Reviews of professor E. Carol Polifroni

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She's a good instructor and I did learn a lot about the healthcare system, but there was a lot of useless fluff built in. No need to read the book. For NURS 1130, REMEMBER TWO THINGS: the patient is always pinnacle; and the iron triangle is the reason for everything! She'll make you work; its a weeder class but stay determined :)

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Good professor overall, wants students to succeed. As long as you come to class you dont need the textbook, and participation is a big % of your grade (can be boosted by weekly assignments). Theres no graded homework so youre graded on 3 exams, participation, a group project, but she is very clear about what will be on the exams.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The information we learn is not super interesting but she makes the class more exciting. We do a group project that counts as a group grade so make sure your group members do their parts. We do get participation grades so try not to skip class because its a smaller class size. The tests are not that hard as long as you pay attention.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Polifroni is clearly very knowledgeable about what she does but is a pretty unfair grader and isn't the friendliest person either. Her exams are mostly open ended but she is very picky in terms of what shes looking for. Theres also a few, sometimes difficult, MC questions. If I could go back, Id definitely take the course with Van Hoof instead.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Polifroni has honestly been one of my favorite professors. She seemed super knowledgeable and passionate about the material. There is no homework which is great but you can not skip class, everything on the exams will be addressed in class. The exams arent too bad but she is very particular about what she wants for essay answers.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof. P. clearly cared about the class. Some of the content was interesting, whereas some is a little hard to get through. The exams had very specific questions, especially the multiple choice ones. Know your stuff, because the tests are cumulative. The tests are hard because once you go to the next question, you are unable to go back.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. P is really sweet and truly cares. She's passionate and makes the material engaging. She's relatively clear about what's on the exam (2 exams and final). The exams are multiple-choice and open-ended. No need to read the textbook, but pay attention in class and participate. She can be tough sometimes but I learned a lot about healthcare.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lots of information given to you in very little time, so it's a little hard to keep up. However, you can tell she is very passionate about what she does. We were graded based on 3 tests, a paper, and participation.