Nursing students and their bad behaviors >:(

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Hi allnurses! :)

So, I've been wanting to write this for a really long time now, I just want to vent.

I'm currently in my last semester of nursing school, then I graduate, yay me!:nurse:

I believe nursing school is an awesome experience that a lot of people work really hard to get into, and sometimes we may get rejected a few times before we finally get accepted into a program. Nursing school is NOT easy to get into, therefore, we should appreciate every moment that we spend in it, doing homework, studying, waking up early, going to clinicals, just embrace it! We worked so hard to get into this program, this will pay off in the end and it will be a huge accomplishment.

Ok so I want to get this off my chest and vent because sometimes my classmates really annoy me!

1. There's that one student that is always coming to class late, not 5-10 minutes, like (literally) an hour late! - NO!!! How is that you are always running that late?! I know she has kids but other students have kids and they manage their time and have everything set to get to class on time. Being constantly late, is unprofessional and irresponsible, not what you want to be in nursing school.

2. There's the students that are always wanting to change the schedule (that's already been set up for us by the instructors), change the rules, or complain about everything to the instructors- For example, if something on the schedule doesn't work for THEM, they go to the instructor and they make them change everything for the class. I look at the schedule and plan things around it, I never think "Hmmm, that assignment doesn't work for me on that day, I have to talk to my instructor". Be responsible and manage your time, the schedule/assignments are set up for us so we know what is due and when. DO YOUR WORK AND STOP COMPLAINING!

3. There's the students that don't like to wear their nursing uniform, what??- We earned that uniform! like I said, I know a lot of people that wish they can be in the program and wear the scrubs we wear with the school's name on it. We deserve to own it and show everyone that we are nursing students.

4. Like #2, we have student's that like to disobey the rules that are set for us. We are not allowed to wear nail polish or have long nails, yet some girls are still doing it regardless, like they think it's no big deal. You need to start acting and presenting yourself as professionals, those are cute on special occasions, but NOT for clinical.

5. There's one student that (I see) disrespects, and intimidates the instructors. She complains about everything and wants things done HER way. She gives the instructors a mean look and is very outspoken about how she wants things to be done (like #2). First of all, RESPECT your instructors, yea they are strict but it's for a good reason, they are teaching us how to be good, competent nurses. Second, Don't try to make things easy because you can't handle the hard work. I've never complained to the instructors because the work was too hard, and I've gotten very good grades thus far!

6. There's people that don't pay attention during lecture! This irritates me! I see them going on different websites in their laptops, then during break or after class, they say "so what were we talking about?" :facepalm:I'm not even joking! During clinical, a student asked what was a [certain condition we talked about in class]....ummm, we had a whole hour lecture on this condition and she didn't know what it was.

7. This is the one I HATE the most! People that want to copy your work. I don't agree with cheating or copying. I don't believe it's right that I worked so hard on an assignment, put the time and effort into it, and then have someone ask me to let them "borrow" it, when they clearly haven't done their work. I also had a student TELL ME after we were done with our midterm that she tried looking at my answers because she didn't know what one of the answers was. :no: She keeps asking for my assignments but I don't understand! We are about to graduate, we are about to be nurses, WORK for it, Oh but she gets mad when I don't give it.

8. The people that look for all the answers online instead of in the book....where they are :banghead: whenever we have online assignments/quizzes, not only do they look online for the answers (without reading and understanding it from the book) but they pass it around to the class, so NO ONE does the work, they just copy and don't understand the material.

Anyway, that's it for now, this is already too long.

Just wanted to let you guys know that as nursing students we need to work hard, understand the material, read, be organized, ask questions, respect and appreciate the instructors, we are held to a higher standard!

I just feel like I don't have a reason to complain, I knew this was going to be hard, and I'm enjoying and embracing every aspect of nursing school.

Do you guys have people like these in class?

My instructors would have eaten these students alive. It was their classroom, their rules. The door was shut at the start of class and if you showed up after that you didn't enter, plain and simple. I saw more than one student fail out because they missed too many classes. I also saw students asked to leave class for the behaviors you described. For every student that wants to be a jerk there are many others waiting for that spot.

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Specializes in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology.
I feel you my program hasn't even started yet but I met a couple of girls who told me they cheated on the TEAS and made a 89 which is high considering that for LPN you only needed a 50. This pissed me off because I studied hard to get my score and these people cheat not to mention the people who studied and didn't score no where near that and where rejected

How does one cheat on the TEAS? :sarcastic:

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I agree for number 7 so so much. Not that I'm selfish, it's just that having a peer group/group study whom you share and exchange knowledge with is different from students who simply asks for answers "just to pass this class". I don't understand. They said they wanted to be nurses, how are they going to go through all the tougher part of nursing school if all they want is to "just pass the class"?

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My instructors would have eaten these students alive. It was their classroom, their rules. The door was shut at the start of class and if you showed up after that you didn't enter, plain and simple. I saw more than one student fail out because they missed too many classes. I also saw students asked to leave class for the behaviors you described. For every student that wants to be a jerk there are many others waiting for that spot.

My diploma program ran the same. The way people act in school is how they'll act on the job.

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At some schools they don't use proctors or have too many students to the one proctor. Mainly trade schools that don't regulate testing. When I took my test the instructor told us he was down the hall and to let him know when you were done. I asked about what to do when you had to use the bathroom and he replied just go. Smh it's crazy because I worked and studied hard and so did friends who didn't get in for score not high enough

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I agree. As someone applying who will likely be passed up by some snowflakes this is infuriating. It's competative and a lot of people want to be there. They need to take it seriously and get their act together. As for the person with kids well I'm sure she is not the only one and there isn't different expectations because you have kids. This is not the 1950s. As noted above that is part of parenthood and she has to figure it out. Regularly one hour late is not ok.

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You're right, this isn't the 1950's and yes there are others with kids and I've figured it out for the past 22 years with a child who suffered a closed head injury at the age of six months old. There are people who have different circumstances who aren't asking for special treatment or asking to be late frequently, but know things can come up. I worked for my last employer for 15 years and never went over the allotted 3 days of sick time. The only reason I started using them was because the told us we had to use them because they would no longer be payed to us if we didn't. When I decided to return to school three semesters ago I've never missed one class and have never been late, but I know in life things happen just like it could with a person who doesn't have children. Since I've received my letter I've gone and looked at the schedule of classes from the previous year and made up mock schedules so that I can go to people to show them my schedule to see if I can find a responsible person to ensure that I don't run into a problem. I would never ask to hand in something late or change a schedule for me because of my daughter, but I would hope that if I were to run into a problem and happen to come late to a class, my classmates and instructors will be understanding. I've taken classes with a couple of people who happened to get into the same program and they praised me when they found out about my daughter, they never knew because I never used it as an excuse for anything. At the age of 44 this was not something I took lightly, it was something that I've wanted to do for many years, but caring for my daughter was my first priority. I hope if you have children you are never faced with a situation where you have to call off of work or miss class, but be prepared because it may happen and when it does, remember your words. I've always scheduled myself on later classes and worked later shifts so that caring for my daughter would never be an issue. It just so happens that the clinicals are very early and I was just hoping it would never become an issue. We never know soneones story. ☺️☺️

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You're right, this isn't the 1950's and yes there are others with kids and I've figured it out for the past 22 years with a child who suffered a closed head injury at the age of six months old. There are people who have different circumstances who aren't asking for special treatment or asking to be late frequently, but know things can come up. I worked for my last employer for 15 years and never went over the allotted 3 days of sick time. The only reason I started using them was because the told us we had to use them because they would no longer be payed to us if we didn't. When I decided to return to school three semesters ago I've never missed one class and have never been late, but I know in life things happen just like it could with a person who doesn't have children. Since I've received my letter I've gone and looked at the schedule of classes from the previous year and made up mock schedules so that I can go to people to show them my schedule to see if I can find a responsible person to ensure that I don't run into a problem. I would never ask to hand in something late or change a schedule for me because of my daughter, but I would hope that if I were to run into a problem and happen to come late to a class, my classmates and instructors will be understanding. I've taken classes with a couple of people who happened to get into the same program and they praised me when they found out about my daughter, they never knew because I never used it as an excuse for anything. At the age of 44 this was not something I took lightly, it was something that I've wanted to do for many years, but caring for my daughter was my first priority. I hope if you have children you are never faced with a situation where you have to call off of work or miss class, but be prepared because it may happen and when it does, remember your words. I've always scheduled myself on later classes and worked later shifts so that caring for my daughter would never be an issue. It just so happens that the clinicals are very early and I was just hoping it would never become an issue. We never know soneones story. ☺️☺️

That's where the regularly comes in. If it is regular it is not an exception. It is a pattern. If someone cannot meet expectations lIke arriving on time they should question if they are at a point to commit to a program. If they get a job that won't be an excuse to show up regularly late unless your boss is really nice then everyone had better receive the same ability to come in late all the time.

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Agree 1000000000000%. Some people complain about "cliques", others complain that the work is too hard and that "I feel like this should be done like this. It's much easier." and blah blah blah....the list goes on and on. But in the end, you are in school for YOURSELF. Don't waste too much time complaining about what other people do and instead GO STUDY! :woot:

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So, what is with the increase of high pedestal threads? Regardless -

OP, unless the students are doing something that put others in danger, you should not give two ***** what they do.

You do you.

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I think I was in this class too LOL - Lets not forget the one person who has either had every disease we talk about, or every procedure and has first hand knowledge of everything we talk about OR their family member has gone through every procedure.

I left this cohort and enrolled in another program, helped immensely. Granted there is some of the same complaining in my program now, too many tests, or it's not fair we have 2 tests in the morning and then 2 more in the afternoon, the complaining ensues.

But my program now, no one is out to get anyone or is rude, and we all study together, which is nice

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You'll enjoy your nursing career allot more. Good luck and congrats on your upcoming graduation .

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