emo77

Yes, I realize that. There are VA hospitals all over the country, and I'm sure that even in Oklahoma, the salary for NA's are better than most. Find out for yourself :)

I was sent to the VA in Minneapolis through an agency as a Nursing Assistant, the VA liked me and asked me to sign on, and started me at 13.70/hr. I had just began nursing school then, and after being a permanent employee for a year, they are reimbursing my tuition each semester, as I signed a contract to work with them for three years upon graduation. I love it there, and I've worked and done rotations at several other hospitals. VA nurses are generally very satisfied with benefits/working conditions there...

Ok, that's helpful for severe cases(to whomever suggested a website about bullying), you're not addressing the majority of students that have legitimate concerns and negative feelings. Again, the point so many here are making is..What the heck is up with bad behavior in nursing school as far as instructors? Not all, but a good 75 percent at my school in Minneapolis. Nursing school has me excited to go to work at the hospital as anursing assistant where I can be with a lot of nurses that know I am in scool, support me, take time out to show me the little things, give me access to learning materials, talk to me with respect, oh, and they aren't paid to do that. I've graduated from a state school in another field, studied in a university abroad, taken classes at several community colleges and I have never experienced the kind of mistreatment that goes on by nursing instructors. Period. I am the person who speaks up against unfair treatment, abuse, bullying, call it what you will, I have been a union steward at a previous hospital I worked at. So I have fought, talked to the dean, expressed concern with school advisors, and let me tell you, as a student at my school, it digs you a bigger hole. Nursing school has taught me there are places in the world that teach you to shut your mouth and tolerate all the $@#%. Thank you to the few and far between out of the instructors who are not this way, you are appreciated that much more. But please, let the rest of the students come to this page to air our concerns a lot of us feel we have no other place.

Ok, that's helpful for severe cases(whoever recommended the bullying website)but the point so many here are making is..What the heck is up with nursing instructors? Not all, but a good 75 percent at my school in Minneapolis. I've graduated from a state school in another field, studied in a university abroad, taken classes at several community colleges and I have never experienced the kind of mistreatment that goes on by nursing instructors. Period. I am the person who speaks up against unfair treatment, abuse, bullying, call it what you will, I have been a union steward at a previous hospital I worked at. So I have fought, talked to the dean, expressed concern with school advisors, and let me tell you, as a student at my school, it digs you a bigger hole. Nursing school has taught me there are places in the world that teach you to shut your mouth and tolerate all the $@#%. Thank you to the few and far between out of the instructors who are not this way, you are appreciated that much more. But please, let the rest of the students come to this page to air our concerns, a lot of us feel we have no other place. And another thing, class of '85 and before...there's a big probability that our student experience is a lot different than your's so as students, I don't know if there's much you can say reputively about our student experience today.