I don't post much but this has gotten under my skin. I am in a Spanish class (to satisfy my humanities req) with a girl who is an LVN. She graduated from a different community college LVN program and is pursuing her NP. We have spoken several times about the school we are attending and the nursing program there. I have heard nothing but good things about the community college I am attending and how great its nursing program is. The school I am going to attend (I am on the waiting list, will definitely get in for next fall) has a great NCLEX pass rate, over 90% for 5 years in a row, the best for a CC in CA. Anyway, this girl proceeds to tell me that "her school" has instructors that said they don't like the program where I am going to go because they focus too much on care plans and that's why they have such a high drop out rate, they are sticklers for clinicals, etc. Now, she is saying this from the middle of the classroom. I told her, what is wrong with that? What is wrong with them being hard on you for care plans and clinicals? I think that is a sign that they want you to be good nurses. Then she said "well, these teachers used to teach here so THEY would know." I finally told her, W, are you going to the program here? She said NO. I said, Well what do you care then? I heard nothing but good things about it and I'm in next fall, maybe even sooner. So, please don't say anything else about it. I haven't spoken to her since and that was a couple of weeks ago. It keeps bothering me though because she acts like its not good enough to get your RN through a CC but she got her LVN that way. She is a little know it all even when she doesn't know what she is talking about.
UGH! Anyway, anyone else have a problem with someone badmouthing your school? And how would you deal with this?
