i am so furious right now that i can scream. :banghead:
ok, so i'm taking my exam and i'm on question 97 out of 100. thus far this has been my hardest nursing exam and i'm just try to hang in there for the next three questions before breaking down. so on question 97 i'm having difficulites, i can't chose between two of the four answers. so i pick my answer and put it on the scan tron, so now i'm ready to move on. i also put a question mark next to it so that i can track how many questions i think i got wrong. so next thing i know my instructor is standing beside me... i was petrified, i wasn't sure what was going on. she looks at me and then looks at my the question i was stuck on and tells me " remember what i told you in class" so right after that i immediately changed my answer. so come to find out during the test review, the answer that i changed to was actually wrong !:banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:
i was so angry. initially, i chose the right answer... it wasn't until my instructor came over to me trying to help made me switch my answer. why couldn't she just leave me alone and let me be. she shouldn't be trying to give me cues anyway. isn't that a form of cheating ???? isn't that wrong ? i didn't even ask for help and when she voluntered info. i got anxious and just knew i chose the wrong answer. i should of stuck to my guts and ignored her.
but seriously, what would you have done... imagine you are between two answers, then you finally chose your answer, and then the instructor comes over and looks at the answer you chose and makes a comment.
i wanted to express my feelings to her, but i pick and choose my battles wisely, and besides of what my thread is titled i know that i was still responsible for the answer i chose. however, i just can' help to feel sick that i was influenced by her. :zzzzz
haha im so going to look forward to more of your posts when you graduate and you start working and people really begin to upset you. Every week is a new adventure with you, you should have your own reality tv show. I'd tune in. Woooo saaaa
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100 question test. Youre serious? That ONE point made you this upset?
haha im so going to look forward to more of your posts when you graduate and you start working and people really begin to upset you. Every week is a new adventure with you, you should have your own reality tv show. I'd tune in. Woooo saaaa
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100 question test. Youre serious? That ONE point made you this upset?
People vent about all sorts of minor things on allnurses. I've done it. They do it to get it off their chest anonymously.
I like how people get mad because other people distract you. Other CAN'T distract you.
Only you can allow yourself to be distracted.
Eh?
Totally disagree here. If someone walks into a church service with a blaring boom box, that's going to distract people. On the other hand, I read on a religious forum people complaining about minor things that distracted them in church. Some people are more easily distractible, but other people are downright inconsiderate.
In the case of this instructor, she may have been trying to be helpful, but in my opinion, once it's test time the teaching time is over. It wasn't a high crime, but not the best technique, I think.
I think the OP had some self-doubt. She was probably more mad at herself, then projected that in her rant. I've done that many times. Something the teacher did triggered this insecurity of hers.
But, I still think it's weird for the teacher to be peering over the shoulders during tests. That sounds like elementary school or something. It was unnerving to the student, and she's probably not the only one who would find it thus.
I've found it helpful to not even fill my scantron in until I've chosen all my answers on the exam because, as some have mentioned, your first choice is usually the right one.
now I have some advice for you. I know this probably never happened to you before and I pray it never does, but it is so dangerous to fill in your scan tron after marking the answers in your test book. I know of a students who always did that and one day she skip a line on her scan tron and got like 70 questions wrong on her exam. Hey, I'm sure you're careful as she was too, but mistakes happen ( as I know all too well). Hope you take my advice and don't do this again.:)
Only thing she can really do is ask the professor not to give her hints or talk to her.
I liked the suggestion one poster had. Earplugs. I'm gonna try that next test.
I want to first thank Fighter RN and a few other posters for their great advice and for reading the whole thread before jumping down my throat even after I realized my mistakes, and apologized for them , and thanked everyone for their comments.
Now, for the ear plugs... I've tried them but they are really uncomfortable. May have to try them again though. So I won't get " distracted" LOL LOL LOL ! :chuckle:chuckle:chuckle:chuckle
haha im so going to look forward to more of your posts when you graduate and you start working and people really begin to upset you. Every week is a new adventure with you, you should have your own reality tv show. I'd tune in. Woooo saaaa
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100 question test. Youre serious? That ONE point made you this upset?
Thanks Natingale. You are just sooooo encouraging and just know exactly what to say. :)
I want to first thank Fighter RN and a few other posters for their great advice and for reading the whole thread before jumping down my throat even after I realized my mistakes, and apologized for them , and thanked everyone for their comments.
Now, for the ear plugs... I've tried them but they are really uncomfortable. May have to try them again though. So I won't get " distracted" LOL LOL LOL ! :chuckle:chuckle:chuckle:chuckle
Well, they look pretty funky but you could consider some ear-muffs. Mine are 32 db and shut out nearly everything... and they're comfy. I don't wear 'em class but I do use them when I try to sleep on an airplane (or when shooting or running my table saw).
It was unnerving to the student, and she's probably not the only one who would find it thus.
Not everyone reacts the same to situations.
I get your point, but if a student is going to be so unnerved by a brief, general comment made by an instructor during a test, how in the world is she going to concentrate on preparing meds at the Pyxis in a busy nurses' station, carry out a conversation with a physician or family member in the midst of other commotion and noise, etc.?
I had one clinical instructor who made a point of trying to distract a student by chit-chatting, asking pesky questions, etc. while the student was doing something that required concentration. She wanted the student to tell her to stop acting as a distraction. In fact, students who didn't tell her to shut up were reprimanded. It taught us an important lesson: not to tolerate distraction when doing critical work.
I don't think that is what the OP's teacher was doing, but this thread provides that same lesson. Students need to grow a pair and advocate for themselves when quiet is needed for concentration.
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i was petrified, i wasn't sure what was going on. she looks at me and then looks at my the question i was stuck on and tells me " remember what i told you in class" so right after that i immediately changed my answer. so come to find out during the test review, the answer that i changed to was actually wrong !
Natingale, EdD, RN
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haha im so going to look forward to more of your posts when you graduate and you start working and people really begin to upset you. Every week is a new adventure with you, you should have your own reality tv show. I'd tune in. Woooo saaaa
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100 question test. Youre serious? That ONE point made you this upset?