on prerequisites slowly rather than overloading all at once. I made that mistake and am still working hard to get my GPA to where I want it.
The only way I can see money being an issue is for those who need to work full time and are unable to manage time to study.
If the op's conjecture on failure statistics was remotely accurate, why in the world would schools set their admission standards so high? They wouldn't... minimum criteria is established to gauge the potential success of the student, so as to not waste the students or the institution's time and effort.
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The real reasons why is because of money. Yes MONEY!
Here are some other real reasons why some people perform poorly in school:
1. They are studying incorrectly. Rote memorization will not work in a program that requires students to utilize analytical thought and apply the material.
2. They are not prioritizing school. Some people still want to live it up, party every night and not cut back on socializing, but the night life leaves most people with no time to study.
3. They have test anxiety. Some reasonably intelligent people freeze up and develop stage fright when taking standardized tests.
4. This might be offensive, but some people are concrete thinkers. Although theorists such as Piaget claim that people develop the ability for abstract thought by age 11 or 12, other studies indicate that up to half of all adults are still stuck at a concrete operational level of thinking. I imagine the concrete thinkers of the would would struggle with nursing coursework, which requires some level of abstraction.
5. They might be distracted by other issues transpiring in their lives such as a failing relationship, death in the family, kids with difficult temperaments, unsupportive spouse, financial issues, or other people in their lives who act as obstructionists.
Here are some other real reasons why some people perform poorly in school:
1. They are studying incorrectly. Rote memorization will not work in a program that requires students to utilize analytical thought and apply the material.
2. They are not prioritizing school. Some people still want to live it up, party every night and not cut back on socializing, but the night life leaves most people with no time to study.
3. They have test anxiety. Some reasonably intelligent people freeze up and develop stage fright when taking standardized tests.
4. This might be offensive, but some people are concrete thinkers. Although theorists such as Piaget claim that people develop the ability for abstract thought by age 11 or 12, other studies indicate that up to half of all adults are still stuck at a concrete operational level of thinking. I imagine the concrete thinkers of the would would struggle with nursing coursework, which requires some level of abstraction.
5. They might be distracted by other issues transpiring in their lives such as a failing relationship, death in the family, kids with difficult temperaments, unsupportive spouse, financial issues, or other people in their lives who act as obstructionists.
Good point commuter!
I was venturing to say that people perform so poorly and nursing school is being labeled "harder" because well.... Most people these days are beginning college level coursework with extremely shabby education in basic English, math and science..
But I really don't want to get flamed and turn this into the yellow triangle thread when words start flying on the defense ?
I was venturing to say that people perform so poorly and nursing school is being labeled "harder" because well.... Most people these days are beginning college level coursework with extremely shabby education in basic English, math and science..
AEB OP...
To be fair, nurses in my area DO start at these salaries.
lets get the facts straight . I have been a nurse for seven years.Got my lpn and RN on the first try . I made 65K to start..there are others starting at 75K..I personally have seen the programs where only 10 pass out of 40..And there are many other cases like that. I know many people who have completed nursing programs but are being held back because of exit exams. Nursing programs are getting harder and if some of yall get off yall high horses you will not assume people fail because they dont try. Ive had my share of bad teachers.
To add i only went to nursing school once and never failed any class. I didn't post this for me because im fine. I posted it for all the others who are being treated unfairly. I expected the responses i got , I work with nurses
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That's the why I have decided NOT to engage the OP...not sure if this post is even REAL.