She actually said it! Yay for my instructor!

[grownuprosie]

The other day my instructor asked us to anonymously answer some questions about the class. A few days later she opens class with, "It has come to my attention that there have been many off topic questions that I have entertained during lecture and stories from your fellow classmates that I have allowed to go on too long. Should these things come up in the future, I will ask that the individual come talk to me about it during break."

During the lecture that day she cut off some of the worst offenders with. "Great question! lets talk about it on break. Moving on..."

After wasting hours of my life hearing about their extended family members, it is over. Sorry if this post is silly, but i am extatic. :)

[sharpeimom]

the ones who drive my husband nuts are the ones who ask after he cites a fact, gives necessary info, or whatever, will ask, "yes, can you prove that somehow?" or "how do i know that's really true?" or "but my high school teacher said____.":uhoh3:

[Wonderlost]

People can be so stubborn sometimes (choosing my words carefully, lol)

Really, if it wasn't true, I'm sure he would not be teaching it...

[sharpeimom]

at this point, he just shrugs it off -- usually. what he says he will say at some point is, "listen, kid. you're a first (or second) semester ___ (often a sophomore) while i was a college student long enough to rack up two doctorates, plus more than one masters. want to try to beat me at jeopardy some evening?!

[Iridescent Orchid, CNA, LPN]

[color=#2f4f4f]if only my instructor would do this! i would be so happy! i understand bringing something up pertaining to the lecture that day, and summing it all up and getting down to your point or your question, but going on for 5 minutes straight, come on! i have stuff i need to be learning! my only concern with these stories are the fact that most of them will run 5 minutes long and then our instructor answering their question or commenting on what they brought up takes another 5-10 minutes away from lecture time. to me, lecture is precious!

[elprup, BSN, RN]

During the lecture that day she cut off some of the worst offenders with. "Great question! lets talk about it on break. Moving on..." Awesome idea. Every instructor should learn this!

[exnavygirl-RN]

Awesome!

I had a person in my class argue with an instructor about a test question last semester. The question read, "you hang a 1000 ml bag of IV fluid at 0800, and it is supposed to run in at 75 ml/hr. Upon checking vitals at 1200, you notice that only 350 ml of fluid remains in the IV bag. What is the first action you should take?" Of course, the answer was stop the IV fluid immediately. This person argued with my instructor for a good 20 minutes, and insisted that stopping the IV fluid without an MD's order was practicing medicine without a license. Fed up, and not sure of what else to say, my instructor threw her hands up in the air and said this: "let me make this as clear as I possibly can for you, since you obviously think that my 30 plus years of experience and doctorate degree in nursing aren't enough. Let's say you had a patient who couldn't swim and they fell into a pool. After they fall in, you see that the patient is drowning, and you know that saving them is as easy as pulling them out of the water. Are you going to call the physician to see if you can get an order to pull your drowning patient out of the water? No, I didn't think so, because that is absolutely ridiculous. Now, I am done discussing this; you chose the wrong answer, move on." Needless to say, this student didn't ask any more stupid questions for the rest of the semester.

[exnavygirl-RN]

I wish my nursing instructor had done that way back when. We had a student that told every detail of her life. TMI (too much information) on a daily basis. We knew all about her STD's, bowel habits, family's bowel habits, etc, etc. On top of that she knew everything. Ugggg. Kudos to your instructor!

The other day my instructor asked us to anonymously answer some questions about the class. A few days later she opens class with, "It has come to my attention that there have been many off topic questions that I have entertained during lecture and stories from your fellow classmates that I have allowed to go on too long. Should these things come up in the future, I will ask that the individual come talk to me about it during break."

During the lecture that day she cut off some of the worst offenders with. "Great question! lets talk about it on break. Moving on..."

After wasting hours of my life hearing about their extended family members, it is over. Sorry if this post is silly, but i am extatic. :)

[SamyRN]

I found that when I had something personally to relate to a disease process, such as knowing a family member, neighbor friend with the disease, it made it stick in my mind like cement.

I'd write myself a note in the margin to firm up that cement later. On rare occasion I would share something brief that I thought might help fellow students make sense of a topic.

But every class must have at least 2 story tellers who everyone wants to deprive of oxygen!!! UGGGGHHHH!!!

[CDEWannaBe]

Mea culpa! I'm guilty of being a Chatty Kathy. I love talking with people and hearing others' stories.

But it can totally waste time and I never thought about how annoying it must be to non-chatty people.

Thanks for posting this. I'm not trying to be a jerk, it's just a bad habit. Sorry! I will definitely try to curb it going forward.

[GitanoRN, BSN, MSN, RN]

Hooray!!! for your instructor, she handle the situation with dignity & professionalism without diminishing the issue at hand... you're a lucky student to have her as a role model... Ciao~

[FNP-2-BE]

That's classic. We all remember those people and I have some in my NP program now! UGHH.

Cheers

[Whispera, MSN, RN]

I'm an instructor and I tell stories about patients that are intended to illustrate topics. When these things get out of hand with the whole gang adding things...is this what bugs you?