Could I fail because of this? can't be that bad...

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So today has not been a good day. At the clinical placement (community) the CI asked me to do a presentation for the whole organization. This is the last week of this placement and I'm not comfortable with doing this presentations since my project is complete and I have other things to study for. So I told the CI "no because I don't feel comfortable doing it and I dont think I should be doing it alone as decision making and participation should include the group". The CI wasnt happy and insisted that I do it and I finally said "ok it will be done as a group"..I also pointed out to the CI several errors she made and questioned her reasoning..

Im pretty concerned I may not get the credit because of this now. I'd really appreciate some input on this situation

Specializes in ICU.

Did you consider the possibility that she wanted you to present because she thought your ideas were good and worthy of sharing? If so then you definitely shot yourself in the foot.

I think you made a big mistake. Very unprofessional. Shows you are there to do the bare minimum and not excel. Also, in this job market it probably would have been a great move to do the presentation to get your name out there in front of those people. However, if it was not an objective on your syllabus to present your project then at least you shouldn't be failed for it.

Why bare minimum? I did a lot on the project and put in extra time and effort. I simply did not find the presentation something to bother with. At first I suggested someone else does the presentation but that didn't work. I excelled in every other area of this clinical. Besides, why ask me and not someone else?

Did you consider the possibility that she wanted you to present because she thought your ideas were good and worthy of sharing? If so then you definitely shot yourself in the foot.

I considered that, but the presentation is mostly just a "thanks for everything, heres the project. bye." type of thing...Nothing really to showcase about myself

Specializes in HH, Peds, Rehab, Clinical.

Anyone who has been through, or is going through nursing school will attest to the fact that grading by instructors can be VERY subjective. Right or wrong, it happens!! I agree with the previous poster that a line may have been crossed when you were so kind to point out her errors to her....

Well the evaluation is based on certain objectives, so she would have to provide reasons of how I didn't meet those objectives or justify her poor review. Up to today my performance has been very good and I've completed all of my project tasks and she in writing told me that my work is good..How would it be possible to give me a poor review or fail me? All of my questions and pointing out the mistakes have been based on fact and I was not wrong.
Anyone who has been through, or is going through nursing school will attest to the fact that grading by instructors can be VERY subjective. Right or wrong, it happens!! I agree with the previous poster that a line may have been crossed when you were so kind to point out her errors to her....

do you suggest I plan for a possible meeting with the administration in case she tries to fail me?

I considered that, but the presentation is mostly just a "thanks for everything, heres the project. bye." type of thing...Nothing really to showcase about myself

Wow. You kind of sound like a self-involved brat. Sorry, but, "nothing really to showcase about myself"?? Is that a reason to not do a presentation? Spare me. Many of us would love to have the opportunity to show our clinical instructor that we are willing to bend over backwards if they asked us to. But you are too good for that, I suppose?

Wow. You kind of sound like a self-involved brat. Sorry, but, "nothing really to showcase about myself"?? Is that a reason to not do a presentation? Spare me. Many of us would love to have the opportunity to show our clinical instructor that we are willing to bend over backwards if they asked us to. But you are too good for that, I suppose?

Why would I bend over backwards for a clinical instructor when the task is of little significance to learning or anything at all? At best I would spend time writing an insignificant presentation which would then have to get approved and probably revised..I'd honestly use that time for working on the project itself.

Because you are going to spend the rest of your career bending over backwards for people who do not deserve it or don't appreciate you or to do jobs that you don't feel are worth it. Because your instructor is a nurse and you're not. Because she knows what is best for you to be doing at this time. Because she is, essentially, your boss, and because you had better get used to it.

Specializes in School Nursing.
Why would I bend over backwards for a clinical instructor when the task is of little significance to learning or anything at all? At best I would spend time writing an insignificant presentation which would then have to get approved and probably revised..I'd honestly use that time for working on the project itself.

Because you're expected to bend over backwards as a nurse. You're going to be tasked with a lot of things you find inconsequential, and you will be expected to do those tasks. I kind of agree with the others, you are coming off as a self-involved brat. You do what you have to do, and part of what you have to do is accept tasks and challenges as they come.

I don't think she will fail you because of this-- but rest assured the other instructors are going to know you are unwilling to go above and beyond.. and as a result, your instructors/program will likely repay in kind.

So I told the CI "no because I don't feel comfortable doing it and I dont think I should be doing it alone as decision making and participation should include the group". The CI wasnt happy and insisted that I do it and I finally said "ok it will be done as a group"..I also pointed out to the CI several errors she made and questioned her reasoning..

So you told the CI what you were going to do, as opposed to following directions and doing as your CI asked you to do? And then you "pointed out her errors" and "questioned her reasoning".

Sadly enough, you're the same student who, this time last year, posted this thread... https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-student/failed-my-clinical-647827.html

...in which you worried about failing a clinical because you were caught by your CI sitting around doing homework and using your cellphone during a clinical rotation.

Honestly, it sounds like you have a lot of growing up to do.

I went above and beyond in the project..I think the CI is asking for too much..you can't be expected to take care of 50 patients and their children now can you? What if your boss told you to go get all the patients coffee, come back and mop the floors? Oh that's not your job? Well too bad, you should be bending over backwards.

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