[mhr2133]

Ok, Hi all, I just need to vent,

Hx: last 20 days of lvn school, my class just left a meeting with the director of nursing. Said we were Paranoid, Just need to learn to suck it up. We are lucky to have an instructor. They are hard to come by.This is the medical system ,its hazing, everyone has and will live through it.

So far she has written up half the class in the last 2 weeks, thrown out 2 students (those were reversed). She belittles you constantly, you are nothing but ignorant, incompetent, there is no hope for you. We don't do clinical "hands on much", just lots of handwritten pop quizes that give her more and more opportunity to berate anyone with a wrong anwser.

The only thing the administration said they would talk to her about was that she has shoved/hit 2 students and they would tell her hands off.

Thanks for listening to the vent, on my way back to clincal, just need to make it 20 more days.

[BoonersmomRN]

"Tell her hands off?'

If any instructor shoved/hit me I'd file an assault charge on them THAT DAY.

Good Lord

[TakeTwoAspirin]

There has to be a line somewhere. When someone lays hands on you it goes beyond hazing and becomes assault. The school should not be condoning such actions regardless of how hard clinical preceptors are to find. This individual's actions are opening up the healthcare facility and school to potential litigation and they have to be reported and dealt with appropriately.

[Hopefull2009]

I would have went one step further...if an instructor EVER assaulted and battered me (because that is what it is), I would tell them that they need to get rid of her TODAY, or you are not only going to call the police, but sue the school and I would give them about 30 seconds to make the decision.

That isn't acceptable and she would be fired in a second if that happened at a hospital.

[rnmomtobe2010]

Oh heck no. Something mental has to be going on with that lady. She has problems. Couldn't be me. Lawsuit, charges, the whole nine yards!!!

[TheCommuter]

Here's my controversial two cents on this issue.

Since nursing instructors are typically paid poorly, finding and replacing instructors is an immensely difficult feat for schools to accomplish. Therefore, schools tend to hold on to really terrible nursing instructors because they are virtually irreplaceable.

Nursing students, on the other hand, are lining up in the thousands for the chance to become a nurse. If the school loses a nursing student, there's typically about 500 other students waiting in the wings who will readily take that person's place. In other words, students are easily replaceable.

Let me repeat: instructors are virtually irreplaceable, so accusations against them tend to be overlooked. Students are so easily replaceable, so accusations against them tend to stick.

I am not condoning the hideous behavior of this wacky instructor, and the things she did were so very wrong. However, too many schools are willing to turn the other cheek, even when they have full awareness that the instructor is a sorry excuse for a nurse. It's all about supply and demand. If more nurses were willing to teach, this person would have been gone a long time ago.

[WDWpixieRN]

That is all wrong on so many levels.

The physical attacks are NOT okay and can not be tolerated. The "hazing" parts of it are still somewhat in place from what I can see and our first semester consisted of a bit of this, primarily to keep us in line and so that we would take this seriously. By second semester, they completely backed off of us.

I would go back to this person with this attitude (and the backing of as many students as you can get) and get this instructor off campus or go to the school's president or the board and also talk to an attorney.

Physical assaults (which is what this was) are not tolerated in the workplace nor in an education setting, never mind not much of anywhere else except a football field or wrestling ring.

Please make sure something is done to stop this monster.

[turbohound]

mhr2133,

I feel your pain

[BouBou]

Originally Posted by mhr2133

The only thing the administration said they would talk to her about was that she has shoved/hit 2 students and they would tell her hands off.

This is assault, I would file a police report and then maybe the administration would take a hint.