LPN to RN ...Nursing school nightmare

JenPen2332 · Sep 11, 2009

Nursing school is it's own breed. Competition, mainly women, stress, add that all up and it can be a nightmare. The only thing that got me through was just remembering that all these teachers, caddy girls, and rude nurses at clinicals will soon be a thing of the past and no one can ever take away your education.

SunnyAndrsn · Sep 11, 2009

I think it's school specific. I had a great experience with the instructors at my school. All very respectful, encouraged discussion, debate, and with one possible exception, were great mentors. That was MY experience. Ask some of my classmates, and they felt differently, for different reasons. Since graduation, perspectives have changed.

On the other hand, most of my classmates were mean gossips, who stabbed each other in the back as much as possible, and tried to make each other look bad. I was at the receiving end of one woman's (She was almost 50 years old) slander. It ended up backfiring on her. I had an instructor talk to me personally about this student's "concerns" about me--not one thing that she said could be verified. When I asked my teacher "how do you suppose that student would know any of this? Do you ever see her even speak to me? When do you suppose she would have seen me do x, y, z...?" The light went on, as this was a very smart instructor. In the end, that student had a very tought time, karma came back to bit her in the butt.

Oh, and the paperwork and endless busywork assignments? YUCK. But it was still less than the admit packets we have to do at my work.

Hi guys...Im Sami. Ive been an LPN for the last 7 years. I am taking my last 4 classes to get my RN. This is my first semester back after a 7 year break.As an LPN I am licensed in multi states, I work agency. I dont know how many people on here are still going through school but I am beginning to wonder if at my age its worth the migraine! I am appauled at the way the teachers treat the students. You would think I was an idiot the way some of these older teachers speak to me. They speak to everyone that way but I have 7 years in. I know nurses are hard on each other, women are hard on each other but this is rediciulous. If we were out in the filed, Id tell my Peds teacher to stick it! Nurses truely do eat their young....
I have so much useless paperwork to do...I have been in numerous hospitals, LTC, community health etc and NONE of this stuff they make us do will we ever see again!!!! I went back because working agency, as a travel RN they will pay housing and they have great benefits, something that as an LPN, I dont have right now...but if it keeps going this way I might have to go thru the online schools...Its horrible. These teachers have these student nurses scared to death.....I have a low tolerance for bs.....and im at my wits end...
why do teachers find it necessary to condescending, rude and bitter?????Or is it just females in general???
One of the reasons I went agency is to avoid the cliques and the back stabbing and for years I have...now...I find it hard to get past the behaviors of the staff.
My education is NOT free, I have loans to pay for this and im paying cash...its not like they are giving me a hand out....Im just sick to death already and we are only 6 weeks in....

Lupan · Sep 11, 2009

Coming from over 20 years in EMS nursing school was a different world. Luckly I had friends that had done the same thing and gave me pointers on how to survive the constant "pick on the EMT" attitude. After nursing school and a couple of years experience I was asked to come back and teach the pre-nursing courses. I did until I got cross ways with an overbearing Dept head that was extremely social class driven and felt that "driving" the students was the only way to teach. The lenght of the scrub pants was more important than the clinical experience. When I questioned the rational of treatment of the students I became the blacksheep of the program and the "whipping boy" for everything wrong in the pre-nursing program. My experience is the bigger the bully the less confident in their skills. :twocents:

PS I don't teach anymore at that school here in nm................

morte, LPN, LVN · Sep 11, 2009

Coming from over 20 years in EMS nursing school was a different world. Luckly I had friends that had done the same thing and gave me pointers on how to survive the constant "pick on the EMT" attitude. After nursing school and a couple of years experience I was asked to come back and teach the pre-nursing courses. I did until I got cross ways with an overbearing Dept head that was extremely social class driven and felt that "driving" the students was the only way to teach. The lenght of the scrub pants was more important than the clinical experience. When I questioned the rational of treatment of the students I became the blacksheep of the program and the "whipping boy" for everything wrong in the pre-nursing program. My experience is the bigger the bully the less confident in their skills.
PS I don't teach anymore at that school here in nm................

yup, and i think it plays to the militaristic attitude in some schools "break'em and remake'em"