Carney Curve

Boston College course evaluations · every published number, ranked class by class

Positions account for how many records stand behind each number, so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. Every score shown is the real average — only the ordering is adjusted.

Class record · NURS · CSON

NURS 7010

Direct Entry Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Theory · 1 instructor on record · 1 section

What the course score is made of
67BC evaluations1 record · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2025
Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute
RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

That is the class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it. Who taught it, and how each of them scored, is the board below — that is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between.

What the challenge rank is made of
6thMore challenging than 6% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
80BC — “Intellectually Challenging”1 record · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question for this class only — students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it measures intellectual challenge and NOT grading, workload or quality. Almost every BC class scores high on it, which is why it is shown as a rank rather than a score.

What the workload rank is made of
BC — “Workload”1 record — does not contribute

Boston College's workload question was not reported in these records, so there is nothing to show. That is missing data, not a light class.

Learners apply professional standards of practice to define the therapeutic role of the psychiatric-mental health nurse across the lifespan informed by legal and ethical principles. Learners integrate interdisciplinary evidence on genetic, neurobiological, and psychosocial factors to explain the pathophysiology and clinical manifestations of major psychiatric disorders, including mood, substance use, eating, anxiety, psychotic, personality, and cognitive disorders. Learners develop strategies to implement evidence-based nursing interventions, including psychopharmacologic and psychosocial approaches. Learners develop competency in comprehensive assessment and implementation of person-centered interventions to support individuals, families, and communities experiencing crisis, grief, trauma, and other mental health challenges.

The only instructor on record

1 section · nobody else has taught itFull record
InstructorOverallWorkloadChallenge
Raymond GasserNursing Provisional631 record6th

There is no ranking to read here: Raymond Gasser is the only instructor with evaluation records for NURS 7010, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 1 record, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Raymond Gasser

6 other classes
ClassInstructorsCourse score
NURS 4260Population Health Nursing Theory524 records68
NURS 4252Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Theory414 records87
NURS 9730Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology across the Lifespan514 records84
NURS 4253Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Clinical Laboratory49 records79
NURS 2080Pathophysiology38 records79
NURS 8718Health Information Technology for Nursing Professionals16 records61

Other NURS classes

All of them
ClassInstructorsCourse score
NURS 1010Professional Development Seminar174 records84
NURS 2231Adult Health Nursing I Clinical Laboratory1372 records79
NURS 2121Nursing Health Assessment Across the Lifespan Clinical Laboratory1946 records88
NURS 9906DNP Project Seminar 21133 records71
NURS 9904DNP Project Seminar 11130 records74
NURS 4260Population Health Nursing Theory524 records68

The line

All 13 items · means across 1 record
The Professor4 items
Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
773rd pctl
Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.
8613th pctl
Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.
827th pctl
Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
859th pctl
The Course3 items
Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.
734th pctl
Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.
807th pctl
Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.
8410th pctl
Assignments & Feedback3 items
Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.
763rd pctl
Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
8627th pctl
Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
8010th pctl
Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings
Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.
806th pctl
Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.
786th pctl

Bar length is the rank against every comparable record we hold, not the raw score: BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so a raw-scale bar would be nearly full on every row and would tell you nothing. Every bar is one ink colour — nothing here is graded green or red. The hatched bars are not ratings at all: a higher number on either describes a different course, not a better one. 1 of 13 questions were not reported and are left out rather than shown as zero.

Game log

1 section · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Raymond GasserFall 2025016367

How to read this boardInstructors are ranked on their record in this class only, never on their average across everything they teach. Scores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Workload is BC's own five-band figure, not a number of hours, and is shown as a rank. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero.