Power hungry people

[RNmom08]

What is it with some people? In particular, we have one instructor this semester that is the biggest power hungry woman that I have ever met in my life. Let me share (vent - LOL). Ok. We are in our last semester of nursing. In fact, the only thing we have left is our final test. Other than that, we are starting our preceptorship and then we graduate. We had to do research presentations today and there was what we thought looked like a grading sheet with questions on there that we had to answer. The questions were on a sheet of paper with a small space that looked to the whole class like and area for her to write comments as we were doing presentations. There was an instruction sheet with the packet about how we were to do the research project. On the instructions it stated "Please answer the specific questions on the Research form (found on the back of the Care Plan)" Well, we all (meaning EVERYONE in the whole class) typed it up neatly, retyping the specific questions and typing our answer behind the question. As we were sitting in the room waiting for class to start, a former graduate ask how things were going. We told her we were doing our presentations today. Then she told us to be sure to write it on the specific paper because the instructor would take points off if we didn't. We were like - What?? Later, I went and asked the question and showed her how we typed it up all nice and neat (so it was ledgible) and she, with an attitude, stomped over to her file cabinet and pulled out the instructions and reread it to me. I tucked my tail, said ok, and went and told the class that we were going to have to scramble to transfer our answers from one paper to the other.

I am so freaking tired of this BS. I cannot wait until we are done with school. This instructor here is so unapproachable it is ridiculous. Not to mention that as we were all doing our presentations, this instructor and the other clinical instructor sat there whispering and giggling the whole time students were up there. :angryfire Talk about professionalism. We have to do our own evaluations of our learning experience with our instructors, I am tired to being the nice person here. I have tucked my tail for 4 semesters because I know I have to jump through hoops to get my damned degree. It is so bad, our instructor gets in fights with the nurses up on our clinical floors. She yelled at one nurse who was with a student, "I appreciate the way you speak to me in front of my students." It was loud enough, I know that patients heard it in their rooms. She is continuously lecturing us on what is professional behavior and what is not. I don't know if part of the reason is because she just graduated with her Master's Degree this last spring or what.

Does or has anyone else been going through this? Don't instructors realize that they are NOT perfect?? I'm the first person to say that I'm not perfect. What the heck is the deal??

I'd better go pray for her - and that I am able to be nice the rest of the semester...