I failed management clinical

Kynlee · May 2, 2008

Good luck! I will be crossing my fingers for you. Let us know!

Natingale, EdD, RN · May 2, 2008

Aww I hope you get to continue, I think you learned a good lessont hard way. I would think they would let you know if youre not doing well in order to provide safety to the facility. JMHO

bollweevil · May 2, 2008

You would certainly think that an Instructor would inform you if she thought you were messing up.

I hope it goes well for you.

geishagirl · May 3, 2008

I am repeating the 6th quarter in Fall. After crying for a long time I pulled myself together and contacted the hospital for a nurse tech position. I am planning to study and work hard to get myself ready for the fall quarter.

suanna · May 3, 2008

Good heavens, is this a common rotation? We had enough to learn without two weeks wasted watching other students learn basic skills. I guess it's not a bad idea if you feel comfident in your clinical skills but I don't see many management questions comming up on NCLEX. We had "team leading" where you took an assignment but also made out the assignments of the other students and helped resource them but yours sounds like it's a bit different. Good luck -it seems trivial to "fail out" on such a petty rotation. I agree it was the instructors' responsibility to let you know you were in trouble and help you meet the goals of the rotation, esp with it being such a short rotation and at the very end. Do you have a student advisor that could help you work out a make up program since you are just about ready for NCLEX?

geishagirl · May 3, 2008

I tried, but the faculty feel it is better for me to take more time to get prepared. Well, it is true that I don't have much clinical experience, I am from a difference cultural background, and I am not exactly assertive. I can't do much except moving forward at this time. I've never had any trouble in theory classes ever and I have all Summer to get ahead, so I am not really worried about NCLEX. It was hard I had to tell my mother what's going on though...

justme1972 · May 3, 2008

I DISAGREE that it was YOUR responsibility to monitor your progress.

That is what instructors get paid to do...and I have learned lately that there are way too many instructors in the college system sitting back and collecting a paycheck rather than providing....God forbid...instruction that requires them to detach their rear from the chair.

If you were indeed, taking a passive role, then she should have commented on it as soon as she noticed it, and then told you it was a required part of the course, and recommended things that you could do to build confidence, etc.

For her to sit back the entire quarter and watch you sink, fail you in the end, and then say, "You took a passive role"...to me, sounds more like personal BS on her part...and a decision, at minimum, I would appeal.

IF HER STATEMENT IS TRUE...then SHE FAILED YOU as an instructor.

locolorenzo22, BSN, RN · May 3, 2008

so the decision to graduate factored into 2 weeks...(2 clinical days?) worth of managing? Wow...that's crazy! We wound up rotating turns being the leaders...and you learned fast what to do and not to do.

Now, if you were leading, and meds/procedures/tasks were not being done, AND you weren't good at making the assigned NS get hopping on said tasks.....that is a whole other argument.

Part of the other one is that you were a almost set to graduate nurse....and you have to be able to delegate to your aides, and ensure tasks are still done....is this part of what you were failed on?

chevyv, BSN, RN · May 3, 2008

Is your instructor on crack!?! How can you let a student sink without at least letting them know!!!? I feel just awful for you and I agree that you should appeal. If your instructor felt you needed to take a more assertive role, then she should have told you the minute she saw anything less. Hang in there and good luck :wink2:

goodstudentnowRN · May 3, 2008

Let me guess. Is this a private school? I hope not becuase that much money to spend without getting feedback on a weekly basis is terrifiying. I love to know from my instructors that I am on the right path. I want to get feedback every week of clinicals. That instructor should have told you what is going on.

geishagirl · May 4, 2008

No, my school is public. I am trying my best to get back on track now... My job offer has been cancelled. I can't apply for nurse tech positions because I am not in 'good standing'. It didn't occur to me until I started searching for the positions. Now, I am trying to find an ER tech position. I want to get as much as clinical exposure as possible. It's been so hard. The HR person from the hospital I was scheduled to start in August said I can reapply later. I hope they can give a second chance.....