Typical drop/fail rates for RN programs?

[jjbaby]

Just wondering what the typical drop/fail rate is for RN programs. I am 2nd year Rn student with 2 quarters to go before graduation. We started out with about 60-70 students and by middle of second year there are 21 of us left. Is this typical in anyone elses experience? Just curious as I look back at how many of us began and how many are still hanging in there....Thanks.

[Rapheal]

Less than 40% made it through in my class. Some of the most compassionate, bright people did not make it and incurred thousands of dollars of debt. It is a shame because I can think of a few that would have made excellent nurses. We had some very aggressive, know it alls who seemed to breeze though. The thought of them as nurses frightens me.

[RNIAM, BSN, RN]

Rapheal

I toally agree. Nothing but a pack of kiss fanny-no it all's. Makes me want to vomit on a daily basis!

[kimmicoobug]

New graduate here. My class started with 60 and graduated 39...and this was with picking up students that failed out previous years or had to take time off, and I am one of those that had to take time off. In my program, if you made it past the second year, first quarter..ya pretty much made it through the program. So glad I am done with school.

I agree with Rapheal's post about the go-getters. I know a girl who made the best grades in my class (work with her now) who wanted to take a full patient load her first day on the floor as an RN. To me, that is scary. She will make a wonderful nurse, but no need to rush it. I work nights and request full patient loads because my area of weakness is time management.

Nursing school only provides a foundation to begin the real learning. To be honest, I made great grades in school and wished I had retained more, but sadly I didn't retain a whole lot. A lot of what I learn is just on the floor. I have learned more about cancer and chemo in the past several weeks than I ever did in school.

[agent]

Originally posted by det01

As for not knowing how to use a calculator - we have some of those too. We get to use one later I believe. However, I really do not understand why anyone needa a calculator to know that 3/4 is the same thing as .75 and also the same thing as 75%.

:chuckle you're my kind of person