Permanently Kicked out of Practicum

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Hi, nurses. I just made this account in order to write my second post. Despite a spotless record as a nursing student, an incident today at clinical may have forever crushed my hopes of ever becoming a nurse. So I'm not a nurse, and I may not even be a nursing student after tomorrow, but I had to come here and seek advice from people in this profession.

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Okay peeps, please play nicely. Let's not get off track with personal jabs.

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32 minutes ago, twinsmom788 said:

BAHAHA that will never happen!

Fair enough!

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Specializes in Mental Health.

The way I understand it, the hospital kicked you out. You need a certain number of clinical hours by law to pass, so I don’t see how the outcome could’ve been any better than being allowed to retake the course. Clinical placements take time so they couldn’t have thrown you right in somewhere else. Graduating a semester later than expected is no biggie.

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Specializes in CCRN, Geriatrics.

If there is one thing i learned about nursing is that we learn from our mistakes. Although i believe the school could have taken a different route to handle the situation it is not the end of the world. Keep the faith and you will graduate sooner than you think. When i was in nursing school our dean would always say “When you are attending clinical you are on the longest job interview of your life”. Someone somewhere is always watching what you say and do. You always want to be mindful of your actions because it can potentially hurt you in the future if you intend on applying for a job at that hospital.

When it is your time you will be an amazing nursing graduate. Always remember the best nurses learn from experience.

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2 minutes ago, Lovethenurse2b25 said:

If there is one thing i learned about nursing is that we learn from our mistakes. Although i believe the school could have taken a different route to handle the situation it is not the end of the world. Keep the faith and you will graduate sooner than you think. When i was in nursing school our dean would always say “When you are attending clinical you are on the longest job interview of your life”. Someone somewhere is always watching what you say and do. You always want to be mindful of your actions because it can potentially hurt you in the future if you intend on applying for a job at that hospital.

When it is your time you will be an amazing nursing graduate. Always remember the best nurses learn from experience.

Good advice! Agree with all of the above....however, remember THE PATIENT, is really why you are there.

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On 5/2/2019 at 10:43 PM, twinsmom788 said:

not certain that this is a harsh reaction or not since I wasn't there. However...as a former OR nurse, students should be SILENT. Never, ever, speak unless spoken to. The patient can hear more than you think or know in your limited awareness of anesthesia and surgery

Then what are we there for if we can't talk about what's going on and ask questions? Seriously, I can watch a surgery on youtube 100% free. If I'm watching a surgery, I'm going to ask questions, I'm going to talk to another student about the procedure, BECAUSE I'M THERE TO LEARN!

When you work at these hospitals, you accept that there's going to be students. This story and your comment just sounds like way too much ego form people who forget that they used to be students too.

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1 minute ago, tonyl1234 said:

Then what are we there for if we can't talk about what's going on and ask questions? Seriously, I can watch a surgery on youtube 100% free. If I'm watching a surgery, I'm going to ask questions, I'm going to talk to another student about the procedure, BECAUSE I'M THERE TO LEARN!

When you work at these hospitals, you accept that there's going to be students. This story and your comment just sounds like way too much ego form people who forget that they used to be students too.

There are times it's appropriate to ask questions. There are times it is 100% INappropriate to ask questions. Sadly, too many students do not understand this.

And quite frankly, as an OR nurse, my opinion is that watching the surgery is 100% useless. The students are not focusing on the role of the nurse in the OR. The associated assignments that I have seen have zero to do with the nursing care of the patient undergoing surgery.

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3 minutes ago, Rose_Queen said:

There are times it's appropriate to ask questions. There are times it is 100% INappropriate to ask questions. Sadly, too many students do not understand this.

And quite frankly, as an OR nurse, my opinion is that watching the surgery is 100% useless. The students are not focusing on the role of the nurse in the OR. The associated assignments that I have seen have zero to do with the nursing care of the patient undergoing surgery.

Well when you're watching the surgery, you're watching everything that's going on. It's hard to explain a process to a patient when you know nothing about it. It's a learning experience. That's why there's typically time in preop and pacu.

And seriously, my time in OR, the nurse was shopping online for a new bed the entire time. I learned way more from watching the OR team work than from looking at Serta's website.

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I think this is less about talking in the OR and more about not following directions. It's unfortunate you have to repeat the course, but from what I read, you were told to stop talking twice, and on the third conversation attempt, they threw you out.

I would imagine that would definitely cause someone to tell you to leave the hospital.

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One semester behind is okie. Don't think too much. Just come back , then graduate , and pass NCLEX, and work. Life moves on ! When I started my nursing school- there were 30 students in our cohort- just 6 ppl, including me - never failed any classes- Too many ppl had to repeat 1 semester. But they still graduated, they never gave up...

Again, don't think too much. It is what it is .. When you pass NCLEX, you will look at and just smile.. because you are glad you did not give up … 3-4 months is nothing compared to 2-4 years you've been working hard.

Good luck! You've made this far. Don't you ever give up. Learn from your mistake, but don't let it become your obstacle forever. I believe your family/gf will always support you as always.

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I'd also go above the OR in that hospital, maybe see if a lawyer will talk to you for free. School is not free, this semester cost you money whether you graduated or not, thousands of dollars. If you're forced to repeat an entire semester because you used a learning experience that they voluntarily allowed schools to be present for, as a learning experience, someone owes you money.

Important life lesson: Nurses and doctors aren't gods, and students have value. Stand up for yourself or else the professional world is going to eat you alive.

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1 hour ago, tonyl1234 said:

I'd also go above the OR in that hospital, maybe see if a lawyer will talk to you for free. School is not free, this semester cost you money whether you graduated or not, thousands of dollars. If you're forced to repeat an entire semester because you used a learning experience that they voluntarily allowed schools to be present for, as a learning experience, someone owes you money.

Important life lesson: Nurses and doctors aren't gods, and students have value. Stand up for yourself or else the professional world is going to eat you alive.

That's not a thing. The agreements the schools have with the hospitals give them the right to decide who stays and who goes.

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