Getting kicked out of program

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Hello so I am a junior in nursing school, and I have a meeting with the chair of program because I was yawning a lot during my computer orientation at clinical. I did not fall asleep but I was really tired from studying the previous night, could I be kicked out of the program for that???

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Specializes in ICU.

Any program that would kick you out for yawning probably isn't the kind of program you want to be part of anyway.

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Yawning isn't a good look. It implies that you are;

1) Bored

2) impolite

3) Bad at time management

4) Lack attention span

5) disinterested

6) Not a team player

So it's a pretty unprofessional thing to do. Now meet the nurses best friend caffeine...

Coffee, coke, Pepsi, red bull the choices are many - unless you aren't able to tolerate caffeine in which case you need to get used to ensuring you get adequate sleep.

But if this is the only issue with your performance so far it is unlikely you'll get kicked out of the program.

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It was the only issue, first time doing, and I was up study for a big exam the night before. The whole class was, but I was the one in front. I have a meeting with the chair of the program about it now.

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

Moved to the General Student discussion forum

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Yawning isn't a good look. It implies that you are;

1) Bored

2) impolite

3) Bad at time management

4) Lack attention span

5) disinterested

6) Not a team player

So it's a pretty unprofessional thing to do. Now meet the nurses best friend caffeine...

Coffee, coke, Pepsi, red bull the choices are many - unless you aren't able to tolerate caffeine in which case you need to get used to ensuring you get adequate sleep.

But if this is the only issue with your performance so far it is unlikely you'll get kicked out of the program.

Caffeine and energy drinks do not help keep me awake. And many times, yawning is involuntary. You try to hold it for so long, it just comes out.

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Ok so you are a "not my fault, it just happened" type of student. Maybe nursing isn't for you if you find it so dull you can't stop yawning.

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Ok so you are a "not my fault, it just happened" type of student. Maybe nursing isn't for you if you find it so dull you can't stop yawning.

Yikes, that's totally unnecessary.

As far as I can see, there's no known scientific reason why people yawn. So while you're entitled to make judgements based on people who yawn, it says more about you than it does them.

Just for reference:

In 1986, Provine, the pioneer of yawning research wrote that "Yawning may have the dubious distinction of being the least understood, common human behavior."[2] Today, more than 20 years later, this may well still be the scenario as we are yet to find a definitive solution to this age old conundrum.

Yawning research is intriguing because the ubiquity of this phenomenon across most of the vertebrate classes and even in a 20 week old human fetus, suggest that considering it merely as an act of boredom and drowsiness is unjustified and that it may have a definitive underlying physiological importance which needs to be meticulously explored. However, till we get a conclusive answer, it is safe to assume that yawning could represent a para-linguistic signal that may have multiple functional outcomes across various species.

Yawning and its physiological significance

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Evidence-based POSTING. Nice job!

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Specializes in Emergency Nursing.
Ok so you are a "not my fault, it just happened" type of student. Maybe nursing isn't for you if you find it so dull you can't stop yawning.

The OP didn't say that though.. they said that they were up all night studying for a big test, not that they were disinterested or that they didn't know why it happened. While it doesn't make a great impression, being exhausted from studying all night clearly shows the OP is invested in school.

OP, apologize profusely and be honest about what happened. Acknowledge that it looked unprofessional. Say that you will try and manage your study time better to avoid staying up so late in the future. I have problems doing this sometimes, and have taught myself to clamp my jaws together really tight and yawn with a closed mouth. Yes, you can do it with practice! Lol. It's still obvious, but not AS obvious.

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.

Good advice from HermioneG! Oddly enough, this thread made me yawn. Coincidence?! :D

OP, you'll be fine. Seems like they are overreacting a bit.

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An over 30 year old post is hardly convincing evidence base. Maybe something from this century?

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