We have a student in our Nursing class that is driving the whole class crazy. She acts like a know it all and tries to tell us how to do things and she is alway wrong. She shows up for clinicals dressed unappropriatly, open foot shoes, no sock, no name tag, looking like she slept in her uniform. It makes the rest of the class look bad, because of the way she looks. She not only bugs us, but she gives the nurses at our clinical sights a terrible time also, following them around asking them DUMB questions, when they are trying to take care of pts. Most of the nurses at our clinical sights have been very helpful to most of us, but their attitude is changing toward us because of the other student. We have discussed this with our Nursing Advisor, she has talked to this student and her appearence problem has improved. She is passing all of the classes so they can't do anything academically about her. But she is making enemies out of the rest of her class mates. One of the students in our class took the iniative to talk to her and tell her that she was making enemies by the way she is acting, and her response was " I don't care, None of them will ever be my supervisor, so I don't care if they like me or not." The problem with that attitude is we may not be her supervisor, but we are her team mates and we have to work as a team and help each other. Any suggestions how to handle a person like this. This is only my 2nd semester with her, I am dreading the next 18 months with this person. :confused:
Sorry to hear about that pain in the tushie!! We have one of them in our class. Our biology instructor is a medical doc from Russia that works all week long, like a lot of us, and then shows up at school to teach an all day lecture and lab. I think this chick figures since the teacher speaks with an accent, she must be too dumb to see this woman (and I use the term loosely) when she answers her cell phone during class! She then has the nerve to ask people sitting at the next table for anwers to the lab workbook. Last week, she walked the hallways, yelling at some schmuck (sorry, there's a New York word for ya!) and then had to leave class early because she was "too upset". I just about had it last week, told her to stuff her phone somewhere...no, not there, in her backpack...LOL and cut the crap! I've waited 20 years to get back to school, I am not going to let some chick who's mind is elsewhere take away my class time and instruction. I agree with the other posters here, her true colors will show and she'll be gone after a while. You can't possibly get good grades and act like a high schooler...I can't believe this stuff still happens!
Had one in my class too, only it was a minority. Despiye multiple complains, issues noted by his instructors, marginal grades and probations, the college pushed to get him through because of the statistic. He eventually finished school, PASSED his boards(which amazed all of us!!!) and now works. I guess my only happiness out of the whole thing is that he is not doing direct patient care. Oh, and my family will NEVER go there!
I don't know how your program works, but my program offered different class time as well as clinicals. When the schedule comes out be nice and make small talk to find out what section she is signing up for. After you find out the goods, do a skip and ditch and sign up for the other class/clinical. Good luck, been there and done that! Most people that can't put in the effort even on the little things don't survive long. stef
We have a student in our Nursing class that is driving the whole class crazy. She acts like a know it all and tries to tell us how to do things and she is alway wrong. She shows up for clinicals dressed unappropriatly, open foot shoes, no sock, no name tag, looking like she slept in her uniform. It makes the rest of the class look bad, because of the way she looks. She not only bugs us, but she gives the nurses at our clinical sights a terrible time also, following them around asking them DUMB questions, when they are trying to take care of pts. Most of the nurses at our clinical sights have been very helpful to most of us, but their attitude is changing toward us because of the other student. We have discussed this with our Nursing Advisor, she has talked to this student and her appearence problem has improved. She is passing all of the classes so they can't do anything academically about her. But she is making enemies out of the rest of her class mates. One of the students in our class took the iniative to talk to her and tell her that she was making enemies by the way she is acting, and her response was " I don't care, None of them will ever be my supervisor, so I don't care if they like me or not." The problem with that attitude is we may not be her supervisor, but we are her team mates and we have to work as a team and help each other. Any suggestions how to handle a person like this. This is only my 2nd semester with her, I am dreading the next 18 months with this person.
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Sorry to hear about that pain in the tushie!! We have one of them in our class. Our biology instructor is a medical doc from Russia that works all week long, like a lot of us, and then shows up at school to teach an all day lecture and lab. I think this chick figures since the teacher speaks with an accent, she must be too dumb to see this woman (and I use the term loosely) when she answers her cell phone during class! She then has the nerve to ask people sitting at the next table for anwers to the lab workbook. Last week, she walked the hallways, yelling at some schmuck (sorry, there's a New York word for ya!) and then had to leave class early because she was "too upset". I just about had it last week, told her to stuff her phone somewhere...no, not there, in her backpack...LOL and cut the crap! I've waited 20 years to get back to school, I am not going to let some chick who's mind is elsewhere take away my class time and instruction. I agree with the other posters here, her true colors will show and she'll be gone after a while. You can't possibly get good grades and act like a high schooler...I can't believe this stuff still happens!
Anyway, I just had to vent...thanks all!
Christine