I am in my third semester of nursing school. I was wondering what other people's teachers are like.
Our teachers at our school are so frustrating. We spend only 30 minutes learning how to start an IV but they require us to spend 7+ hours on a computer program that teaches us nothing, just reviews questions.
Our nursing faculty sends us at least 6 or 7 emails a day making changes to emails they previously sent us. Its like they don't know what they're doing.
They have us do all sorts of silly group projects and discussion boards. I've been going to school for 2 years and I feel like I don't know a thing about nursing.
Not to mention the fact that they all seem to be in menopause!
Is your school like mine? Or am I just overreacting?
It seems to me that the focus should be more on caring for people and the tecniques of procedures rather than just hearing about how we should do things. I've never even done a catheter!
I've seen it done on video of course and read about in books but ACTUAL experience? Zilch. When will I get to actually help people????
I guess I'm just frustrated and tired. Thanks for letting me vent.
That was it. Every instructors thing is different. But we had required tests to pass every semester..and they usually were on things and wanted answers DIFFERENT from our instructors....so you do what you have to to get through school.
Also, I did 1 foley in school, 2 IVs that never were good...and that's it. You pick up skills on the floor.
Then, in 6 weeks, I've done 1 cath...not a foley, just strieght...so go figure.
HA! Actually today, our instructors taught us about the official computer care plans and records used in the hospital(we're in a hospital program), Just to say,"You can only use this, this, and maybe this, and I hope you wrote everything down that i pointed out about the abbreviations used and not used." She then went on to tell us she hoped we "picked up" on the idea that the things she pointed out was on her first test.(This is her 3rd day of lecture, our teachers switch off from time to time). Some of my classmates agreed that the instructors can be really rough the first and maybe second semester to "weed out" the invalids.(I wouldn't call anybody in my class invalid, but I bet the hateful instructors do behind our backs)
I'm in my third semester of LPN school. We were required to get our nurse aide training before the program, and LPN school does focus a lot on skills. I start my RN program in January, just after I hope to graduate from the LPN program.
Even though it takes an extra year, I am SO thankful to have had the LPN skills experience. I have awesome instructors. The program director-main instructor-teaches RN classes too at the same school I attend (Owens CC). I've done 7 IV starts, hang meds, give meds of all kinds, have done a bunch of dressing changes, etc. The focus is strongly on skills. I am pretty sure I want to be a nurse practitioner, but I think it's so important to master the basic skills first. This program has been an awesome base for me, and I still have about two months of learning in it still. I'll be able to work as an LPN while I get my RN, which will be great.
I hope you can find a way to learn skills-good luck.
Its so interesting hear what you guys in America are doing. In NZ we only get skills taught in Clinical not at Uni. Which is why being assertive on clinical is so important.
Seems we concentrate a lot on the holistic side of things here, I guess this is due to our indigenous people the Maori and their model of health is strongly projected here. Which I think is good cause it takes in all aspects of the person and not just the medical stuff.
We do a lot of socio politcal and ethical stuff too. Is that similar in the States?
. Some of my classmates agreed that the instructors can be really rough the first and maybe second semester to "weed out" the invalids.(I wouldn't call anybody in my class invalid, but I bet the hateful instructors do behind our backs)
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That was it. Every instructors thing is different. But we had required tests to pass every semester..and they usually were on things and wanted answers DIFFERENT from our instructors....so you do what you have to to get through school.
Also, I did 1 foley in school, 2 IVs that never were good...and that's it. You pick up skills on the floor.
Then, in 6 weeks, I've done 1 cath...not a foley, just strieght...so go figure.