Got into a fight in my Anatomy class

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WDWpixieRN, RN

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Specializes in Med/Surg <1; Epic Certified <1.

We have one of those in our nursing class. She is so bad that folks had started audibly groaning the minute she opens her mouth (the majority of our class of 30+). She didn't get the hint. We had a small group who also chatted quite a bit at the back of the room. Most of the class went to various instructors throughout the semester last spring about both issues. They all said they couldn't hear the group at the back, but started keeping a watchful eye on them to shush them when they started in.

They also started mention occasionally at the beginning of lecture that there was a lot of material to get through; please save personal stories for after class or come see them in their offices. Miss Chatty didn't always get the hint, but they started cutting her short...

This was a good way to handle it for the class and the gal who knew/had every disease. I pay a lot of money and spend more time than I'd like in class. I don't do either of those things to listen to someone else's "true life medical stories", especially when it cuts in to valuable lecture and Q & A time. Period.

I believe a pt is a totally different issue and expect that that's what I'll be there for -- to listen and empathize and help. That's what some facility will be making a direct deposit to my account for for once or twice a month someday....two totally different issues IMO.

Josh L.Ac.

353 Posts

Specializes in Pain Management.

Once you are forced to be nice to people like this in the professional setting (which is wrong IMHO), then you have to be polite when you ask her to not interrupt as much.

But while you are still a student, you have much more latitude to put a righteous verbal smack-down on her [and if you are in general science classes, the professor is more likely to thank you than in the forced, shiny-happy-people environment of nursing school] so you should inform her that her constant interuptions are no longer necessary for the class to suffer from. While her life-experience might be a great benefit to her, they are not vital to the understanding of the important aspects of the course and no amount of story-telling on her part is going to match the seriousness of the course material that you are responsible for.

In short, she is wasting your time and that of your classmates. Your collective time and future success is more important than her story-time. If she really wants to tell stories, tell her start a thread on blackboard. It is not rude to point this out - in fact, those that would say otherwise are ignoring the "assertive communication" lessions that are required learning in nursing school.

It would be rude NOT to tell her to keep quiet.

springgarden

116 Posts

Maybe it's just me but I do not have time for a lot of crap people waste their time talking about and with lots of repitition. I may be looked as not talkative - if that is the right word for it. I think stories should be left for peoples friends and relatives who are ready to listen to one's stories.

Another thing I can't stand is people talking loud in class forcing you to hear the conversation. The funny thing is that 5 mins after such conversation ends, I can never recall what the substance of the conversation was. Why subject me to such torture? Just do not get it.

Daytonite, BSN, RN

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.
Maybe it's just me but I do not have time for a lot of crap people waste their time talking about and with lots of repitition. I may be looked as not talkative - if that is the right word for it. I think stories should be left for peoples friends and relatives who are ready to listen to one's stories.

Another thing I can't stand is people talking loud in class forcing you to hear the conversation. The funny thing is that 5 mins after such conversation ends, I can never recall what the substance of the conversation was. Why subject me to such torture? Just do not get it.

Whoa! You better re-think all you just said because you are going to have patients who are talkative and some of the "stories" they are going to be telling you are going to be pretty important to what is going on with them, so you best not be forgetting what the substance of what was said. Look at people like this lady in your class as an exercise for you to learn how to master the art of active listening because that is what you are going to have to do as a professional working nurse. If you are going to see talkative patients as a torture, you're going into the wrong profession.

Specializes in Trauma.

IMO, it doesn't matter whether you're a student or not. Everyone deserves respect, despite the fact they are the "talker" or "shower offer" in class or anywhere else! Sure you spend a lot of money on tuition, as I did. However, it is up to the teacher to put this student in line. Talking about them behind their back reflects poorly on you and starts fights like this did.

Each person is individual and has their own way of handling things. Be it...school, work or socializing. Treat people the way you expect people to treat you. It isn't a matter of simply being professional here, it's simply a matter of respect and maturity level.

As a professional registered nurse, you cannot act like this. There are consequences to your actions and quite frankly, it's in your best interest to learn how to control it now and even before nursing school.

smk1, LPN

2,195 Posts

Talking about someone loud enough for them to hear you is a bit rude, so it's probably best not to engage in that sort of behavior, however I DO understand how you feel. There is always one or two who must have 9 lives for all of the diseases and injuries they have suffered. It does get old, but usually the teacher will put a stop to it pretty quick when it begins to take up their lecture time.

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