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To the OP...listen up. If you're asked to present something, do it. It's YOUR project...present it. Who are you to say who the instructor should tell to present? Whether you think it's important is insignificant in itself. Why pick someone else and not you? If you're uncomfortable doing it....who the flip cares??? That's how you get over being uncomfortable. And I bet you pointed out her errors in an arrogant way right? And here's the one that gets me, why bend over backwards? Ok say you do maybe possibly, somehow graduate and get a license.....are you not gonna bend over backwards for the combative, angry, confused patients? What about the angry co-workers, family members, etc. Good luck blowing them off. In all honesty, perhaps you need to look for another career choice, especially if following directions is a problem.

mursetudent25

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What is with this bending over backwards thing? I really hope most nurses have flexible boundaries and don't let their employers herd them like cattle...If youre questioning how Id handle a situation like that i can assure you it would be as per the institutions policy/nursing standards/laws and regulations/benefit to patient..if employer asked me to come in after work to give a speech about something, a big no thank you is likely. i'm sure its done in any job.

To the OP...listen up. If you're asked to present something, do it. It's YOUR project...present it. Who are you to say who the instructor should tell to present? Whether you think it's important is insignificant in itself. Why pick someone else and not you? If you're uncomfortable doing it....who the flip cares??? That's how you get over being uncomfortable. And I bet you pointed out her errors in an arrogant way right? And here's the one that gets me, why bend over backwards? Ok say you do maybe possibly, somehow graduate and get a license.....are you not gonna bend over backwards for the combative, angry, confused patients? What about the angry co-workers, family members, etc. Good luck blowing them off. In all honesty, perhaps you need to look for another career choice, especially if following directions is a problem.

mursetudent25

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by the way, i go to a small state semi rural school and from what i hear from classmates and graduates..there are complaints about this CI every year

loriangel14, RN

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Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative.

If you are asked by your employer to do something refusing will get you disciplined/fired right quick. You can't just say no because you "don't feel like it".

mursetudent25

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good statement if the employer asks something which falls within the requirements for the job, so like, if youre an accountant for a restaurant and the employer asks you to start serving dishes, the employer is the one getting fired if theyre not the owner.

If you are asked by your employer to do something refusing will get you disciplined/fired right quick. You can't just say no because you "don't feel like it".

loriangel14, RN

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Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative.

But the CI asking you to do a presentation is not an unusual expectation.If you were asked by your nurse manager to do something like that it would not be unreasonable.

Aurora77

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Specializes in Med Surg.

In the time you spend fighting with your instructor and fretting over this, you could get the presentation over with and move on. Is this refusal worth failing and then repeating the class to you?

I considered that, but the presentation is mostly just a "thanks for everything, heres the project. bye." type of thing...Nothing really to showcase about myself
Then why make such a big stink about not wanting to do it if it was such a small thing?
good statement if the employer asks something which falls within the requirements for the job, so like, if youre an accountant for a restaurant and the employer asks you to start serving dishes, the employer is the one getting fired if theyre not the owner.
Giving a presentation about a project you did is hardly an unreasonable thing to ask as a clinical instructor.

KelRN215, BSN, RN

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Specializes in Pedi.
I went above and beyond in the project..I think the CI is asking for too much..you can't be expected to take care of 50 patients and their children now can you? What if your boss told you to go get all the patients coffee, come back and mop the floors? Oh that's not your job? Well too bad, you should be bending over backwards.

Guess what? All of the above DOES happen regularly if you're a hospital nurse. I have had a patient's father call the main line of the hospital before to complain that it took too long for his son's bathroom to get cleaned after the roommate was moved to another room. Guess who people complain about when this happens? The nurse... because everything falls on us. It sometimes feels like you are a nurse, a social worker, a housekeeper and a waitress all at the same time. When I worked in the hospital, the vast majority of complaints on the "Nursing/Patient Satisfaction" surveys that were sent out were things like "my coffee wasn't hot enough or was too hot".

I don't understand your issue. In your first post you say that you can't do this presentation because you have too much work in other courses (which your CI is unlikely to be sympathetic towards) and then in another post you say that the presentation is no big deal. Which one is it?

Yes, you could fail because of this if your Clinical Instructor has such a strong reaction to your refusal. Clinical evaluations are quite subjective. I also don't think scheduling a meeting with an academic advisor or Dean will necessarily help you... why would you assume they would take your side over the instructor's? You were asked to do something that could easily fall under the realm of "clinical expectations" and you refused. YOU think the CI is asking too much... none of the seasoned nurses or other nursing students on this board seem to agree with you so far. I don't think the Dean would be any more pleased with your decision than your instructor and is likely to take the instructor's side.

mursetudent25

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By the way I am leaving some stuff out for privacy but this presentation is literally nothing, which is why i refused to do it..well i technically didnt even refuse, i agreed to do it saying its done because theres nothing to do but after the CI asked again i said no because its already done. anyway, I met with the CI today and talked to her about the presentation and she agreed, so its considered "done", cant claim that i didnt do it. she seems angry so i think i still have to prepare to appeal her failing me. also, ive considered that this isnt even an problem and that im just paranoid but i dont know. everyone i talked to offline said its not even anything to think about but i thought id ask the 'experts' here..

Specializes in School Nursing.
I went above and beyond in the project..I think the CI is asking for too much..you can't be expected to take care of 50 patients and their children now can you? What if your boss told you to go get all the patients coffee, come back and mop the floors? Oh that's not your job? Well too bad, you should be bending over backwards.

Have you ever had a job? And if so, have you ever held one for more than a year? It sounds to me like you have no experience in the real world. I'm going to tell you this, and you should take it to the bank- you're going to be expected to do things you don't think you should have to. You'll be hard pressed to find a job that doesn't explicitly say, "other duties as assigned" in the job description. That might mean cleaning the floors, or pouring coffee for any patient who asks. You're in for a rude awakening. It's unprofessional to play on your phone when you're supposed to be taking care of patients (special needs kids, no less) and it's unprofessional to sit around reading a book as well. You need to work on your work ethic.

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