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Sweetb90

4 Posts

Hey everyone thanks for all the advice and defense I needed it. It did not go well. I do have an opportunity to go back and finish my degree but my financial aid is now the issue. Thanks for all the support!

carti, BSN, RN

1 Article; 201 Posts

Did they give you an F for the clinical portion? Is there way you can appeal the grade or something? I once failed a clinical portion in nursing school for a BS reason, I appealed it and won , despite every professor saying it was pointless to appeal.

Orion81RN

962 Posts

16 minutes ago, carti said:

Did they give you an F for the clinical portion? Is there way you can appeal the grade or something? I once failed a clinical portion in nursing school for a BS reason, I appealed it and won , despite every professor saying it was pointless to appeal.

I'm interested in the story! You having won.

carti, BSN, RN

1 Article; 201 Posts

7 minutes ago, Orion81RN said:

I'm interested in the story! You having won.

Long story short, My preceptor at the hospital told them I was "incompetent" at my end of the semester review; however, every weekly log (that was reviewed and signed by her) that I submitted to my professors said that I was a great student who performed well; not to mention my professors would surprise visit me at my unit and see how good I was doing. The last week of the semester, I made a medication error (partly her fault because she told me to give it) and her attitude changed 180 degrees about me. A couple of people told me she was trying to cover her a** in case she got reprimanded at her unit for the mistake. At my meeting, all the professors said I had the right to appeal, although it was futile and a student never wins. All my family and friends told me to do it, and 1 week later, I found it it was reversed due to the inaccuracy of my preceptor.

chocoholic999

25 Posts

Well that is quite a different story from this original poster’s but glad it worked out for you.

JKL33

6,777 Posts

On 11/6/2019 at 12:59 PM, chocoholic999 said:

Well you are getting a lot of strokes and comfort from posters telling you the school was over-reactive, punitive, and "stupid" and that you should basically blame youth and excitement on the fact that you violated a school policy and a condition of clinical placement.

The take away here is that you need to acknowledge that the patient's care and needs are not intended for your enjoyment and entertainment. Nothing about the patient's needs (for a c section) should have been posted on social media. Maybe this was a large urban hospital that served dozens of c sections that day and no one would ever know "who" you were posting about. Or maybe is was a small local center and only one birth by c section that week. It doesn't matter. The surgery was not intended for your excitement and glorification by social media. The post was all about you at the patient's expense.

We could apply Benner's stages of competence here: At this stage it is very likely that a student would make quite a few decisions based upon their understandings of rules and would naturally be somewhat less likely to innately understand, consider, and use your broader perspective when making decisions.

Whether we personally approve of this student's actions or not, it does not violate the policy as shared by the student. The student has written that they believed the action was appropriate based on the rules given to them.

Nurses' own understandings and ethics typically evolve along with their own maturity, life experiences and nursing experiences.

There are wrong actions out there that are the result of attitudes much more toxic than the arguably somewhat innocent thought process that led to this student deciding that it was okay to post this. I choose to reserve my irritation for those situations.

Megarline, CNA

111 Posts

On 11/2/2019 at 8:49 AM, Sweetb90 said:
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Hey guys I need advice. Apparently I'm in trouble for a social media post. I posted on my Facebook a picture of me in a scrub cap in a locker room and said "I'm so lucky that I got to see a C-section. Learned so much in OB." There are 2 other posts like that. My school's policy states that you can't take a picture of a patient or an activity. I didn't feel I took a picture of an activity though. To me that meant don't post in a procedure etc. ?‍♀️. Now I have to meet with my director, my teacher, and my clinical coordinator and until then I can't go to clinical. I feel like this just spells doom that I'm going to be expelled. I have 5 weeks till I graduate. Advice please!

Did you read the handbook?

It is a MUST to know about your school's policy. At my nursing school, it is NOT allowed to take photos or post photos in social media.

I understand that you are excited, but you should come up with a good compelling story to convince your director of the program.

In my school, I'd get kick out for taking photos of my laboratory or anything belongs to the school---no excuses.

Orion81RN

962 Posts

3 hours ago, Megarline said:

Did you read the handbook?

Did you read OP's entire post? She states, and I quote, "My school's policy states that you can't take a picture of a patient or an activity."

Clearly she read the policies. It was the interpretation of the policy that is not clear. She did not take a picture of a patient, an activity, nor anything in a patient care area. It was a picture in a locker room. It is absolutely ridiculous that she was punished so harshly for this.

In my opinion, if the school wants to be THIS strict on social media policy, then they need to directly state that nothing shall be posted regarding clinicals period. Even in your own home. (As this was in a break area.) To me, this situation is no different than posting, "I got to start an IV today."

Certain judgement needs to be made when deciding what to duscuss outside of school, sure. But in this particular case, you only learn from experience and the benefit of learning from other's mistakes. I would have thought nothing of posting this myself when I was a student. I only know better now from experience and hearing other's horror stories. So maybe step down a little from that pedestal.

stockmanjr, BSN

131 Posts

Seems like a very harsh interpretation of the policy. While this might be a violation it's a minor one and could have been handled by having to write an extra paper or an in-service. To fail someone over this is wrong. OP is your school public or private?

Specializes in ICU.
On 11/17/2019 at 11:27 AM, Megarline said:

Did you read the handbook?

It is a MUST to know about your school's policy. At my nursing school, it is NOT allowed to take photos or post photos in social media.

I understand that you are excited, but you should come up with a good compelling story to convince your director of the program.

In my school, I'd get kick out for taking photos of my laboratory or anything belongs to the school---no excuses.

Oh yeahhh, my college was SUPER strict about even posting ANYTHING on ANY social media about SIMPLY being in their nursing program- let alone posting photos of ourselves in clinical uniforms (even if it was at home or in our car). I just didn't put anything school related until after Graduation ?

I'm really sorry OP.. This is an easy thing to fall into.. It really sucks that all this happened over a picture ?

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