How does your program handle absences?? Help!!! (m)

[pink2blue1]

I'm in a 15 months LVN program, been in since June 13th. First part was A&P and then on Sept 1st we started fundamentals and the TRUE part of the nursing program. Anyways we are allowed to miss 2 days per level (There are 3 levels) I haven't missed a day yet, but today I had to leave early (by 3 hours) for my daughter parent teacher conference. It's the policy of the school that if you miss a day or even a few hours you have to either Outline all the chapters of reading for that day, outline class notes that you get from a classmate and then write 3 objectives as if you were in the class and responded to the lecture. Ok fine. Well today's assignment was a bit different. We were doing Oral reports on Special Procedures. Each student was assigned a Special Procedure (I got Colonoscopy/sigmoidoscopy) for our report we had to do a definition, how the procedure is performed and then do nursing care for before, during and after the test. Then we had to write one nursing diagnoses (The whole ADPIE thing) So we had to write an assessment, diagnoses, short term/long term goals, interventions (5) and evaluation.

Ok so get this.....for the 3 hours I missed I have to write reports on the 16 peoples oral reports I missed (just as I wrote mine. Definition, how performed and nursing care before, during and after) plus write 3 nursing diagnoses!!! How is this equal to 3 hours of missed class time? and it's due FRIDAY!!!! I had 2 weeks to do my one report. They all have to be typed and everything put in a folder! I am so angry! This seems so unfair. I can see making up and doing an assignment, but 16 reports on the procedures I missed (If they even get to all of them today), which I doubt they will because by 1PM they had only done 13! and that was with an hour and a half break for lunch! Argh! I am so angry. I have 4 chapters to read by Friday and now this. If I had know it was going to be THIS MUCH WORK, I wouln't have gone to the conference, but she told me this as I was leaving. My kids have to come first, but this seems like overkill to me. It's going to take me a long time to do all that and type it in. I have to research all those 16 procedures!

Any ideas???

Shannon (Oh and even though I make up this work, I still get docked the 3 hours I missed towards my 2 allowed days!):angryfire

[GoldenFire5]

Wow, that sounds really unfair. Which LPN program are you in?

[pink2blue1]

While I agree it seems like a lot of work, i do think the hours should count as an absence. I my program you got to miss 10 hours of clinical per semester (1 day) 3 people got booted for missing 2. OUr instructors basically said that they have to be here and so do we. they said we needed to make a decision on what was most important to us school or other. if we chose other than we needed to decided if we wanted to continue. They made no exceptions, tests were on mondays at 9. if you weren't there then oh well. they were strict but i liked it.

Don't get me wrong, nursing is very important to me, however I just spoke to a classmate and found out they didn't even get through all of the reports, yet I am still to do my assignment on ALL of them that were supposedly missed! Plus I have just done 2 (of the 16) and it's taken me over an hour to just write them and this is from using my Davis book of diagnostic tests!

[Race Mom, ASN, RN]

Although I totally think it is overkill, look on the bright side...you will know so much more than everyone else! OK, I know that doesn't help.

Lisa

[veggiegarden]

To the OP, that is insane. I'd be furious.

[SoulShine75]

in my class if you miss a day, you miss a day...we dont have to do anything extra...if we miss a quiz or test we are allowed to make it up. Our instructors ask us to email or call if we are going to be absent so they dont worry. There are only 28 of us and we move as a cohort (meaning we are all in the same class at the same time all the time). We have the same teachers for the whole program too though, so we know them pretty well.

If an assignment is due that day they let us email it. The instructors go out of their way to schedule our tests and quizzes around our schedule (other tests and such). If you personally have a confliction then they will make arragements for you, as long as you come to them and ask.

All of our syllabi are tentative and if we need a few more days to work on something we just have ask...I was sick the other day and I just called my clincial instructor at home and she said dont even worry about it. I have to make up the clinical hours that I missed but she gave me the option to have an "alternate" experience..I can pick whatever I want to do in the hospital and as long as I am there from 7-2 or for the same amound of hours its ok with her...

Sorry you have to do all that work OP, that seems totally unfair to me..geez thats a ton of work, you are prob still working on it!

What are some of your topics, I can forward you some info/research maybe that will save you some time!!! PM me with your email addy if u want help

Sounds as though your program is really lenient. I can only hope mine is as understanding. We'll see....

Good luck to you. :)