Horrible nursing instructor

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I would just like some advice on how to deal with a mean nursing instructor who seems to hate her job and hate me. Every time I see this woman my anxiety goes threw the roof and I get really hot and mad. I feel like I can't communicate with her at all because everytime I ask her a question she makes me feel stupid and says I should already know it. She embarrassed me in front of my whole clinical group and I honestly can't stand her. I already talked to an adminstarter about this and I hope something changes. Does anyone have advice on how I can deal with her and get threw my senior clinicals with her? She makes me so nervous my mind goes blank when talking to her!

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This is life. Keep your head down, your mouth shut, and get your grade. Then as a nurse, use that memory to motivate you to treat with kindness and respect your assistants, LPN's, and any RN students you may precept.

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Specializes in ICU.

You probably made things worse going to an administrator. Let me tell you what I told my 8 year old when he had a difficult time with his second grade teacher. You are going to have many different teachers in your life. You are not going to get along with every, single one. Some you will love and some not so much. This is how life is. Some bosses you will like and some you won't. Your job is to respect each one and make it through the school year with good grades. A difficult teacher makes it harder, but you still need to pass. Just do your best and get through the semester.

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Specializes in Hospitalist Medicine.

How exactly did this teacher embarrass you in clinical? Were you not prepared for her questions? Or did she make a personally derogatory remark? There's a huge difference.

If the former, that's under your control. Be prepared, stay on top of your studies, etc. If the latter, well you've already spoken to an administrator.

As far as getting "hot & mad" every time you see her, that's up to YOU to work on. Only you can control your behavior and how you react. If you choose to let some one get under your skin, they will. If you choose to rise above it and take the high road, you'll have much less stress. The choice is yours.

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Specializes in public health, women's health, reproductive health.

The previous posters have said it well. I've been there, believe me. I had to swallow my pride and say "Thank you for the constructive criticism. I'll work on that" and give deference when I really wanted to say and do otherwise. Get through the semester. That's my advice. Now, I don't know the details of your situation. If this instructor is screaming at you, swearing or being abusive, that is something that needs to be addressed. Otherwise, well, you have a tough instructor. Make sure you are prepared. Follow all of her rules. Give deference and get through it. I wish you the best.

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Specializes in Emergency.

You probably made it much worse by skipping the line of command and going to the top. Don't be shocked if you fail your clinical.

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I know this is probably not what you are wanting to hear, but in life and professional atmospheres, we have to sometimes deal with individuals we do not like, or that do not like us.

The best thing for you to do is stay positive and do not feed into negativity.

Don't show fear, shake it off and move on.

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Specializes in Oncology/hematology.

We've all been there. Every school has at least one instructor that seems to be hell bent on you failing. It's usually not the case, but that's how it seems. I had two. I ended up getting written up and getting a warning from one of these instructors. I shed a tear or two, and finished the semester with her by biting my tongue and counting down the clinical days on the calendar. This too shall pass!

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