I've had clinical instructors before, but this one is so awful. She told us today (our first day) that she doesn't like people going to the bathroom. I thought .. okay, I can just go when she's working with another student, right? WRONG. When we shadowed our nurses, she has told our nurses before hand to count how many times we've been to the bathroom. Mind you, our day is 7am-7pm so throughout the day I need to go at least 3-4 times. Plus, I need to drink water to keep myself hydrated and energized.
In addition, we have NO lunch breaks -- not even a 5-10 minute one. I was planning on keeping some snacks at the break room, but she told us to not put anything there. In addition, she made us empty our pockets today so I can't even sneak some snacks in my pockets.
I am so confused on what I should do. I can't stand NOT going to the bathroom. I can probably go 12 hours without eating, but not drinking is just crazy.
By the way, everyone got a needs improvement grade because we all ended up using the bathroom and the nurses tallied up our times and showed them to her. We know this because she told us at the end of the day that she was "testing" us to see if we would listen to her. Pfft.
I had a clinical instructor like that too she didn't let us take breaks or go to the bathroom. It made me want to quit for good cause I thought we became slaves. We werent even allowed to sit down for a min despite having a slower pace on occasional days because she wanted to look good infront of the nurses that we were being proactive. There are many crazy people in this world.
Yes.....and some of them will become your supervisors!
Anybody have this thread remind you of that scene in Sybil where her crazy mother fills the child's bladder up with ice-water, ties her to the leg of the grand piano, pounds on the piano until the little girl passes out, and then beats her for losing bladder control? I know this is hyperbolic hyperbole, but still. This is sick behavior on the part of the instructor. Really. I mean it.
OP has brought us three issues so far during her tenure at AN. She has never updated any of them. They're not nutty issues but she appears to act as a "drive-by" poster. JESSICAAA159, please interact further than just dropping these posts and running. You don't sound unreasonable but we'd like some feedback given how we share ours.
Maybe she is in treatment for chronic UTI caused by habitual insufficient bladder emptying.
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Yes.....and some of them will become your supervisors!