AI Rate Professor

Nursing

Marti Essman

NURSING180 · NUR172 · LVN100 · NURSLVN · NURS173 · LVN · NURSING · NURS180AND181 · NURSINGLVN · 21 lifetime ratings

AI rating
58/100
RMP rating
3.6/5
Take again
50%
Difficulty
3.7

The decision

if you want a strict, real-world nursing mentor and can handle blunt delivery.

Best fit · Effort For RewardTough But CaringPeople Skills MixedHard TestsKnowledgeable NurseSkip Class You Fail
  • many praise clinical skill and teaching, others cite rudeness and favoritism
  • Attendance and ;
  • You learn real nursing standards if you can handle the personality edge

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

35/100

, and B+ outcomes show an A requires serious work.

; in-person reviews also emphasize heavy work.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

Average difficulty near 3.7 with repeated notes to get ready to read and work hard.

Both formats describe demanding nursing content; .

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

15/100

Skip class and you will not pass; as non-negotiable.

Online review explicitly tags skip class as failure; .

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

52/100

; fans love the nursing prep while critics reject the personality.

Online student recommends her; several in-person students would not.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Strict

32/100

Tough grader reputation and .

Format shift

; in-person comments stress intense work.

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Students warn to get ready to read and be prepared for intense work.

Format shift

Online and and effort.

Teaching experience

Average

62/100

Strong clinical knowledge and clear explanations for many, undermined by people-skills complaints.

Format shift

; in-person splits between awesome and rude.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

70/100

and reading load dominate the assessment .

Format shift

; in-person stresses work and clinical standards.

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

20 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person nursing and LVN courses range from inspiring clinical teaching to complaints about rudeness and control.

Main concern

Personality friction and perceived favoritism can sour the experience.

What students said

“Marti is a great teacher, but she needs to work on her people skills.”
NURSING180
“Marty can come off as a little mean and rude.”
180
“She is creative and is able to make even the hardest concepts easy to understand.”
NURSING

Remote format

Online

1 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

Online lecture option still feels interactive and rigorous, with and mandatory engagement.

Main concern

and a mean-first impression even when she cares.

What students said

“Marti comes off as mean, but she's not. She actually cares a lot about her students”
NURS180AND181

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Tests are described as hard and high-stakes, with no student-friendly open-book evidence.

Hard TestsHeavy Reading

Assessment risk

Strict

35/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, but stress intense, high-pressure nursing assessment.

Hard WorkClinical Standards
“Be prepared to work!!”
NURSING

Online

and skipping class leads to failing.

Hard TestsMandatory Attendance
“ . I respect her a lot.”
NURS180AND181

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Marti comes off as mean, but she's not. She actually cares a lot about her students and wants everyone to succeed.”

Voice snapshots generated from 21 reviews, highlighting the caring-but-tough nursing mentor split. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

62/100

“She is creative and is able to make even the hardest concepts easy to understand.”

⚖️

32/100

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🗣️ People Skills

40/100

“she needs to work on her people skills”

👍 Recommendation Split

52/100

“You will be a great nurse because of her.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • great lectures and wonderful in clinical
  • make even the hardest concepts easy to understand

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Be ready for way more intense and mean! Be ready to work!
  • Get ready to read

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • comes off as mean, but she's not
  • needs to work on her people skills

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

21

Recent reviews read by the AI

21

Lifetime ratings

68/100

Evidence confidence

21 reviews over many years show a and criticism, with limited recent grade detail.

Inside 21 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 511
4 out of 52
3 out of 51
2 out of 53
1 out of 54

Course coverage

LVN5 reviews
NURSING5 reviews
NURS1732 reviews
NURS180AND1812 reviews
NURSING1802 reviews
Show 5 more courses
1801 review
LVN1001 review
NUR1721 review
NURSINGLVN1 review
NURSLVN1 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

2 reported outcomes

A range

0

No reported values

B range

2

B+ 2

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values