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Hi Everybody,

My professor takes a long time to return grades on exams and quizzes. It bothered me at first but now I am really perturbed. I do not know how I've done on an assignment for approximately a week or so later. Is this common for a professor to take this long? Also my fellow classmates will have received their grades and I am still waiting for mine. I ask my professor for my grade and she says she will put them online but she doesn't do it for a week or so later. Should I complain to the dean? Or should I just hold tight? It is just difficult not knowing what my current grade is. It is always delayed.

As I sit here waiting for my clinical paperwork to be returned. It's been 2 weeks!

Speaking of not rocking the boat: im not going to ask my instructor for my paperwork grade.

The reason is, last semester, when I asked my professor when I'd receive my paperwork back, she approached me on the floor, while caring for pts, to tell me my paperwork was so poor that I was getting no points for it and would be written up.

It was at that moment, I had to run to the nurses lounge to cry. Then I had to pull myself together to finish caring for pts.

I found out later that she didn't even discuss the paperwork with other students while in the midst of providing meds/care to pts.

When I asked her why I was the only student whom she approached on the floor to discuss paperwork problems and write ups, she said "because you asked about your grade."

So now I wait.

Wow, that seems uncalled for.

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The reason is, last semester, when I asked my professor when I'd receive my paperwork back, she approached me on the floor, while caring for pts, to tell me my paperwork was so poor that I was getting no points for it and would be written up.

It was at that moment, I had to run to the nurses lounge to cry. Then I had to pull myself together to finish caring for pts.

I found out later that she didn't even discuss the paperwork with other students while in the midst of providing meds/care to pts.

When I asked her why I was the only student whom she approached on the floor to discuss paperwork problems and write ups, she said "because you asked about your grade."

So now I wait.

Don't distract any nurse who's giving care. When you asked her about your paper work you were telling her that your grade was mire important than your patients at that moment. not a good message.

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Don't distract any nurse who's giving care. When you asked her about your paper work you were telling her that your grade was mire important than your patients at that moment. not a good message.

I asked my professor about the status of my paperwork during pre-conference. She had no pts to care for. Plus, I observed her hand back many students paperwork, but I hadn't yet received mine.

She is who actually disrupted pt care by bringing it to me while on the floor caring for pts.

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Don't distract any nurse who's giving care. When you asked her about your paper work you were telling her that your grade was mire important than your patients at that moment. not a good message.

I think you read that wrong. The op didn't mean that in the midst of patient care she conferred with the other students. What she meant was, she found out that no one else was approached the way she was approached--that way being in the middle of student providing care. I'm assuming the rest were told in private or at a later date but the OP specifically was told about their grade in front of the patient while the student was providing care.

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Hi Everybody,

My professor takes a long time to return grades on exams and quizzes. It bothered me at first but now I am really perturbed. I do not know how I've done on an assignment for approximately a week or so later. Is this common for a professor to take this long? Also my fellow classmates will have received their grades and I am still waiting for mine. I ask my professor for my grade and she says she will put them online but she doesn't do it for a week or so later. Should I complain to the dean? Or should I just hold tight? It is just difficult not knowing what my current grade is. It is always delayed.

Does your next assignment depend upon the outcome of the homework that you turned in?

One of the most mentally painful things for an instructor to do is to grade the 32nd paper In. A. Row. On. The. Same. Subject.

Gahhhhhhh.

Does your last name happen to start with a "Z"? Maybe your instructor grades in alphabetical order?

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Nurse;8926176]Does your next assignment depend upon the outcome of the homework that you turned in?

One of the most mentally painful things for an instructor to do is to grade the 32nd paper In. A. Row. On. The. Same. Subject.

Gahhhhhhh.

Does your last name happen to start with a "Z"? Maybe your instructor grades in alphabetical order?

My assignments don't depend on the other assignments. However, I would have liked to know the professors expectations before submitting future assignments. I've decided to let it go at this point because I've turned in about 4 wks worth of clinical assignments with no feedback thus far.

I'm sure it's hard on the instructors to have to grade multiple students 6-12 page assignments weekly. I've considered that, as well.

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When I was in nursing school, we turned in papers each week, and never got a single one back, until right before the final, humongous paper was due. This was in the days when actual papers were turned in, and a little staple held pages together, at the top, left corner. When I got those smaller papers back, not a single one of them had any bend near the staple that would indicate that the pages had been looked-at. Being a bit of a rule-challenger, in the last paper, right in the middle, I wrote the words "blah, blah, blah," just to see what response I would get, and to see if the teacher did read my work. When I got the paper back (which took days to write), again there was no evidence of bending near the staple, and not comment on the "blah, blah, blah." Actually there was no comment on any of it, other than a checkmark in one corner, on the front. I'm convinced the teacher didn't ready any of my papers. So much for getting any help from her on how to improve myself! It still makes me grumble and made me into an instructor that got all work back to her students, within a day or two...

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Just wanted to post an update my situation, I turned in basically my last clinical paperwork today and I received my other paperwork from the first 4-5 weeks. I did earn full points. [emoji3]

One more big paper and one small paper and I'm done with the big clinical assignments!

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