Is this new grad a nut or what? Opinions please !

[DutchgirlRN]

We have a new grad on our floor. We kept hearing that she was going to be so good. She graduated with a 4.0 and her parents are both physicians. Well, she is far from good.

She turns off her pager to chart. In the meantime her patients are asking for pain meds and she is ignoring them.

Third, she is sooo very slow. She has been on orientation for a month and this week they have started letting her take her own patients. She says she knows how to do everything but you check on her and she's got the PB plugged in under the pump. I can take alot, I've been a preceptor for years and with some real challenges who have turned out to be very good nurses but I don't know about her.

The thing that really blows my mind is the fact that she has picked up a British accent from one of the preceptors. She has been told her numerous times to cut it out and speak normally. I mean is she immature or what? Any opinions? Suggestions? Thanks!

[gr8rnpjt, RN]

[quote= This by any nurses standard should be considered abandonment. I believe every nurse on this website would agree with me, right?

Yes, you are absolutely correct Dutchgirl! Some people seem to want to pick apart your words rather than read your post for what it is.

This girl seems to be a train wreck waiting to happen.

Just keep us posted on what develops, I for one, am fascinated!

[PsychRNMsz]

~Nursing Student comment here~

I have been told by not only my current nursing school instructors but also my CNA instructor that if they pass a student who did not meet qualifications then they (the instructors) are also in jeopardy of having their licenses revoked or suspended if the said student failed to meet the minimum requirements of the job.

I don't know how much they can be held accountable for once the student is no longer a student, but I think that saying the dad had alot of pull was alot of bull on the schools part.

Christa

[Hodge]

Sorry Hodge, I am not yet ready to give up on this Monty Python thingey, it is rich with educational opportunity. For instance, your british accent will be very helpful when you are taking basic life support, and the like.

case in point:

The Dead Parrot Senario

You have just returned from the pet store where you have purchased a parrot. You leave the parrot cage momentarily on the coffee (tea?)table while you go to the kitchen to make a pot of tea (very british of you). Moments later, when you return to the living room, you notice that your parrot is lying on his side at the bottom of the cage. He is cold* and unresponsive, despite your efforts to awaken him. Before you return to the pet store and request a refund, what course of action would you take?

*Hint: role out hypothermia, parrots are cold blooded.

Hint: definitly use a barrier device while giving breaths: I heard there is some kind of bird flu going around, and with your luck it will mutate and become pandemic...

I agree, you might be onto something here. Perhaps this grad is onto something. We could introduce a new nursing course - Nursing according to Monty Python. Of course everyone would be required to use a british accent in class and would even be graded on it.............

[Mirai Kangofu]

Holy crap, her dad made sure she passed? That's almost like involuntary manslaughter. My teachers are harsh b/c they want to make sure that if they were the ones in thre hospital, we'd darn well better know what we're doing.

[sjrn85]

I'm surprised the instructor would give out that type of information about a student's academic record. Whether or not her father had "pull" at the school, if it could be documented that she was absolutely unqualified to graduate then didn't the instructor have a responsibility to healthcare consumers not to allow her to pass? How cowardly. I certainly would have never admitted that I did something so gutless. Also I have to wonder if she was so horrible, how did she pass boards? This child does sound as if she has some psychiatric problems and I agree with the person who said that some people are not meant to be in this profession. She is definitely in the wrong environment at this time.

That's why I have my doubts about the whole thing with the director of the school telling someone else that this nurse was passed purely because of who her father is. Give me a break! Schools have to meet criteria in order to remain accredited, and I rather doubt someone is going to take that sort of gamble. (Not to mention it would have been a HUGE privacy violation.)

[Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN]

Since management is involved (and aware) of this, i'd just MMOB and get back to my own work.

[rn in 3 years]

I kind of feel sorry for her. It wasn't fair to her for the school to pass her just because her father has "pull." (Assuming that this is actually true, and not just grist for the rumor mill.)

Not only did they pass her but they passed her w/ a 4.0. I don't get that

[prmenrs, RN]

Since management is involved (and aware) of this, i'd just MMOB and get back to my own work.

yeah, ditto.

[ParalyzeDragon]

I must say this has been the funnest, most humorous, crazy thread, and enjoyable to read this past week. Keeps me rolling in laughter!

[chadash]

The educational benefits that could come from incorporating Monty Pythonisms into our nursing curriculum are staggering. And the applications are endless! Instead of taking a history we could call it a Spanish Inquisition….Psychiatric nurses could greatly enhance there skills by watching the “Spot the Loony” video…and then there was the "man who speaks in anagrams": now that just has to be useful somehow!

What the heck IS an anagram anyway?

[SmilingBluEyes]

Since management is involved (and aware) of this, i'd just MMOB and get back to my own work.

I so agree.

[gypsyatheart]

I'm surprised the instructor would give out that type of information about a student's academic record. Whether or not her father had "pull" at the school, if it could be documented that she was absolutely unqualified to graduate then didn't the instructor have a responsibility to healthcare consumers not to allow her to pass? How cowardly. I certainly would have never admitted that I did something so gutless. Also I have to wonder if she was so horrible, how did she pass boards? This child does sound as if she has some psychiatric problems and I agree with the person who said that some people are not meant to be in this profession. She is definitely in the wrong environment at this time.

I agree completely. This whole thread has had an "odd" feel to it since the start. I kind of feel like I'm "eavesdropping" on this unit. It's evident this girl has serious problems. And I also find it extremely hard to believe that a nurse manager has the time to locate a nursing instructor, call her to discuss this girl. Odd, just odd....:stone