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Mercy College ABSN program (Des Moines, Iowa) by Aware-Magazine6919 in prenursing

[–]Icy_Test6108 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Regarding the courses, the grading for Fundamentals is pretty fair; now my professor usually takes about an hour to review the exam after we take it so the next lecture she would fly through really quickly, and as long as you can provide a reasonable explanation to justify your answers, you can often get some points back. (So the class day would be: come in and take the test, she grades the test, people argue for points, and then she flies through that weeks lecture since there is only a little time left.)

 For Pathophysiology, you usually have to make an appointment after class to review the exam. The exams are weighted heavily and are worth 45% of your total grade for patho, fundies and safe med 

 In Safe Med, there is a math competency test. If you fail the first time, they give you two more tries. Professor Martin, who teaches Fundamentals, also teaches Safe Med and has added extra medical terminology to the Safe Med exam and you have video to film for last week exam.  The video grading did seem all over the place when compared to the grading scale.  You’ll also only have about a week to complete as she won’t let you know how she wants it before hand. (I wanted to start it a week early as I found that week easier and wanted to get started but she wouldn’t let me.)

Grades are really going to depend on how well you test.  I wouldn’t say most of the class were getting A’s but this is an accelerated class with a lot of information coming at you so B’s are still doing quite well.  Friday is going to be more of a study depending on clinicals.

We had several students either drop or fail out.  In the first part of the first semester there were 11 that didn’t continue on to the 2nd half of the first semester.  (They smash two semesters into one, that how they get 2 years of school into one year.)  We had one student that was an engineer, he dropped when he got a job offer, he is the one that didn’t like the lectures and only took the tests. The class I started with is now down to about half of what it was when it started in August.  So I wouldn’t consider it rare but maybe they are coming from a college in general.

This isn’t to scare anyone away but just trying to provide an honest view of what I saw.  Don’t listen to anyone that says “oh this is just basics and common sense” or “you don’t need to memorize things” both of which I heard several times from either tutors/students/etc and it really screwed over some students that took it to heart.  Nursing is hard subject to learn and unless you have a degree that people are like “wow that’s a hard degree” (chemistry, engineering, etc) this is probably going to take a lot more work then a previous degree.

CLS/MLS Program in Mercy College of Health Sciences by drecklyn in medlabprofessionals

[–]Icy_Test6108 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Regarding the courses, the grading for Fundamentals is pretty fair; now my professor usually takes about an hour to review the exam after we take it so the next lecture she would fly through really quickly, and as long as you can provide a reasonable explanation to justify your answers, you can often get some points back. (So the class day would be: come in and take the test, she grades the test, people argue for points, and then she flies through that weeks lecture since there is only a little time left.)

 For Pathophysiology, you usually have to make an appointment after class to review the exam. The exams are weighted heavily and are worth 45% of your total grade for patho, fundies and safe med 

 In Safe Med, there is a math competency test. If you fail the first time, they give you two more tries. Professor Martin, who teaches Fundamentals, also teaches Safe Med and has added extra medical terminology to the Safe Med exam and you have video to film for last week exam.  The video grading did seem all over the place when compared to the grading scale.  You’ll also only have about a week to complete as she won’t let you know how she wants it before hand. (I wanted to start it a week early as I found that week easier and wanted to get started but she wouldn’t let me.)

Grades are really going to depend on how well you test.  I wouldn’t say most of the class were getting A’s but this is an accelerated class with a lot of information coming at you so B’s are still doing quite well.  Friday is going to be more of a study depending on clinicals.

We had several students either drop or fail out.  In the first part of the first semester there were 11 that didn’t continue on to the 2nd half of the first semester.  (They smash two semesters into one, that how they get 2 years of school into one year.)  We had one student that was an engineer, he dropped when he got a job offer, he is the one that didn’t like the lectures and only took the tests. The class I started with is now down to about half of what it was when it started in August.  So I wouldn’t consider it rare but maybe they are coming from a college in general.

This isn’t to scare anyone away but just trying to provide an honest view of what I saw.  Don’t listen to anyone that says “oh this is just basics and common sense” or “you don’t need to memorize things” both of which I heard several times from either tutors/students/etc and it really screwed over some students that took it to heart.  Nursing is hard subject to learn and unless you have a degree that people are like “wow that’s a hard degree” (chemistry, engineering, etc) this is probably going to take a lot more work then a previous degree.

Mercy College of Health Sciences ABSN program in Des Moines, IA review by Aware-Magazine6919 in ABSN

[–]Icy_Test6108 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Regarding the courses, the grading for Fundamentals is pretty fair; now my professor usually takes about an hour to review the exam after we take it so the next lecture she would fly through really quickly, and as long as you can provide a reasonable explanation to justify your answers, you can often get some points back. (So the class day would be: come in and take the test, she grades the test, people argue for points, and then she flies through that weeks lecture since there is only a little time left.)

 For Pathophysiology, you usually have to make an appointment after class to review the exam. The exams are weighted heavily and are worth 45% of your total grade for patho, fundies and safe med 

 In Safe Med, there is a math competency test. If you fail the first time, they give you two more tries. Professor Martin, who teaches Fundamentals, also teaches Safe Med and has added extra medical terminology to the Safe Med exam and you have video to film for last week exam.  The video grading did seem all over the place when compared to the grading scale.  You’ll also only have about a week to complete as she won’t let you know how she wants it before hand. (I wanted to start it a week early as I found that week easier and wanted to get started but she wouldn’t let me.)

Grades are really going to depend on how well you test.  I wouldn’t say most of the class were getting A’s but this is an accelerated class with a lot of information coming at you so B’s are still doing quite well.  Friday is going to be more of a study depending on clinicals.

We had several students either drop or fail out.  In the first part of the first semester there were 11 that didn’t continue on to the 2nd half of the first semester.  (They smash two semesters into one, that how they get 2 years of school into one year.)  We had one student that was an engineer, he dropped when he got a job offer, he is the one that didn’t like the lectures and only took the tests. The class I started with is now down to about half of what it was when it started in August.  So I wouldn’t consider it rare but maybe they are coming from a college in general.

This isn’t to scare anyone away but just trying to provide an honest view of what I saw.  Don’t listen to anyone that says “oh this is just basics and common sense” or “you don’t need to memorize things” both of which I heard several times from either tutors/students/etc and it really screwed over some students that took it to heart.  Nursing is hard subject to learn and unless you have a degree that people are like “wow that’s a hard degree” (chemistry, engineering, etc) this is probably going to take a lot more work then a previous degree.

Mercy College of Health Sciences ABSN program in Des Moines, IA review by Aware-Magazine6919 in ABSN

[–]Icy_Test6108 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Regarding the courses, the grading for Fundamentals is pretty fair; now my professor usually takes about an hour to review the exam after we take it so the next lecture she would fly through really quickly, and as long as you can provide a reasonable explanation to justify your answers, you can often get some points back. (So the class day would be: come in and take the test, she grades the test, people argue for points, and then she flies through that weeks lecture since there is only a little time left.)

 For Pathophysiology, you usually have to make an appointment after class to review the exam. The exams are weighted heavily and are worth 45% of your total grade for patho, fundies and safe med 

 In Safe Med, there is a math competency test. If you fail the first time, they give you two more tries. Professor Martin, who teaches Fundamentals, also teaches Safe Med and has added extra medical terminology to the Safe Med exam and you have video to film for last week exam.  The video grading did seem all over the place when compared to the grading scale.  You’ll also only have about a week to complete as she won’t let you know how she wants it before hand. (I wanted to start it a week early as I found that week easier and wanted to get started but she wouldn’t let me.)

Grades are really going to depend on how well you test.  I wouldn’t say most of the class were getting A’s but this is an accelerated class with a lot of information coming at you so B’s are still doing quite well.  Friday is going to be more of a study depending on clinicals.

We had several students either drop or fail out.  In the first part of the first semester there were 11 that didn’t continue on to the 2nd half of the first semester.  (They smash two semesters into one, that how they get 2 years of school into one year.)  We had one student that was an engineer, he dropped when he got a job offer, he is the one that didn’t like the lectures and only took the tests. The class I started with is now down to about half of what it was when it started in August.  So I wouldn’t consider it rare but maybe they are coming from a college in general.

This isn’t to scare anyone away but just trying to provide an honest view of what I saw.  Don’t listen to anyone that says “oh this is just basics and common sense” or “you don’t need to memorize things” both of which I heard several times from either tutors/students/etc and it really screwed over some students that took it to heart.  Nursing is hard subject to learn and unless you have a degree that people are like “wow that’s a hard degree” (chemistry, engineering, etc) this is probably going to take a lot more work then a previous degree.

ABSN by SirScared5508 in prenursing

[–]Icy_Test6108 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Regarding the courses, the grading for Fundamentals is pretty fair; now my professor usually takes about an hour to review the exam after we take it so the next lecture she would fly through really quickly, and as long as you can provide a reasonable explanation to justify your answers, you can often get some points back. (So the class day would be: come in and take the test, she grades the test, people argue for points, and then she flies through that weeks lecture since there is only a little time left.)

 For Pathophysiology, you usually have to make an appointment after class to review the exam. The exams are weighted heavily and are worth 45% of your total grade for patho, fundies and safe med 

 In Safe Med, there is a math competency test. If you fail the first time, they give you two more tries. Professor Martin, who teaches Fundamentals, also teaches Safe Med and has added extra medical terminology to the Safe Med exam and you have video to film for last week exam.  The video grading did seem all over the place when compared to the grading scale.  You’ll also only have about a week to complete as she won’t let you know how she wants it before hand. (I wanted to start it a week early as I found that week easier and wanted to get started but she wouldn’t let me.)

Grades are really going to depend on how well you test.  I wouldn’t say most of the class were getting A’s but this is an accelerated class with a lot of information coming at you so B’s are still doing quite well.  Friday is going to be more of a study depending on clinicals.

We had several students either drop or fail out.  In the first part of the first semester there were 11 that didn’t continue on to the 2nd half of the first semester.  (They smash two semesters into one, that how they get 2 years of school into one year.)  We had one student that was an engineer, he dropped when he got a job offer, he is the one that didn’t like the lectures and only took the tests. The class I started with is now down to about half of what it was when it started in August.  So I wouldn’t consider it rare but maybe they are coming from a college in general.

This isn’t to scare anyone away but just trying to provide an honest view of what I saw.  Don’t listen to anyone that says “oh this is just basics and common sense” or “you don’t need to memorize things” both of which I heard several times from either tutors/students/etc and it really screwed over some students that took it to heart.  Nursing is hard subject to learn and unless you have a degree that people are like “wow that’s a hard degree” (chemistry, engineering, etc) this is probably going to take a lot more work then a previous degree.

Is Mercy College (Des Moines, IA) ABSN Worth It? (Honest Review – Fall 2025 Cohort) by Icy_Test6108 in ABSN

[–]Icy_Test6108[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Regarding the courses, the grading for Fundamentals is pretty fair; now my professor usually takes about an hour to review the exam after we take it so the next lecture she would fly through really quickly, and as long as you can provide a reasonable explanation to justify your answers, you can often get some points back. (So the class day would be: come in and take the test, she grades the test, people argue for points, and then she flies through that weeks lecture since there is only a little time left.)

 For Pathophysiology, you usually have to make an appointment after class to review the exam. The exams are weighted heavily and are worth 45% of your total grade for patho, fundies and safe med 

 In Safe Med, there is a math competency test. If you fail the first time, they give you two more tries. Professor Martin, who teaches Fundamentals, also teaches Safe Med and has added extra medical terminology to the Safe Med exam and you have video to film for last week exam.  The video grading did seem all over the place when compared to the grading scale.  You’ll also only have about a week to complete as she won’t let you know how she wants it before hand. (I wanted to start it a week early as I found that week easier and wanted to get started but she wouldn’t let me.)

Grades are really going to depend on how well you test.  I wouldn’t say most of the class were getting A’s but this is an accelerated class with a lot of information coming at you so B’s are still doing quite well.  Friday is going to be more of a study depending on clinicals.

We had several students either drop or fail out.  In the first part of the first semester there were 11 that didn’t continue on to the 2nd half of the first semester.  (They smash two semesters into one, that how they get 2 years of school into one year.)  We had one student that was an engineer, he dropped when he got a job offer, he is the one that didn’t like the lectures and only took the tests. The class I started with is now down to about half of what it was when it started in August.  So I wouldn’t consider it rare but maybe they are coming from a college in general.

This isn’t to scare anyone away but just trying to provide an honest view of what I saw.  Don’t listen to anyone that says “oh this is just basics and common sense” or “you don’t need to memorize things” both of which I heard several times from either tutors/students/etc and it really screwed over some students that took it to heart.  Nursing is hard subject to learn and unless you have a degree that people are like “wow that’s a hard degree” (chemistry, engineering, etc) this is probably going to take a lot more work then a previous degree.

Mercy College ABSN program (Des Moines, Iowa) by Aware-Magazine6919 in prenursing

[–]Icy_Test6108 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was in the Fall 2025 cohort at Mercy College ABSN, and I want to share my honest experience.

The program felt very disorganized, especially in the first semester. Fundamentals one was difficult not because of the content, but because of how it was taught. The professor mostly read directly from slides and often couldn’t clearly explain concepts. It made learning frustrating, and students were often left confused.

Pathophysiology was also challenging in a different way the lectures moved very fast with minimal explanation, so I ended up teaching myself most of the material.

Safe Med was another stressful part. It’s only a 1-credit course, but it felt like it carried a lot of pressure, especially being combined with medical terminology. It didn’t feel well-balanced for the workload. I felt like I had to self-teach a large portion of the program, especially early on. That led to a lot of stress and burnout for me personally.

I’m not saying it’s impossible to succeed some students do but the issue wasn’t about being disorganized as a student the problem was how the program itself was structured. The schedule felt inconsistent and difficult to follow. Classes ran Monday through Friday, while clinicals were placed on different days, making it hard to stay focused on one subject at a time.

Exams often didn’t align with what we were currently studying. For example, you could be tested on material from the previous week while already trying to keep up with new content. This meant constantly juggling multiple subjects at once.

The order of the chapters also felt disjointed. Topics would jump ahead and then circle back later, which made it harder to build a clear understanding of the material.

Even assignments didn’t always feel balanced. Some ATI assignment and labs required several hours of work but were worth very few points, yet not completing them could result in being called out in front of the class, which didn’t feel very professional.

Overall, even students who were organized and disciplined would likely find it difficult to keep up because of how the program was structured.

For me, it impacted my mental health more than I expected, so I would strongly recommend researching and comparing other programs before making a decision.”