Around three decades ago, Kim Hurley, BSN, RN, the Area Director of Nursing at Sansum Clinic, was in the middle of her weekly exam in nursing school at Santa Barbara City College (SBCC). Every Friday, students took the standard exam to test their knowledge of that week’s curriculum. She had already failed two of those exams. If she failed a third time, she would be kicked out of the nursing program.
The thought of failing a third exam sent her into a panic. She stormed out of the room, heart pounding, gasping for air in the hallway. Despite her solid grasp of the material, she couldn’t fathom her repeated failures.
She wasn’t the only one baffled by her low test scores. Her teachers at SBCC immediately came to her rescue. They acknowledged that she was struggling and made it their duty to figure out why. They met with her and informed her that she could have another shot, and this time, they would read her the test.