How do I complete my horrible CNA class? Help

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I need your advice. I'm retaking a CNA class because I let mine lapse. I found a 7-week class for $1500.00. I'm now 6 days away from completing and I can't even get up in the mornings to attend.

Anyway, I've noticed the instructor picks on me and two other students. She makes us be an task every minute. The rest of the students get to take off from the clinicals site, and return whenever they feel like. They haven't practice any of the skills at all. But! We have to.

With my 8 years of experience as a CNA , I know all the skills. The instructor constantly checks on me. If I leave the room to get sheets, or anything, she yells at me infront of everybody.:scrying:

The other day, she had two of the students whom never do anything there, do vitals, and the other change a bed.

The student doing vitals put in an elec. thermometer without a plastic cover in a pt's mouth. The other one doing the bed, couldn't do a drawsheet and walked out the pt's room with her gloves on to get the instructor to do it for her. In five days they will be graduating!

Well, to make the story short, I've been absent for the last two days with a strong migrane headache. I can't sleep because I know, I have to see the instructor the next day. I won't be able to get my certificate with the rest of the lazy students because I now have to make up the hours. Should I report the instructor?

I don't really want to because she was really nice in the begining. I had a deep cut on a finger and she was cleaning it every day with a lot of care. I just don't know what to do?

in a patient's mouth?!? in a real, live, breathing patient's mouth?!? sorry, if i saw a student make a mistake like that i would immediately flunk the student. the drawsheet is pretty bad, but putting an electronic thermometer without a cover into someone's mouth is beyond belief. this student is unsafe to practice. period. and it tells me that you have a very poor, inconsistent instructor if she let this mistake slide.

yes, the student tried to take the patient's temperature with an electrical thermometer without a plastic cover. the patient started coughing and i told her to stop. the instructor didn't yell at her. she only does that to me.

you're the most understanding person!!! thank you

Specializes in Community Health, Med-Surg, Home Health.
I have to say this. Since I am not there to see it for myself. I can only speak about my experience. When I was in nursing school I felt that every instructor I had from beginning to end pick on me and gave me the worst patients they could find. I mean very complicated and sick sick sick. I was a critical care tech when I went to LPN School and had worked only in CCU or ICU.

And for a while I thought they were trying to get me to quit. I went to the director to complain. After I just let it all out, she looked at me and said You have a 3.7 grade average and we do assign you the hardest load. But you have a job already in CCU just waiting for you to graduate. You will be an excellant nurse in that area. That is why you get the worst patients.

That was the 70's and she was right I stayed in Critical Care for the rest of my career. for 38 yrs, After I understood that everything else was cake.

I just wanted to let you know since you obviously have been a CNA for a while maybe they expect more from you.

:yeah::yeah: Phenomenal point!!

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