Everyone has a 4.0 GPA!!

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Okay I was doing orientation at a major hospital today...while there I had time to talk to new grads and students at the program I am going to enroll in.

I am hoping to get into the accelerated program. The standards are higher to be accepted in this program and although I exceed them, I still worry about getting accepted.

So I (know maybe rude) asked a few people what their GPA was in school. EVERY single person told me 4.0!!

This cracked me up especially the itty bitty girl who took a Nurse Tech position in the NICU.

I had orientation with her the day before and I couldn't help but laugh at her ignorant questions and statements. It was so bad I shared with my fiance when he got home.

When discussing warning signs for bleeding she stated decreased HR increased BP.....

This is just one the ridiculous things she said... and if not saying something ridiculous she said "I don't know"

Once again, she claims to have a 4.0...

And she has completed the first semester of Nursing School.

What makes this worse is if my child goes to NICU after birth, I will insist she doesn't lay a hand on him!!

I am also concerned how or why would any hospital hire an nursing student who couldn't tell a foley from an IV!!

I mean didn't the ignorance I have seen displayed over the last 2 days come out during her interview??

I am also concerned how or why would any hospital hire an nursing student who couldn't tell a foley from an IV!!

I mean didn't the ignorance I have seen displayed over the last 2 days come out during her interview??

Are you being facetious here? Are you saying that the tech actually couldn't tell the difference between a urinary catheter and an intravenous port? Really?

Hmmm.

I am kind of appalled by your attitude toward this tech and the other "4.0" people. I would not want to hire you as a nurse or accept you into a nursing program for the simple reason that you seem short-sighted, like you're not allowing yourself to open your eyes to the bigger picture (the one wherein you are NOT in the center of all things). Patient care is patient care. It's collaborative, it's evolving, it's a metamorphosis of ideas being pooled together. It has nothing to do with grades, and sometimes it has nothing to do with performance either (though the latter can be quite unfortunate). But everyone says (or does) a dumb thing from time to time when they're under pressure--students, techs, nurses, doctors. The point is that they are capable of learning from their experiences, their mistakes, and even the observations they make of their colleagues. I think it's perfectly fine to learn from both a colleague's achievements and mistakes. The point is not to judge, but to learn. Maybe if you talked to this tech, you might learn more about her, see where she's coming from and help her out if she gets nervous under pressure. If you sincerely believe that this tech should not participate in patient care on any level, report her. Not because she's ignorant or undeserving of her "4.0", but because she's unsafe. Get on with your day, get on with your life.

There's always another story.

Specializes in med-surg 5 years geriatrics 12 years.

I started as a 4.0 too; then I started nursing classes and clinicals....and there went the GPA. I quickly learned that 17 credit hours of pre-reqs were much easier than 12 hrs of nursing classes. And I learned that at the top you are called magna cum loude { sp } and at the bottom you are called " nurse ".

OP...you seem competitive. I would not have answered you if you asked my GPA, that is a personal thing.

Plus, you seem defensive since you said you didn't have a 4.0 like the others you asked.

Nursing school is not a competition...seriously...do your thing and stop worrying about the next.

Specializes in ER, ICU, Education.

This is what really bothers me- where does the need to know someone else's GPA and to constantly compare ourselves to others arise from? If, AFTER she has graduated and is practicing, you have a cause for concern, this is the time to address it. Not really necessary to cut someone else down. She is a learner, and hence, she is learning. We were not born knowing everything. Of course the ignorance of the other student likely came out during her interview. Ignorance by definition, means a lack of knowledge or awareness of a subject. This is expected in a brand new nursing student.

As an instructor and long-time preceptor in the ICU, I can guarantee you that I will take ignorance over arrogance any day of the week. Ignorant, I can help with. Arrogant, not so much. I would rather precept the student who says "I don't know, but I can find out." There is nothing more dangerous than someone who thinks they know it all and needs to constantly remind others of it. Arrogance kills in this field.

Since you apparently have enough time on your hands and are so vastly superior to her, why not give everyone the benefit of your knowledge and experience and teach and help others instead of cutting them down? Oh, wait, that's because you don't have any actual nursing knowledge or experience yet!

I hope you encounter a different attitude than the one you are portraying- one of judgment, condescension, and superiority. If not, I suspect your first rotation will cure you of this. I have seen so many arrogant nursing students cut to pieces when they act like a know-it-all on the floor.

I feel sorry for you, honestly. Part of being a professional is exhibiting a caring attitude and working cooperatively with others. An attitude sticks out like a sore thumb. When I was a nurse manager, I asked questions that were good at weeding out attitude, and I won't hire people who display it. It is really evident how jealous you are of her and her grades. Why not try to better yourself instead of whine about how someone else did better than you?

Specializes in Psychiatry.
may you become a good nurse some day. But please recognize that you are not a nurse yet -- and you have much to learn before you will be qualified to sit in judgment on the performance of nurses and nursing assistants.

:yeah::yeah::yeah:

Specializes in Woundcare.

Honestly, I'd rather have that other nursing student (the one who tries to answer questions and admits she doesn't know something) taking care of my son than a nursing student like the OP who is clearly too busy focusing on judging other people.

Opinions are like belly-buttons, everyone has one.

Except Patricia Heaton! :clown: She had hers removed...

Specializes in CTICU.

Alright, I think some of the posters accusing the OP of being judgemental are doing the same. I am sure she gets the idea now, how about we give it a rest?

OK, so you have admitted your insecurity and how this student really adds to that feeling. Sometimes we meet people who bring out those feelings in us.

What constructive thing can you do to help yourself feel more secure?

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