Other health professions

[deetrain]

It seems that most clinical instructors act like drill sergeants to their students. If a student shows a slight hint of uncertainty, the instructor will think the student is not a good fit for the profession and try to fail him/her. Do you think other health related programs (Physical Therapy, Respiratory Therapy, Dentistry, Mammography ect.) have the same mentality as nursing instructors?

[Dranger]

It seems that most clinical instructors act like drill sergeants to their students. If a student shows a slight hint of uncertainty, the instructor will think the student is not a good fit for the profession and try to fail him/her. Do you think other health related programs (Physical Therapy, Respiratory Therapy, Dentistry, Mammography ect.) have the same mentality as nursing instructors?

Lol you have never obviously had a drill sergeant before...

[Retired APRN, MSN, RN, APRN]

Laughing hysterically over here. When I was a student most of my instructors for theory and clinicals were WWII army nurse veterans. Honey, you don't know the meaning of drill sergeant!

And I wouldn't have had it any other way. When lives depend on me, I want to know what to do, when to do it, and how to do it. These were some of the crustiest old bats you could ever have the pleasure of working with, and some of the best nurses. The kind of nurses who can observe, assess and improvise like nobody's business. They drove me crazy sometimes, but they made me into a Real Nurse.