I am so disappointed with my nursing program. If I didn't already work in a hospital with people who respect me, I would be quitting nursing.
My instructor degrades us, is flippant, and humiliates us in front of our peers and the other nurses in clinical. For example, last week in clinical, I was required to given a patient meds at 10:00. At 9:30, my instructor marches down the hall wanting to know why I'm not ready to give my meds. I was giving good patient care, that's why. (The patient had just finished seeing the doctor and was on the bedpan.) One of my meds was Norvasc. My instructor barked at me about my patient's blood pressure. I told her I didn't know the BP parameters for administering Norvasc as I couldn't find them written in the doctor's orders nor in my drug book. She barked just to give the medication, never explaining to me what exactly the parameters were. (I later learned that the patient's BP, 141/61, required giving the med, but not from my instructor.)
When we are in class, she races through her powerpoint and yells at us for wanting to take notes. She insists that we *not* take any notes at all. After all, it won't be on the test. The last test had so many subjective questions, and some of her answers were wrong. I could go on.
We truely annoy her. In fact, she one time made a rude remark about how we follow her around like little ducklings. I can't believe I'm paying for this education. This is a second career for me. If others have experienced this before me, no wonder we are in need of nurses.
I should take these issues to her superiors, but I keep asking myself how anyone could possibly live with themselves and be like this.