[sharona97]

Hi dar15,

Keep your chin up...look how far you have come ......
Easier said than done, as I too have those moments of anxiety and panick. I just keep praying that I'll get through that door.

Good Luck and be strong!

[Glad2BAnurse]

Hey Yall,
I saw my psychiatrist and she adjusted my meds and wants to give me klonipin prn for anxiety. I found out this week that i got accepted to the transition program. I am excited yet scared to death they wont take me if they see my med list and i also have to pass a pharm test. im just having so much anxiety and i hate this! any advice?

[sharona97]

Congratulations on the transition program!!!!! Take one day at a time and continued success in your future!!!!!!

[ellieper4]

Hi Everyone,

To the questions asked of me yes when I went in to get my final evaluation and clinical grade the instructor had written everything out that happened that day in clinical and she did deem me unsafe because of the late antibiotic IV,( the client wasn't on the floor to give it) and the fact that I was getting ready to dispense to the patient a cardiac med without knowing the patient's blood pressure (I had asked the CNA to take this patient's vitals and to let me know if their were any low values especially BP) I failed to check the record and if i had done a quality job i would of realised that a BP hadn't been taken so I was really at fault so i went ahead and took the BP as I should have earlier before I gave the med, so yes that was my responsibility and the instructor was right I was negligent. (I did talk to the CNA before I left the hospital that day and asked why she didn't take any of my clients vitals or do any of their cares and she told me that the instructor told her specifically not to do one thing for me or to remind me of anything that needed to be done).During my evaluation the instructor told me that I didn't have to sign it and could appeal it but that the staff already had a meeting and they thought i would be an excellent social worker /Alcohol and drug counselor but not a nurse, so that is why I didn't go to the dean also because I had gone to her (dean) in the past about how several students are signaled out by two specific instructors in the program and if they can't fail them in theory they get them in clinical she didn't believe that it would happen to me but i really feel that I was set up this instructor knew that I had a problem with anxiety because for theory exams I even tested out alone in a separate room from others she justed wanted to rattle my cage and break me down and she was sucessful so now i need to find another program where students aren't feed as snacks to cruel instructors.

[Glad2BAnurse]

Ellie,
Sorry you are having such a rough time with school. I hope there is someone there that can help you. Sharon, thanks for the support, i really appreciate it!

[ellieper4]

hey dar15

I truely hear you and wow i don't even know you but here is something to remember i can't even remeber where i heard it from but here it goes.
The real measure of a person isn't by what successes he has had but rather his failures and how he deals with them.

It also sounds like your in a situation similar to what mine was how horrific instead of instructors mentoring their students they torment them and play endless mind games for an education that we are paying them to give us, pretty damn sad that this is what higher education does to some and how those getting the abuse (ourselves) have to suffer through powerless,my counselor calls the program that i was in and where he counseled endless nursing students "sick academia" students are signaled out for no reason.Hang in there and remember you've come to far to let them defy who you are.

[sharona97]

You sound like you know what wasn't done and why. Did you know the instructor told the CNA what she did say to her..NO...Harrassenment I would think. I would keep going up the ladder of Deans, maybe they are aware of some of this (with the previous reports to "her" dean).

You sound very consciencious of your clinical skill. Don't let her define your future. Just a thought, but if I really wanted that nursing degree, it would take something huge to stop me. Have faith and I wish you the best of luck.

[ellieper4]

Hey Sharona97

Thanks for the support, after all the ******** that i got from the ADN program that I was in inclusive of the instructors,I found the dean to willingly listen and tell countless students myself being one of them that she knew she had definite problems with some members of her staff and she was there for the students, e3ach time though regardless of the many students who reported back to her about injustices in their clinical experiences she still stood behind her instructors she specifically told me that the instructor and myself both had our own perception of what happened in clinical and she wasn't there so she couldn't question this instructor's decision. I finally as others have recognised it as a broken system "sick academia" and without and not knowing how many are out there/whom they are are pretty powerless to see it made right. I recently meet with a dean from another college on Friday who admitted me to their program which is really hard to get into academecally and because of the long waiting list of course after she asked me to tell her what happpened in my experiences at the other college, I told her everything and she of course knew of this instructors their reputation precedes them for always signaling out 2-3 students each semester to make their lives extremely difficult, and she has between 5-7 calls from students in that program calling her eaaaa ch week begging to transfer in and some she able to help but the waiting and transfer lists are so long that she's unable to help them all. She asked me where I wanted to start in the program and I decided after the lack of instruction and clinical experiences to start at 1st semester, yeah alot more money and finacial aid won't pay for classes that they already paid for that I passed once before so now it's a matter of trying to save up for it, but it's really where I need and know I should start from. I was so impressed with this program they have an 80% passing rate and are highly respected, so I'm excited.

[sharona97]

See another door opened for you. That makes me so happy for you and aso that you did not give up and pursued YOUR dreams and not someone else's. (That you know who instructor).

I wish you well and may all your strenghts outweigh your worries.

Sharona

[ellieper4]

Hi Everyone,

Has anyone undergone EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing) therapy for anxiety/depression. I had an appointment yesterday with a clinician to discuss and began this kind of therapy, sounds very promising. It's used on patient's who have experienced a traumatic event in their life.