I was supposed to take an exam at 8:30 am in the morning today, but my phone which was fully charged and plugged in decided to completely die over night, how? I have no idea.
I woke up at around 10:00 am and noticed how bright my room was, I quickly tried looking at my phone to see the time and noticed it was off. Yep, I have missed a nursing exam! I felt sick to my stomach and started panicking.
The very thing I immediately did was explain my situation honestly to my instructor and what happened. Our Syllabus policy states that we are able to make up an exam with a VALID excuse before the test, but I of course decided to be honest, and well, guess what? I was denied my exam and got a big fat 0.
So I pretty much lost a letter grade.
Anyway, I know the instructors will tell you to be honest all the time, but in situations like mine, you should lie.
She even encouraged me drop out of nursing school, even though I got A's on my last two exams. I can still make a B if I worked hard, but I can't believe she would encourage that.
Your post has just convinced me that everytime I've used three alarm clocks, I know I'm not crazy lol. Really sucks about your situation but don't let it get you down. Thanks for sharing!
Did you get that idea from the March 2014 caption cartoon ? :)
For those judging, please realize that a lie in this scenario does not mean he will be a bad or unethical nurse. We ALL lie, the important thing is to understand when it is not appropriate. The world is gray.
Perhaps not, but it certainly doesn't give anyone a sense of confidence that the person would be a good or ethical nurse. Why do people get kicked out of school for academic dishonesty, then? Why don't schools all just say, oh well, if you had a good reason for lying, then it's okay ... There are lots of situations in nursing practice where one can cut corners or "fudge the truth" to benefit oneself at the cost of client safety or good practice (self-reporting med errors is one example that immediately leaps to mind; I'm sure we could all think of others) -- to me, if someone is willing to lie in school to try to save her/his butt, why wouldn't that individual be willing to do the same in clinical practice in a tight spot??
Perhaps not, but it certainly doesn't give anyone a sense of confidence that the person would be a good or ethical nurse. Why do people get kicked out of school for academic dishonesty, then? Why don't schools all just say, oh well, if you had a good reason for lying, then it's okay ... There are lots of situations in nursing practice where one can cut corners or "fudge the truth" to benefit oneself at the cost of client safety or good practice (self-reporting med errors is one example that immediately leaps to mind; I'm sure we could all think of others) -- to me, if someone is willing to lie in school to try to save her/his butt, why wouldn't that individual be willing to do the same in clinical practice in a tight spot??
Then we are ALL in that boat, unless you are prepared to say you have never lied?
I've had this happen to me before (it was a quiz) and my nursing instructor was kind enough to let me take the quiz after class.
I'm so sorry. You would think that in this profession, people would be more understanding. It is unfortunate that your nursing instructor isn't so forgiving.
How is the OP not responsible because the alarm clock he/she had clunked out?
If you have one car and It breaks down and weren't able to make it to class, are you not a responsible person because you didn't have another car as a backup? things happen. Thank goodness my phone was reliable throughout my whole program! I would check to make sure it was on 10 times before bed and wake up a couple of times during the night.
I like when the handbook says valid excuse. Valid to who? Lol one students cat died. She thought it was valid, others didn't. Sucks.
So I guess nothing unfortunate has ever happened to you?
I hope to God you never have anything bad happen to you and that your life is just all sunshine and roses, but I'm glad not everyone thinks like you.
**** happens. Learn to be a bit more compassionate. The OP wasn't irresponsible, it wasn't like he was out partying the night before...his alarm clock didn't go off. This has happened to me, my mother (the most responsible person I know) and a bunch of people.
You would think in this profession, people would be more responsible. It is unfortunate OP isn't so responsible.
So I guess nothing unfortunate has ever happened to you?
Unfortunate things have happened to me. But when they do, I've had to deal with the consequences. Point is that somebody not giving me a pass doesn't mean HE/SHE lacks compassion.
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