I am in an RN-BSN program and am having difficulties with an instructor. My instructor makes rude comments to me and talks about me to other students when I am out of the room.
I overheard her telling the other students that I do not know what I am doing and that I need lots of help. In the post conference she told me, “I get to decide if you graduate, and I probably won’t let you because you will likely kill someone just like one of your former instructors almost did.”
She has a medical condition that causes her to be in a bathroom for hours, so most of the time she is not available for assistance on the floor or we are late giving medication because of it. When she is around, she refuses to answer any of my questions saying that I should already know the answer since I am a senior.
In the hospital, she goes into patient rooms just to look for mistakes that other nurses and doctors made. When she finds a mistake, she makes a student go to correct the nurse or doctor and when they refuse she says that they are unsafe to practice or says things like “what is wrong with you? You can’t do anything right.”
When she gives instructor feedback, it’s often untrue or rude. For example, she said that I didn’t complete my assessment. When I told her I did complete it she said I probably did it wrong. She told another instructor that I don’t do any patient care unless I am asked to, which is untrue.
She tells me at least a couple times each clinical day, loud enough for others to hear, that “all you do is pass the blame.” After berating me in front of everyone one day, I began to cry and then she proceeded to call me weak and went and told other students. She always criticizes me and one of the other students, meanwhile I feel like she never even helps us. She’s usually either in the bathroom or in the conference room on the telephone handling personal business.
Anytime I try to talk to her about the comments she makes, she tells me “you better be glad that I am on my medication” or she says “are you trying to blame me for your failures.”
“You're not even close to qualifying for a BSN ,. You may have a license, but I gotta understand your internal learning for thatlicense. Do you really have a clue?”
I respect your opinion, but am curious as to your reason for saying that.
I have never heard of an RN BSN program that required that many clinical hours. Is this a remedial program for those that had not practiced in years (maybe you graduated from a diploma school like my sister?) She had left nursing to raise children etc but she did not receive seek a BSN when completing the remedial course.
As I said RN-to-BSN programs are $15,000, majority ONLINE, no CLINICAL but you chose a program that clearly did not meet with your goals or this program accepted a student who clearly did not meet with their goals. I am just so curious as to this program. Can you send me via the private internet message board on this site the the name of the school?
Is it a "for profit", a crappy "non profit" or just a school taking advantage of RNs that want a BSN?
londonflo,
Yes, I have an RN license. I could not do the RN-BSN program otherwise.
So, you're starting then as a brand new student. It's still unpopular that an RN like you needs another clinicals like those traditional nursing students who have never been an RN in their whole lives. Maybe you need another school. Report the instructor to the director of your program.
I just don't understand this whole situation. Lexianders would be an asset to a US where we are lacking nurses. Why is she struggling to get more education when that will only increase her value of providing better patient care?
but here is an example of one of the classes that I have clinicals for.
-Community Health Nursing Clinical Practicum
This is usual, I have only seen clinicals like this done on your own( I also did these clinical situations in my MSN program) ....you cannot go as a group with an instructor to a small clinic or home. How can your instructor make observations and grade you in this health setting? Is it your journaling?
londonflo,
I am from a small US town and got my degree from the US. Here, it is normal to complete a couple of clinicals for an RN-BSN program. The instructor goes with us. The program only has 2 clinical courses and the rest of the program can be completed online.
but here is an example of one of the classes that I have clinicals for.
-Community Health Nursing Clinical Practicum
This is usual, I have only seen clinicals like this done on your own( I also did these clinical situations in my MSN program) ....you cannot go as a group with an instructor to a small clinic or home. How can your instructor make observations and grade you in this health setting? Is it your journaling?
lexieanders
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londonflo,
“You're not even close to qualifying for a BSN ,. You may have a license, but I gotta understand your internal learning for thatlicense. Do you really have a clue?”
I respect your opinion, but am curious as to your reason for saying that.