Re: Feeling bummed...mixed evaluation by group
To be honest, it doesn't sound too bad. I always raise my eyebrows when I get a "Fair" since I am so used to seeing "Excellent" and "Very Good". This is not to brag, but rather to say that when I do get a "Fair", I think back at the day and see what it was that was different from my norm.
Sometimes I'm feeling under the weather, sometimes I just don't care, sometimes I realize that I was rushed, or that I wasn't able to explain the way I normally do...
In your case, I wonder (thinking out loud here) if it had something to do with the fact that it wasn't
your presentation. Even when I'm familiar with the material, if I didn't actually make it, then delivery suffers. If I were in your shoes, I would see if this "flaking" was going to be happening more often, and if so--or if I just wanted to have my own personal back-up presentation--then I would make my own version, or tweak the original to better fit my thought flow and delivery style.
It sounds to me like you had a good mix of lecture and activity. There are some, though, that hate that sort of thing. Generationally speaking, the older nurses tend to like more lecture and GenX or GenY nurses tend to like more interaction and hands-on. Either way, though, what you describe sounds good to me. Sometimes, there's just no pleasing people.
Personally, I don't think you can figure it out after one or two reviews. If you get "Fair" next time, you might want to look into it more, but every class has its own personality, so you might have just got stuck with a tough one.
I am finding that the RN are the least favorable giving me a "fair" on the presentation (in this case it was one nurse in particular). Two reviews felt that the presentation for the other speaker was "too rushed", which it was so I am OK with that. 
There are competencies they must complete and so I do want to see the hands on and have some critical thinking (very basic).
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