lexieanders

londonflo, I posted this message for advice about what to do about my instructor, granted I may not have worded the original question correctly. My school’s name, whether I have clinicals (which I do), and my past questions are not relevant to this question’s topic, which is the fact that my instructor is not treating me fairly or acting appropriately. If I wasted your time, I apologize, but I will not disclose my school’s name.

londonflo, I appreciate your offer and your time, but my situation is beyond help. I just don’t feel comfortable saying the name of my school, in fear of retaliation if my instructors find out about my post; as I am sure that some of them use this board. At this point, I will have to find a new program.

Seeing as how the semester is almost over, I plan to start over in a new, typical program. I appreciate everyone’s perspectives and thoughtful replies.

The students are separated into groups and each assigned to an instructor. I have 5 students in my group and she takes turns with each of us in the clinic. From reading your posts and a few of the others, my program is unusual.

londonflo, I am from a small US town and got my degree from the US. Here, it is normal to complete a couple of clinicals for an RN-BSN program. The instructor goes with us. The program only has 2 clinical courses and the rest of the program can be completed online.

londonflo I don’t want to reveal my school, but here is an example of one of the classes that I have clinicals for. -Community Health Nursing Clinical Practicum

londonflo, Yes, I have an RN license. I could not do the RN-BSN program otherwise.

londonflo, “You're not even close to qualifying for a BSN ,. You may have a license, but I gotta understand your internal learning for thatlicense. Do you really have a clue?” I respect your opinion, but am curious as to your reason for saying that.

londonflo, All students have to complete clinicals in the RN-BSN program for a couple of classes. I have an ADN from another school and am in the RN-BSN completing the required clinicals. I am not sure why this policy was made. I know that the college where I got my ADN is a competing college of where I am getting my RN-BSN, so maybe that is why. Otherwise, I don’t know.

I am not retaking clinicals. The school’s policy is that all RN-BSN students must complete a semester of clinicals. At my school, students complete clinicals for 2 class and that is all. They don’t care that students already have an ADN.

Honyebee, Yes, I am aware. I posted that in response to others’ posts about why I would have clinicals in an RN-BSN program.

Also, I am not the only person that she does these types of things to and this is not even half of what she does. The nursing department at my school was unable to return to our former clinical site because my instructor tried to reprimand several nurses and even a couple of doctors for “reckless actions,” as she says. Another instructor, her former friend, was also fired because she supposedly committed a medication error and lied about it; the instructor told our clinical group this herself and bragged about how she caught her.

londonflo “Based on the MAR, how do I know if a medication is an IV push. Most of the time, the MARs at my facility doesn't actually say "IV Push" next to a medication.” Also, I asked the above question in the past because I wanted someone else’s opinion of how to read a MAR that has scant information on it. At the facility where I worked, most nurses just made the decision of how to give the medication based on “how they usually give the medication,” if the MAR or doctor doesn’t specify. Otherwise, I know to consult the drug book.

I am in an RN-BSN program, and not a BSN program. I have an ADN and my RN-BSN program does require clinicals.

londonflo My instructor claims that I am being “unsafe” because I am not providing her with answers to certain questions, but the questions she asks are ridiculous and don’t even pertain to that particular patient. When I would ask the nurse on staff the same questions, she didn’t have an answer. I have not failed any other courses.