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???

Specializes in Emergency Nursing.

I would like to jump into the fray. Research as of 2014 indicates that yawning may be a mechanism for thermoregulation! It's actually really awesome. Things such as sleep deprivation and exhaustion can cause an increase of temperature in the brain. Yawning is now believed to be an effort for the body to cool the brain.

I would post the research but am on my phone at the moment. It's really fascinating though!

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Specializes in Emergency Nursing.

The thermoregulatory theory of yawning: what we know from over 5 years of research

there we go :)

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

It's from 2013.

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

The article is 4 years old, not 30.

Gupta, S., & Mittal, S. (2013). Yawning and its physiological significance. International Journal of Applied and Basic Medical Research, 3(1), 11–15. Yawning and its physiological significance Gupta S, Mittal S - Int J App Basic Med Res

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It's from 2013.

Which she would have known had she read the article.

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Specializes in SICU, trauma, neuro.
An over 30 year old post is hardly convincing evidence base. Maybe something from this century?

The knowledge that lime juice can ward off scurvy, that handwashing prevents infection, and that safeguards are needed when working with hazardous materials (phossy jaw, anyone?) is all a century or more old.

What is your point?

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Specializes in SICU, trauma, neuro.
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.

I am a classically trained singer, so have developed the ability to *not* yawn while voluntarily arching my soft palate. When my body otherwise needs to yawn? It's going to yawn. :laugh:

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.
I am a classically trained singer, so have developed the ability to *not* yawn while voluntarily arching my soft palate. When my body otherwise needs to yawn? It's going to yawn. :laugh:

I am sitting here trying to arch my soft palate! Lol. That is interesting!

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I am a classically trained singer, so have developed the ability to *not* yawn while voluntarily arching my soft palate. When my body otherwise needs to yawn? It's going to yawn. :laugh:

You are one of the most interesting people on this board.

Now I want to hear you sing.

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If there weren't any other issues, besides yawning, I can't see why you would be talking to the chair. I have yawned MANY times and it is an involuntary physiological reaction, so not sure why your professor would go that far, unless you overtly yawned in a disrespectful manner.

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Oh man something similar happened to one of my classmates in clinical. We were giving presentations and she was in the front and put her head down on the desk during the presentations. She applied for an internship and guess who was the hiring manager, our clinical instructor who was NOT happy she had her head down on the desk (probably eyes closed also) and she didn't get the job. People who got in the internship got interviews for RN positions before graduation. Yawns might be evidence based but look you never know who is watching you and how they will think, so just look professional all the time. Stifle the yawn!

OP- I sincerely hope you are not in any serious trouble and it all works out, I can't say I blame you.

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