SaraLee

Hi Please send me a pm. any info anyone has would help me immensely and I thank you Sara

Yes I would like to further state if it is a little hard to read We would drive an hour to our clinical site and then we would be told to go home by our instructor or she would suggest we all go out to breakfast. Sometimes we would go to a room and she would let us study for our regular class for a couple of hours and then let us go We missed at least one day a week of our clinicals due to this .. Believe me not one of those students is prepared to go out as a nurse , we did not know a lot because we missed so many opportunities . .YEs the hospital nurses would ask us where we had been because of course when we were there we helped them and learned from them . The school is trying to do a big coverup but I do not think it is working They told students to not text message each other , or even talk to each other and finally some of my friends thought it so wrong they did contact me and we have talked .. They have even been in to the Dean and told her this was unfair .. At first they were afraid to death because of the example of me being thrown out .. I do not think this school has any idea that anyone would have the means to sue them or to come back . They have been very mean thru out our program and it has been very hard .. I still want to be a nurse because i have met a lot of nurses out there with integrity . it is just not in our program right now One of my teachers has written me a beautiful letter about what a good nurse I would be and I was in a lot of her classes so I just cant imagine what they would use against me .. it is just crazy to me that they would not be glad that I reported this because if it went on someone might have gotten killed by a nurse who graduated and KNEW NOTHING it is so bad that one of my friends was in her third quarter and was trying to get the respirations off of a B/P Pulse O2 machine we knew little because we had such little clinical experience .. Of course as it went more and more to more missed clinical hours , everyone became afraid to report it that we would be thrown out of school and the teacher told us if we reported it we would be What is so ironic is that I am but I will fight this as best I can and thanks again and the school is already scrambling . they moved the students from the hospital to doctors offices in a period of two days and they have told the students they have to make up the clinical hours but I think they are still covering this from the State I am dealing thru my lawyer and I do not know the outcome but it is just a sad state of affairs .. I am finally out of some of the shock of it after it has been now two and a half weeks . This school has been nothing but trouble the whole time we have been attending it tho teachers leaving and a mess and I do believe they are already on probabtion with the state for some other infraction and also because of bad NCLEX scores It is no wonder about that it is just sad Thanks again

Thank you for your kind responses This incident happened on the 22nd I reported it to the Dean of Nursing and the VP at the school. I had emails to back up some of the missed time. The Dean told the clinical teacher before it was investigated so the NEXT day they came and filed a grievance against me for what I still have no idea. Nothing was ever documented against me I have straight A's I am on the presidents list etc.. The student who filed the grievance did it along with the clinical instructor who was fired or at the very least advised to resign those facts the school has withheld from me I have no idea what the grievance is that they filed against me but it was done the day after I blew the whistle .. I am fifty three so I am a little bit older and I am so afraid I could not make it thru such a program again .. that is a bit disheartning I am thankful that I do have a lawyer and I go tommorrow to see if he can get me reinstated thru federal injunction I am sure it is totally against the law to fudge clinical hours and as I said I was so embarrassed and afraid of hurting a future patient I knew I had to finally tell .. it is just a sad thing and I will get thru it the best I can .. If anyone has had any similar experience in clincal hours or with the state I would appreciate any help and it is hard just waiting thanks a lot Sara

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After 3 Semesters of our clinicals during that entire time our teacher for the LPN program let us go home say even at 8 am usually at least once a week I reported her finally to the school in our third semester I was afraid to do it before because of threats of other students that didnt want to make up the work and because our teacher told us if we did report it we would not get to finish school but i realized I did not know enough and was going to be dangeous to patients so I reported it . The exact day after that teacher and 2 other students filed a grievance against me and the school said they investigated it and I was thrown out .. ONe other girl reported it with me she is pregnant and has since been harrased but she was not thrown out .. She did quit but I talked her into going back until it could be straightened out .. Now everyone is afraid to talk because they did throw me out and they are afraid of repercussions Since then I Have proof of missed hours even thru emails from the teacher and cell phone records on those days with students calling thier spouses or other people and even a record of a student who worked at the hospital who clocked in Since this which was on the 22 of August the vice president has told the other students they have to make up those days but yet I am still not reinstated to the school and since it has been so long I cannot see how they can let me back in to make up the time even so .. but it is totally awful and I had only 14 weeks left .. I also told them I WAS willing to make up whatever hours needed but they do not want the state to know .. I think they are on probation as it is I have gotten a lawyer . Students have been threatned not to speak about it What about the state I am going to report it to the state. and I would appreicate any help that I could get with this problem Thank you

This is a very small school and they have trouble keeping and getting instructors Our classes are all inclusive .. Meaning we have to take them all at once all the way thru .. WE cant drop one and take one etc and this teacher will be in my next class .. The only saving grace is that I will be in clinicals three days a week instead of two I do intend to sit in the back even tho I like to sit up front to see better I will sit in the back and every time I have recorded her lectures I sat right in front tape recorder in full view Students also know this .. we are a small class She then accused me of recording her secretely in front of the director So its a serious issue yes and I am taking all advice I can and I just need to get thru this program I will sit back and let others speak up for themselves at this point Perhaps some good will come of it I can hope I heard a while ago the director is going to pass out some evaluations of the teacher anonymous we dont have to sign them .. Students will be honest .. But even so it willl not mean this teacher leaves .. I have to learn how to deal with her I read a lot on here how nurses deal with all kinds of things .. and backstabbing etc in these forums I am just not used to it .. I was a stay at home mom .. I was in the army but it was different .. more back up from your friends and more commeradery .. Please all excuse my spelling I do use spell check .. but havent figured it on here I do appreciate all the advice but it is even scary writing on here I hate being afraid That is one thing I do not like and I feel afraid of a teacher or afraid of power and abuse of that power Thanks

one thing is she put on the paper I was coming to class unprepared. I had both of my term papers done ahead of time .. I never was unprepared and have had 90's and above in all my test etc. Yesterday before the meeting at 2 she stated to me in front of the class that she and I and the director had an appt to meet ( everyone knew what this meant ) and so one of my classmates went at that time to voice her opinions of her dissaproval of this teacher and how everyone was upset in the class ... to the director .. At that time she mentioned that she knew I had an appt with her and the teacher and was a little afraid AT that meeting I was asked how this other student even knew of the meeting by the director and I said .. x teacher said to me in front of class we have a meeting with the director Said teacher said right in front of director " you know that is not true , I pulled you aside outside and told you " So therefore she lied directly to the nursing director .. I simply said that is not true .. She had also said on the paper I was leading a revolution against this teacher No I am simply one to speak up .. Others are gathering courage to speak up and of coures we talk to each other WE are each others support Would my classmates state that they know the truth ? YES I beleivee they would but that would be such a big trial and issue thing and I dont even know if that is allowed Now can a teacher stop you from recording a lecture . I was just told by a teacher they cant . Thanks

Thank you Emmy I have tried to talk and talk to the teacher .. It has not resulted in very good terms in fact it seems to get worse .. This semester I am going to sit in the back , not ask questions .. I am one who believes in first amendment rights and all ... I just want protection from someone outright lying about me I now know that all my talks to her have not helped at all .. She outright lied to the director .. One of my dearest friends not in this profession said that in times of stress usually people can tell who is lying. She thinks the director will see thru her lies . I have caught her in four lies within the last 4 weeks .. I am just so concerned that beings I signed that paper .. I was under duress .. In fact I thought that everything was settled between me and this teacher and then all of the sudden I am coming in for a disiplinary action .. So I am trying to figure out how to quell my natural personality to not further inflame the issue but not be a wimp or get lied about .. Why is it important to demean nursing students .. It seems to happen at our school We have 15 students left out of 20 in 2 months .. We were all A students to be accepted .. We felt good , now we basically and as I say we it is with about 70 percent of the students .. This teacher has singled out about 2 pets .. But she espiecially goes out of her way to demean me to almost what I would call abuse .. I have tried to apologize for anything I am doing wrong .. I have went that route Should I consider a lawyer or wait ? I dont know and if so what kind of lawyer would I want to talk to about it in case she does lie again .. I am not leading a revolution against her and I come to class prepared ... My grades show that and my classmates know this is true . Well I appreciate any comments on how to further act or react or not react or what to do Thank you so much

I have a problem and first hello to everyone ... I am beginning my second semester of LPN school and ending the first .. It has been very stressful .. We have a great clinical instructor but we have had a awful experience with our teacher in Nursing Fundamentals . I ask a lot of questions and of course would like answers .. After the first month of asking questions that the instructor could not answer in math , I got a tutor but yet during class I still asked questions and the teacher did not know how to answer the question The whole class talks about her behind her back , how she grades , how she is ineffienct and doesnt know what she is teaching and her subjective grading Finally this teacher went to our nursing director and stated several untruths about me .. I had to go to a meeting and I signed a disiplinary action because I felt I had no other choice I was practically hysterical in tears during the meeting .. I have recorded lectures .. Today we were told we could have no more recorders in her lectures . I had felt fairly safe having it on recordings so in case of something I could show the truth of all things stated. Bascially I feel this teacher wants me out of the program and I think it would be very easy for her to do .. I am finding a lot of backstabbing in this profession IS THIS NORMAL ? Bascially several students went in to the nursing director to speak to her about this teacher .. But the teacher feels I have led now an organization to complain about her which is not true .. They have thier own statements and issues with her which they are slowly being brave enough to voice to the director . Of couse I am told not to talk about the situation, but my classmates are concerned .. WE are told not to talk to each other about our interactions with the administration to other students and we are told not to discuss grades with each other or any other information with each other . but we practically live together five days a week Is this NORMAL .. I do value this place .. Venting is good .. however i am concerned that a teacher could lie and I could be out of nursing school I have worked so hard for . she is a new teacher .. Is my worry for naught ??? Thank you so much

I am taking the net test on the 20th of June .. It is what the college I go to determines who gets in .. Entirely based on Net scores .. Grade Point average does not matter.... There are 27 coveted slots and about 120 take the Net test .. It is entirely based on Math and Comprehensive Reading . Actually it is showing more students fail on the Reading than the Math .. The Reading is a lot of inference questions which can be very confusing .. You need to conclude what the reader is saying or what he/she is infering .. There are other test with it but those are not graded just used for the college as how to teach that class .. ie meaning visual learners , hearing learners etc.. IT also test your reading rate but that is not included in the test scores Only the reading comprehension and the Math The Math is 60 questions .. you have 60 minutes .. It includes 6 algebra simple problems which is not simple if you have not had algebra .. Think of order of operations as that is about what it is and very basic algebra It has 2 questions on ratios .. and questions on fractions to decimals . Decimals to fractions .. 1 third of the questions are percentage questions The reading is the most difficult .. I am nervous .. But I have been studying for it .. I hope this helps .. Oh you have 30 minutes on the reading .. It would be best to READ THE QUESTIONS FIRST then read .. That is exactly what the book says .. and make sure you look at WHAT QUESTION IT IS ASKING FOR INFERENCE - or - MAIN IDEA- or CONCLUSION My grade point average is a 4.0 but that doesnt even count into the equation .. I dont think that is quite right but that is the way it is at this school . GOOD LUCK

Yes , when I went I took TWO YEARS .. The only thing I did not get to finish were my clinicals and now all of it beings it is to OLD is no good now ... And it doesnt really stick to well in your memory either .. I remember so much fun putting party hats on our cats in Anatomy and having to know everything .. I got A's in everything except Math and Microbiology ... I got a C+ and felt gratelful for that ... Do you know that a Plelbotomist pay is the same as an LPN and takes far less work ..... If I cannot make it thru this EVERYONE TRYING for the 27 available slots I am going to do that ... Of course I sure hope I get into those slots ... I cant believe how they say the need for nurses is SO GREAT BUT THEN the wait list and the unavailability is so awful I do also find that a lot of the girls that want in are not as serious and are getting grades in the C range .. Even so its hard to think at my age but Im doing it .. Thanks for the reply and GOOD LUCK

Wow I went there in like 1980 .. I wasnt able to finish because of my kids ages then .. I loved it and I had the best professors ... I am now starting to realize to try for my LPN here in Ga and the only classes hat transferred were psychology and one of my English classes .. I have retaken everything else and now must take the NET TEST on the 2oth to even qualify to be accepted here in Ga for LPN they take the 27 highest scores .. Back then there was NO WAITING and basicallly if you passed you got in Boy things have changed .