Hello All - I really need your opinions on this because I wonder if my classmates and i are over-reacting or if we have legitimate concerns here. I am finishing up the first semester in a student RNcourse. We have a very knowledgeable instructor. My classmates and all agree that we have learned a whole lot from our clinical instructor. He is knowledgeable and (really challenges us to "think critically" and learn as much as we possibly can. Heres the rub: the instructor loves to ridicule and belittle students in front of peers, nurses and even clients. If someone makes a mistake or answers a question of his incorrectly, he dresses the student down and some of the other girls have been close to breaking down in tears because of this We have a fellow classmate who is struggling a bit (he is from a foreign country and has an extremely heavy accent). He berated this student and very sarcastically told him (in front of all his peers) that he (the instructor)and the class all concur that we feel he is struggling and he has a language issue and cant understand directions. I was mortified when this occurred. Earlier in the day, he cornered students and tested us on closing some safety syringes - 6 out of 10 students did this incorrectly. Now granted, this is a big issue and a legitimate concern, but this instructor yelled at us (once again, in front of peers) stating that if this ever occurred again, he would personally "drag" us by the arm to the dean to have us expelled. (Note this was a test, not something we did in the clinical). And finally, one student started to walk out of a patient room leaving a rail down (and i agree - a HUGE safety violation) well, when he yelled at this student, he actually grabbed her by the arms, stuck his face in hers while ranting about her. So - here we are, we have 4 clinical days left, and of course, we have already done our instructor evaluations. I agree, we as students all made some significant errors but am I out of line feeling that our instructor is totally overstepping his boundaries? I would welcome any and all opinions on the matter. Thank you all!!!!
