failing

[barachi]

I failed clinicals. Backround info.. first week f for subjective data. Pt was intubated.. no vocalization. Asked pt about pain no nods or shaking head. Wrote the word down didnt respond. How can she fail me for that?

I have avoident personality.. and I did get the ok to dispute the grade.. the thing is I beleive this woman is antisocial same with course instuctor. I feel that they both planned my failure. I had a meeting with both.. I didnt have a say. I just froze and agreed with it. She lied big time. I did end up documenting it. To dispute a grade I would have to talk to her or possibly other instructor.. problem is clinical I was supposed to have another group but the other group told me she left. Shes not at the school anymore. Of course trying to save her butt. Truth is I dont know what happened. I dont know if.my avoident personality can do anything anymore. I dread the thought of even going back to nursing school. So any advice with this will help greatly

[duskyjewel]

Another thread vividly demonstrating the dangers of the "everyone gets a trophy" culture.

[duskyjewel]

suggest no more responses to this thread. By the last post it seems like they are useless.

More responses to the thread would be useless. No one called you useless. Stop it.

"They" is a pronoun. In the quote above, the antecedent to the pronoun is "responses."

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

We wish the OP well in their future endeavors. There is no fault in trying again. Not everyone makes it thru nursing school the first time. Take care, rethrink this entire situation so that you can learn from this and then move forward.

[barachi]

Oh well it sounds like judging. You could of told me to look back and study assessments more in depth. Sorry I cant speak well english is my second language. She did tell me to focus on the diagnosis while doing head to toe. Esld I looked at her skin.. mouth gums. I just didnt lift up her shirt and look at her stomach. Although I did ask her if she felt pain or discomfort in that area. Noted color of wastes and strict I & o. What else am I missing? I would like some good feedback.. as of now I am investing my time looking at every diagnosis in book. Writing notes on assessments and primary diagnosis. Risk factors and all. At least her feedback was amazing other than she didnt give me a chance to prove I took her seriously. Told me I could come back but would in no way pass.

[barachi]

Anyways my brother passed nclex. BSN :-)

[SionainnRN]

Did you listen to heart, lungs and bowels during your head to toe? Check for edema throughout. Check pulses? Why didn't you examine her abdomen?

[barachi]

All if the above but look at abd

[barachi]

I dk I think I just thought bowel sounds and asking about pain fullness discomfort was enough.

[JustBeachyNurse, LPN]

You need to listen to BS in all 4 quadrants, describe appearance of abdomen (soft, firm, distended, flat, rounded, bloated, tender/no tender, s/s pain such as "facial grimace with palpation and rebound LRQ, abdomen soft, flat +BS x4Q"

[barachi]

Bs x 4 felt it.. soft no firmness. No tenderness. No pain on palpation it was rounded but not like fluid full like ussual esld ascites.. she wasnt bloated didnt know about rebound on lrq

[barachi]

Thank.you. I should of accually looked at it to know for sure about these things. She did have a dx of ascites but it didnt show on her

[unicoRNurse]

We were taught to observe, auscultate, and palpate the 4 quadrants of the abdomen, in that order. So, you had a pt diagnosed with abdominal ascites, but you didn't look at the abdomen?