Weeding Out.

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Okay, so I've been lurking on this site for over a year. Hi!

I've been working on my core classes and with each day now, I question everything.

I wonder if I'm doing the right thing in life?

I am working as a nursing technician (CNA) at a hospital here. I've been doing that since 2010. It's a tough job and I'm ready for a change.

So here I am, almost done with my core classes and thinking of applying for nursing programs and I still need to take that dreaded Teas V exam. Yes, I've purchased a study book to prepare for it. Your input on that is encouraged if you have any!

This semester, I'm taking 4 classes- Micro Lab , Micro Lecture, U.S. History, Art Appreciation.

The latter is the only one I'm taking online and the rest are strictly on campus.

The problem: In the first 3 mention classes, my professors are trying to weed people out it seems. They know the majority of us are there working on our Pre-Nursing classes and they've cracked down on everything. I'm starting to think that people need to stop telling colleges and their professors that they're nursing majors because if they find out, they're already trying to weed people out so most folks don't make it to the nursing program.

There's nothing I can do about that, but a little rant helps! :sniff:

No matter what I do these days in my classes, all the tests are curbed and nobody seems to be passing. I have a good GPA! I've talked with other students and without me mentioning my grades, they're telling me their grades. Well what do you know? We are all being given the same grade in our classes. It seems they're giving a 57 to everyone in the class. Socialism and grading nursing students is a horrible idea.

I keep questioning everything. Why do I want to be in a program where nursing students aren't welcome? Why do I need to be there?

I would rather be in a program where students are welcome to learn and actually succeed while there.

Could it be just my college? It's pretty bad over here in Georgia. I've heard nothing but horror stories about how Georgia colleges weed the crap out of classes to make people want to drop out of classes and make them want to change their major. They're all for failing people it seems. I am not lazy. I work day and night on my studying and I talk regularly with my professors. I've done research on my professors as well to make sure I didn't sign up to take classes from a neo nazi.

I will be applying to nursing programs here and I am open to applying outside of Georgia. Does anyone know of a good nursing program that actually wants their students to pass and they have a great support system (great learning environment, great professors, etc)?

I know someone who said she can get me into a nursing program at a college she teaches at and she's a nursing clinical instructor. However, I don't want to limit myself to just that college and for all I know, I could be walking into another disaster. I have had my fair share of pain from the college I'm at now. We don't have open labs at all after labs are done. We get 7-10 minutes to perform 2-5 different labs per class and that's it. If we don't finish, we never get the chance to go back and work on it because "the school doesn't allow open labs for micro and they can't afford open labs for micro". Oh, the classes are 1.5 hrs long. Not learning anything!

I do all my reading before classes.

My brain is fried. No support here. The students in my classes are more motivated to pay someone $300 to do their work for them and they want to cheat off the work.

The next college I transfer to, I need a break from all this mess.

Is that even possible or are all/most colleges a power trip?

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Specializes in Prior military RN/current ICU RN..

So you post "Nazi" and "socialism" when discussing school. Yeah..ok. Reading your post you come across as a professional victim. This is wrong and that is wrong and this teacher is bad and this school is bad. No one "supports" you? Ok what kind of "support" do you want? All those things are the real world. When you get a job you will have co workers you do not like. You will have bosses you may not like. You will work with rude doctors at times. Are you just going to keep quitting jobs as well? What about a patient you do not like? Just quit on them as well? How about this...go to class and do your work. Study hard and graduate and take the NLCEX. If you pass you will get your RN. College is not designed to make you happy. It is work and sometimes work is difficult and you overcome challenges. Less talking and more doing.

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You have the wrong impression of who I am, so let me clear that up. I actually can keep a job and I've been loyal to my employer for several years now since being hired. The ONLY reason I have had this job for a few years is because I RELOCATED hours away from where I was living (I was looking for a bigger city with more jobs and more schools). That does not make me a bad person. People do that a lot.

You don't know me, so for you to jump to conclusions and make poor judgement actually doesn't look good on you or anyone else.

Last night when I wrote that post, I was tired and in a funk. We all go through it. Yes, it's life.

Nothing is ever perfect- whether you're hiding at home or you're out and about. People aren't always on their best behavior- I know. I have my bad days- we all do.

On another note, I worded things in a way that you misinterpreted everything. Actually, what I wrote just brought on more negativity from people like you.

But hey, thanks for basically telling me to buck up and get through it. Maybe that's exactly what I needed... just a friendly reminder to myself that is a dog-eat-dog-cut-throat-kind-of-world.

For the record, I do great at work and work well with my patients. Everything that you have questioned, I actually do the total opposite and I'm pretty good at what I do (that's the words of everyone at work).

Go have yourself a glass of wine and chill out. Apologies for striking the wrong nerve!

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I feel that weeding out in A&P 1 and 2. There were 175 students for A&P 1 for the Fall semester, there are now only 64 students taking A&P 2 for the Spring semester, with spots available. Now that could just be the material, but I do understand what you are saying.

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I've never personally felt "weeded out". The expectations of the class are set, and you either meet them or don't. I wouldn't consider that weeding out students.

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Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.

Students aren't weeded out by schools/instructors/programs; they weed themselves out by not meeting the stated criteria.

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Students aren't weeded out by schools/instructors/programs; they weed themselves out by not meeting the stated criteria.

Are you stalking me? :eek:

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You're right and wrong at the same time. I'm sorry, when did you graduate again?

If you didn't graduate nursing school within the last 5 years, I promise you things have changed dramatically. Everything is way more strict and the pre-req's classes for the RN program are usually being weeded out because the professors are trying to give students an idea of what nursing school may be like. So either the students learn to handle the overwhelming load and demands during their science classes, or they'll think twice about that nursing major they had in mind. That is a fact.

Those weren't even my words. Maybe it's a different scenario in your area, but here in GA they have cracked down on the classes. That doesn't mean I'm lazy or discouraged.

I do know people that do "weed themselves out" of those classes, but I'm not one of them.

Congrats on having a master's degree, but I can assure you things have changed within the last few years in colleges and it isn't a cake walk like it used to be 20 years ago.

I've shared my homework info with my RN and Doctor colleagues at work and even they're shocked about what hoops I jump through these days for my core classes. I wanted to know how school was for them "way back when". Sure enough, they all had it easy.

So before you start pointing fingers, you need to realize that colleges have severely cracked-down on classes these days because of there's a high demand for nursing school and anything medical field related.

Enjoy your weekend.

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Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.
Are you stalking me? :eek:

Nope, just showing up in the same threads as you. Purely coincidental. Unless you want me to stalk you, then I'm happy to oblige. :roflmao:

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Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.

OP, you seem to be quite defensive with your response- telling people to have a glass of wine and chill out, telling people how it was for them when we went through nursing school, telling them not to point fingers. Hate to break it to you, but prereqs have led to people weeding themselves out ever since the concept was created. Doesn't matter whether people graduated 40, 30, 20, 10, 5, or 1 year ago. Nursing school and the required prereqs are tough, and for good reason.

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Specializes in Telemetry.
You're right and wrong at the same time. I'm sorry, when did you graduate again?

If you didn't graduate nursing school within the last 5 years, I promise you things have changed dramatically. Everything is way more strict and the pre-req's classes for the RN program are usually being weeded out because the professors are trying to give students an idea of what nursing school may be like. So either the students learn to handle the overwhelming load and demands during their science classes, or they'll think twice about that nursing major they had in mind. That is a fact.

Those weren't even my words. Maybe it's a different scenario in your area, but here in GA they have cracked down on the classes. That doesn't mean I'm lazy or discouraged.

I do know people that do "weed themselves out" of those classes, but I'm not one of them.

Congrats on having a master's degree, but I can assure you things have changed within the last few years in colleges and it isn't a cake walk like it used to be 20 years ago.

I've shared my homework info with my RN and Doctor colleagues at work and even they're shocked about what hoops I jump through these days for my core classes. I wanted to know how school was for them "way back when". Sure enough, they all had it easy.

So before you start pointing fingers, you need to realize that colleges have severely cracked-down on classes these days because of there's a high demand for nursing school and anything medical field related.

Enjoy your weekend.

I don't even know what to say about all this except - Do you know what a *fact* is?

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Emergency.

Nope. Didn't feel weeded out. Graduated in May. You have to work hard to meet the criteria set forth by the professors. 99.9% of what I learned in nursing school I taught myself, same with prereqs. Nobody said it's easy, it doesn't have to be. Sorry if you feel attacked but literally nobody said anything that isn't true.

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