Need some help/recommendations following removal from nursing school

[mlb69]

Hello,

This is my first time on here so I will explain the scenario. I am a b- to a c student. I am very safe and proficient in my client care but today I was released from the program with the explanation "the faculty feel you are unsafe to practice at clinical". There is nothing on my record that even indicates I am "unsafe" with patients. There has been "concern" of my inability to connect dots at times but STUDENTS don't always connect the dots. I am a 3rd semester student currently passing all courses with a steadily improvement track record. Clinical evals in the past of yielded 90% or greater. I just do not understand it. How is "slowly" connecting the dots relevant to direct patient care? If schooling is building a foundation and the majority of our "learning" occurs in the hospital setting wouldn't all student nurses be "unsafe"?

[NurseAdida]

There interpretation is that if I cannot see the "big-picture" as a whole then I am unsafe. They state that I am concentrating too much on "small" details rather than the "big picture".

My clinical experience was great. Any abnormal findings I sought the instructor for clarification to make sure I was correct/wrong.

Can you give us an example of a time you concentrated on small details rather than big picture? I am still not getting it:confused:

[mlb69]

In all honesty, the lawyer is "foaming" at the mouth to take the case and I really do not want it to go like this...

[caliotter3]

Since you already sought legal advice, nothing we say here can be of use then. Good luck.

[mlb69]

Last semester: OB/GYN rotation

patient had a 9/29 H&H; to me that is an expected finding in a pregnant patient because of the extra volume needed for the baby. The instructor said I did not catch the "anemia" but to me that was not important. The important thing I did for that care plan was anticipatory grieving b/c the patient was having twins and one of the twins was SGA and had cardiac birth defects that had a very good possibility of terminating one twin

[mlb69]

The whole point to me asking fellow nurses is to get their opinion on the situation. I absolutely do not want to get legal advice b/c then it is just a huge process which costs money and in the long run doesn't accomplish my END goal...

[D85619]

That is kind of my feeling too... The thing they told me is that I don't think like a "nurse" and I cant see the big picture which results in me being deemed unsafe in the clinical setting...

I have a question is this school a CC,University, or Trade school? and Does that school have a history of doing that to students?

what it seems to me that your instructor or instructors didn't like which i so hate to say that. I am not a nursing student but i am an ST student and my instructor talked about how she has seen instructors act very childish and if they don't like that student they'll just find a reason to get rid of them and she said she seen that a lot in nursing schools/programs. I hope that is not your case and i hope you find out the REAL reason for the removal.

[dudette10, MSN, RN]

Last semester: OB/GYN rotation

patient had a 9/29 H&H; to me that is an expected finding in a pregnant patient because of the extra volume needed for the baby. The instructor said I did not catch the "anemia" but to me that was not important. The important thing I did for that care plan was anticipatory grieving b/c the patient was having twins and one of the twins was SGA and had cardiac birth defects that had a very good possibility of terminating one twin

I tend to agree with your instructor on this one.

[mlb69]

can anyone offer any insight to what the instructor might have been thinking? Everytime I asked them they always stated my brain isn't wired to be a nurse and I cannot connect the dots. If I couldn't connect the dots I should be failing didactically too correct?

[mlb69]

Okay, if that were the case then why was she being discharged home?

[dudette10, MSN, RN]

Okay, if that were the case then why was she being discharged home?

I don't know. I was anemic after having my second child and I was sent home with an iron Rx. People get kicked out of hospitals very quickly these days...it doesn't mean they're healthy.

[rn/writer, RN]

This might have nothing to do with your situation, but are you male or female?

[mlb69]

I mean with the volume being increased 30-50% the H&H will be so diluted especially with twins. I understand that it was "low" but to me if the doctor was not going to keep her in the hospital then he was not concerned about it or it was an expected finding. I am not disagreeing that it should be monitored but the trend was stable and she wasn't decreasing nor increasing but remained at that level for weeks....