A horrible Day in 4th semester

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I just want to know has anybody ever been told by their nursing instructors that they could not be a nurse. If so, how did you cope?

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Specializes in VA-BC, CRNI.

I told them I already bought my license online.

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Specializes in Trauma & Emergency.

Ask them why they feel that way. Some people have a weird way of telling you that you made a mistake. Your a student nurse..you will make some mistakes but you must learn from them. If my teacher ever told me that I would have been very discouraged too. Find out what the problem is and see if you can work out how to fix it together.

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Specializes in SNU/SNF/MedSurg, SPCU Ortho/Neuro/Spine.

If her first name is not Florence, and last Nightingale, I would not have paid attention to it... seriously she is no God, no nothing other then a opinionated nurse....

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no, but my response would have been "and exactly how did u arrive at this conclusion"...thats so rude to say that to a student!!...

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I would have said, "that is the LEAST constructive remark I've ever heard and hope you never say that to any other student ever"

And yes I'd definitely ask him/her why they feel that way.

I hope you don't let it get you down, keep your head and keep working towards your goal! If you don't get him/her to give you constructive criticism I would definitely go to someone in the department to help :)

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Specializes in Oncology/Haemetology/HIV.

Yes, I did - thankfully, the others did not agree. And I have been a nurse 16 years now.

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Specializes in Home Health, Education.

Once I had a clinical instructor say, "Don't ever tell anyone that I was your clinical instructor! You're an embarrassment to our profession!" We butted heads the entire year and she had said many condescending things to me before, but that one took the cake! I complained to the director of my nursing program and the instructor was made to apologize to me. After that incident, she spoke to me like she had some sense! Sometimes the best revenge against a rude instructor is going over their heads and speaking to their superior about their unprofessional remarks!;)

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Just take comfort in the fact that she is on an ego trip and dosen't know what she is talking about. Who is she to decide who will be a good nurse... answer: nobody.

The fact that you are in your 4th semester shows that you belong

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