Justice was served...finally

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Specializes in Family Practice, Emergency Nursing.

Like every nursing school, I have that one classmate....you know, the obnoxious one that chronically shows up late asking questions that she would have already known the answers too, but she was late, so she didn't? The one that makes up all the excuses in the book and has absolutely no consideration for anyone but herself? The one that mouths off to the attending MD because she feels as though she's somehow entitled to?

How this grown woman has gotten this far into the Nursing Program astounds me...

Our class has dubbed her "Tornado." She is one hot mess needless to say.

So today she shows up 20 minutes late to clinicals (surprising? Hardly, since she's late for everything). She literally ran into the clinical instructor when she finally arrived. Absolutely priceless. If this were her job, she would have been canned a long time ago according to our instructors.

Needless to say Tornado was dismissed from clinicals that day. She now has to attend Friday's clinicals and pay $50.00 out of pocket.

This lady has made her bed and now she has to sleep in it. There are consequences for everything in life, both good and bad. I certainly learned something from her experience. I wonder if Tornado learned anything.

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I doubt that she learned anything. Too bad she was not dealt with earlier. Sounds as if she should have been out of the program by now.

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Specializes in Critical Care, Postpartum.

That was justice served? It sounds like she just had to make it up on another day and pay a small fee. However, if she now has to continue attending Friday's clinicals and each time she is tardy it will cost her $50, then that's the price she pays. At least now, the instructor and the students aren't disrupted by her tardiness.

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Specializes in Family Practice, Emergency Nursing.

Yeah I guess you're right mzchas...justice really wasn't served. Only temporarily.

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Your program is uber nice. We get 2 lates, PERIOD, and you get the boot.

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Your program is uber nice. We get 2 lates, PERIOD, and you get the boot.

:lol2: Mine is quite similiar to this!

In all of my classes though, tardiness is *unacceptable.* If you are late, meaning, the instructor has already startd speaking, you are not allowed to enter the classroom and have to sit outside and wait for the break before you enter the class. And our classes are over two hours long, so if you're late even by one minute you're waiting for an hour :S

I don't know if it's quite fair they let her get away with this for so long; one slap on the hand isn't going to change her attitudes and behaviors. If they had inforced "not being late" from day 1, maybe she might've learned something by now. It sounds like she's used to being late and doin whatever she wants, and no one has told her otherwise yet.

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I know of 1 student like this....I'm sure there's more but I've only unfortunately had to experience this girl. Very similar to your tornado. Ugggggh can't stand her! :(

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Specializes in Family Practice, Emergency Nursing.

See that's what I don't understand. When the semester first started, the professors all got on their soap boxes and made it clear that tardiness was unacceptable. Apparently the "rules" are bent for Tornado. She is one of the rudest individuals I've ever come across. God help us all (mainly the patients) if this woman succeeds at becoming an RN.

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.

There seems to be one (or more everywhere) how about those that blame the instructor because they failed a test (in class in front of everyone else), or the student who blames the instructor for their failure because she did not study the right material.

Don't assume nothing is happening. There are a few students who are chronically late in my class. 5 lates = 1 absence. The only reason I know this is followed through is that the student was complaining that they couldn't believe they actually followed the new policy.

If nothing else, and she actually graduates & is licensed, her tardiness & poor disrespectful attitude will get her one thing...FIRED. With no chance of unemployment due to termination for cause.

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Specializes in Home Care.

Why let yourself get aggravated with another student's behavior?

Remember, what goes around comes around.

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:lol2: Mine is quite similiar to this!

In all of my classes though, tardiness is *unacceptable.* If you are late, meaning, the instructor has already startd speaking, you are not allowed to enter the classroom and have to sit outside and wait for the break before you enter the class. And our classes are over two hours long, so if you're late even by one minute you're waiting for an hour

I love this rule.We tried to get this rule enforced in our class. Our classes were in location A, some students came from location B(20 miles away) they were always late and rude. So our course leader said that we could lock the door at 10:10 (10 minutes into the lecture). Two students from location B came late and kicked off saying it was racist that we had locked them out. so that idea was soon scrapped and they continued to turn up late for every lecture,i think the most impressive length of time was 50 minutes late.Now we study at location B and a few people who live in that town turn up late,they often live 5-10 minutes away. yet i can bike to the station(2miles)catch a train and a bus and be on time. Ahhhh i guess it shows your commitment.

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Specializes in Peds/Neo CCT,Flight, ER, Hem/Onc.

So let me get this straight:

Offending student: loud, rude, obnoxious, impulsive, socially backward and unable to keep to a schedule.

Entire rest of the class: gangs up on her behind her back by calling her names, rejoices in the fact that she has now gotten into trouble.

I'm going to guess she eats alone, is never invited into study groups, probably has eyes rolled at her (if not to her face at least behind her back), is talked about, laughed at and ignored.

Did it ever occur to any of you that this girl is exhibiting signs of autism? She may not be able to control it. Why do I know this? Because a dear friend of our family behaves just like this and has been treated just as badly by her classmates. I have cringed at some of the things that have come out of her mouth but I won't treat her badly because I'm not perfect either. Or your classmate could just be a rude individual but none of what she has done really impacts you in a negative way. What you guys are doing, though, can have long lasting consequences. Really, this girl is her own worst enemy...she doesn't need any more help. You have much bigger things to worry about than this one aggravating person. Oh, and if you all continue with this behavior I hope you don't expect any sympathy here when you graduate and complain when some of the older nurses do the same thing to you.

I'm sorry if I've upset you but I've been bullied like this and it was devastating. I can't let you continue without giving you another perspective.

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