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Author Fail that and you fail the course??? Doesn't seem right.

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Thu Oct 08, 2009 5:10 pm

Hi guys.

This is the question i had about something the lady who gave the info night at Health Train said to us last night. I asked my boss who is a Div1 this today and she said that's not right.

What she said was - "If you do the course and FAIL the Medications test you FAIL the course"?

Now i know you need a 100% score on that test as you can't get it wrong HOWEVER, my boss told me that you can still become registered as a Div2 but without a med endorsement and if you want to later, you can go do the seperate meds course to become endorsed.

What do you think about that or does anyone have any more info about it? It doesn't seem right that if you spend 2 years on it, pass everything else but fail the meds, that you can't become endorsed just without the med qualification. Surely if you fail that part you can get endorsed without it and do it later if you want to??

My boss said she wasn't right about that what do you think?

Has anyone heard anything more about that?

Katie.

Ronnie

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Oct 09, 2009, 01:51 pm Last edited Oct 09, 2009, 01:51 pm update #3

I would think that if you didn't succeed in passing the first time a re-sit of the test would be possible. I know when I was at uni a number of students did not get 100% the first time and were given the opportunity to have another go, everyone passed in the end. I would think that if the med test was not passed then that component of the course would not be passed. I think this is something that needs to be discussed with the actual institution you are going to be studying with.

There is so much apprehension amongst students re the medications tests but more often than not it is never as bad as it seems. During the course you are given a huge amount of examples and more than enough opportunity to hone your medication skills both in study and on the job. Take your time with it and if you think medications are a weak point for you put in the extra time to learn it and get it right.There are also alot of nursing calculation sites on the internet as well. I still like to do them in my spare time just to keep the brain working. Check out the Flinders University site and type in nursing drug calculations in the search bar.

All the very best

modified: Friday 09 October 2009 2:00:37 pm - Ronnie

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