Failed, venting, don't know what to do =\

That is awful. I would try another campus....if that is possible. We have students that have came to our campus after failing certain classes at other campuses.

Sorry you went through this. But please do not give up.

(((Hugs)))

Hugs Eithanhunt. I'm so sorry for your experience which should have been extremely different. Don't give up on yourself!

Usually when students say they are being targeted specifically I think they are trying to rationalize. However, your instructor sounds absolutely horrid. Did you get talked to about your progress weekly? Also, did you go the night before to gather information and their medication list? Because if I was about to give a med and gave wrong information it was an immediate failed clinical (one clinical not failed program).

We didn't get weekly progress talks, we weren't able to go the night before, but we were allowed to research the meds before we presented them. I just happened to be so scared for my life, and as a result not thinking straight, that I read the page on the left (different drug) rather then the page on the right (correct drug) in my drug book. There's no doubt I made a mistake and I'll own up to it 24/7, but it was a drug I was completely unfamiliar with, and that we were never taught about, so I didn't know the information was wrong when I took notes on it, but that's why we go over the meds before we pass them. I just didn't think the punishment fit the crime.

Don't forget that you can talk to the Vice President of instruction and president of the college. If they are of no help, you can even bring it up to the school board during one of their meetings. If you have written communications documenting some of what you've said, it will go greatly to aid your cause.

I'm sorry. That is awful. Can you make an appeal? I wish you good luck. Take care

You have my sympathy. I had one of those types 23 years ago. I was a 3.9 student and "older" at the time because i was late 20's. He made my clinicals a living hell. I would ask for a meeting with the program director to get more clarity about why they felt you were not a good fit in the program.

I hope you will try a different school. I am a nurse educator, and name-calling is never acceptable. I would hate to see anyone attend such a school. Fill out your evaluations very factually and cite specific incidents.

I would report this to a higher level (see your school's organizational chart) and get statements from any witnesses. In any case, I would not attend such a school. You could also notify your school's dean of students or campus ombudsman, if this exists at your campus. An instructor like this would be quickly fired from my school if this were reported and witnessed by others.

Ugly behavior is a reflection on the person doling it out, not ont he person receiving it. Look back to see if you received any useful, non-cruel feedback: perhaps from a nurse at clinicals, or from another instructor? If so, address this and improve. Disregard any useless feedback, such as being told you are terrible without being given any direction to improve. A good instructor gives formative and summative feedback for most issues. A good instructor makes expectations clear, points out when theose expectations are unmet, and helps a student improve.

There are lousy students and lousy instructors, but thankfully both are fairly rare. Go find some instructors that have earned the right and privilege to educate future nurses. They do exist. And, for goodness sakes, if that is your real name, change it. This "educator" sounds cruel and possible insane, and you don't need to deal with any more drama that people like this enjoy causing.

One thing I good clinical instructor should be able to do is to give you feedback.

Are you allowed to attempt to be readmitted into the clinical? Most places allow you to have at least one failure.

Isn't Ethan Hunt the character from Mission Impossible?

Something similar happened to me. At the time I just rolled with the punches, found another school, and finished my education (waving bye bye to all the money I put into school #1.) In retrospect I came to realize that it was a disability issue and I should have pursued some kind of legal redress. I was plunged into an anxiety state so extreme that it interfered with my ability to think. I believe I was deliberately targeted.

Listen. You can take several roads from here forward. You could try to use any appeals process that your school offers. You could go over the director's head. You might get satisfaction that way. It might be more productive to find a school that will give you credit for the work you have already done, and just get the %$#@ thing finished. A few years from now none of this @$#&&^%*@ will matter. Just keep your eyes on your goals and keep plugging away. You will be a better nurse because of this.

A great life is the best revenge.