Hazing in school

[ksuheather]

So today was my lab final and to say it was a disaster would be kind. Evidently I had a target on my and my prof even said " I was ornery today and the more frustrated you got the more I wanted to frustrate you." I know nurses eat their young, I didn't figure it would start in the first semester in school.

[liberated847]

I think the OP was inappropriately bullied. I'd report that so called professor.

[CountryMomma, ASN, RN]

I help out with sim labs from time to time, and if I see a student who is arrogant, rushed, or is refusing to communicate with the rest of the team, I'll ride that student a little harder. Arrogant students are dangerous, just like the dull students. Students who wont work with the others also get a little more thrown at them. I make sure I explain why after, but sim is a place where your dumb mistakes won't kill a person, so now's the time to get you to make them.

Also, some of the most frustrating, aggravating, terrifying sim labs I had as a student stuck with me. I learned a wwhhhooollleee lot about communication and teamwork when I was placed in a life or death cardiac sim with a student that was well known for her tendency to freeze solid when in an emergency. It was deliberate by my instructors to provoke either a collapse in communication or a win. I tend to lead in challenges, so they handicapped me by making me a subordinate nurse to the student that folds like a broken chair. I will never forget that sim. I had to go out and have a smoke to calm down, but my instructors debriefed me and I learned like crazy from it.

[classicdame, MSN, EdD]

the good news is you will move on and that instructor will still be stuck in his/her ugly place

[psu_213, BSN, RN]

I know nurses eat their young, I didn't figure it would start in the first semester in school.

First….ugggh. (That is for employing NETY, when this has nothing to do with that.)

However, I agree that this behavior on the instructors part is not necessary. Yes, you need to grow a thicker skin. Yes, this is very mild compared to what you will encounter in clinicals and on the job as an RN. But to gloat that he/she intentionally tried to frustrate you--inappropriate for lab time and not professional. (two cents icon here)

[motay68]

One of the best lessons I learned in school was from a super intimidating instructor. We were in class and I was picked to give her report on a patient we were getting ready to take care of in sim lab. My role was the new nurse giving report to the older nurse who had no patience for me. I HATED it and she road me really hard during the entire role play. I ended up getting annoyed and sniping at her, which only made her harder on me. The other students actually even spoke up and tried to help me out but my instructor kept on railing on me. I was angry/mortified you name it. I thought she was singling me out because she didn't like me.

When we got done with report she said to all of us this will happen to you when you graduate. You will not have an instructor with you anymore that will handle the tough situations. Not every nurse you work with will be happy to have you there. You'll be brand new, insecure, and a hassle for some nurses to deal with. They will treat you badly and they will be disrespectful. What she wanted us to learn (and explained to us as well) was how to deal with it so we didn't end up crying or losing our temper.

This semester I had her for clinical and ran into a huge issue with my co-assign. I'm not really one to lose my cool over anything but this nurse and I were ready to kill each other. My instructor took me aside listened to my rant and said now what do you plan to do about this? You have to deal with her for the rest of this clinical and you may work with her later. She guided me through it but left it up to me to handle. My co-assign and I never became friends but we learned how to work together. As much as I still hate that day in class, I have to be honest and say it really did help me out during that clinical.