peaches49

Yes, I've done all that, including a new letter to get back In. Originally, I think it all started when I found a problem with the hospital nursing care the first week. Maybe because these nurses and teachers know each other well they are watching their backs. Then I became a target. I watched my peas and Q's was polite and did what I was told, but the harrassment continued and I was singled out. I know now what I'm not going to do when I go back, if they allow me back. Right now I'm just working on myself, attitude and keeping up with online studies to keep me fresh with nursing information.

I'd rather read about how I can go back and deal with these people so I can pass clinical next, what you do as an RN has nothing to do with me in LVN program. I have not jabbed you at all, I personally responed to the original post hear, and somehwere it went ....not sure where, but this isn't benefiting anyone.

Yes, nursing is demanding, pressure filled job with lots of people to communicate with and you must know the answers in order to succeed. Study, study , study. Well educated and learned people go far. Attitude is a major part of it.

Yes that is true

No their were alot of misconstrued happenings. Too long to go into. Yes, your all right. you have expert advise here, thanks for all your opinions. I dont have all your experience under my belt.

I hope you never find yourself in a position where you need the expertise of someone with more experience than you, but find that you have burned that bridge with your selfish know-it-all attitude (Daytonite comes to mind). Not sure what this means, but I welcome expert advise.

No i just made one comment to original poster here, and all heck broke loose. No I wasn't looking toward venting about how the whole world has treated me. I have a lot t learn, but what I'm trying to do is learn how to deal with certain personality characteristics in the clinical setting. Because personalities clash and you need to learn to get along, especially with the instructors. Again I will apologize if i offended anyone here.

WOW, I guess I hit some raw nerves here, with my post, I originally posted to te original poster about gossiping students, I dont know how it all led to this.

Thank you, now i've found someone that knows what I'm talking about, thanks for the post. and thanks for not criticizing, although I did make some comment here I should ot have made and I'm sorry for that.

I have no hatred or disrepect toward nursing , or students or teachers, I only had a problem with one and she used others to manipulate situations. I took ALL pre-req's for the RN including microbiology, anatomy , physiology and just graduated from the college with an AA in social and behavioral sciences, with minor in Psych. I dont need to prove anything here, all I was trying to say is....teacher's in clinical should spend more time teaching rather than rebuking. That would make a better nurses and make a better atmosphere for all. I never flunked any nursing courses I made A's and B's in theory classes. The only thing that happened was I forgot to look at a patients name band on the Last day. ANd with being with new clinical teacher that day--I was nervous and she she pressured for info and I buckled. That's It. No doubt I need to learn alot, but there's no reason for everone here to say I'm not going to make it or criticize me for making comment about MY experience. My experience aside from this was great, I loved OR and working ambulatory services. I learned alot and am hoping to take what I've learned to go back to my nursing home and work as an LVN.

i dont know why you keep going on about this? i have done the same thing as cna for 7 years and working in a sub acute facility.

:yawn:thank you all for proving my point, you instructors ae quick to criticize not taking into account where you came from. I've taken every class I need for RN but am in the LVN program, iand I've taken cultural anthropology. I did my labs like everybody else. Yeh, like holding a youths hand in the hospital while dr. is debriding his leg after removing the wound vac, is that too much for you, I was aiding the wound clinic while in training.

OK, sorry didn't mean to offend anyone here, I'm still a student you know, Not a nurse yet, thanks for all the responses.

QUite the contrary- I highly respect the nursing field and yes I've done all to get back in. Sorry If I offended anyone here, that was not my purpose. My discipline as a whole in nursing is caring for my patients. Doing what is right for them. Not sit here and argue about ethics and nursing, nursing is not a culture by the way. It is a practice like medicine. (But to some it's a culture for those who like to live in clicks and inuendoes, but thats not for me.) Sorry, my patients are more important than that.

Thanks so much, I wont worry, im pushing on.

I have not had any problems in Nursing school, or pharmacology or any class or clinical, just with one instrutor. I have passed all classes with A's and B's and know my microbiology, anatomy and phsio. Also have an AA in Social and behavioral sciences, dont need to prove myself here. You might want to explain yourself instead of just making quotes.

Thats not an assumption, thats a fact, I know people that know her. It has alot to do with it. She using the students to replace herself and inability to nurse anymore, and she doesn't like the older student. There is only two reasons for this--alcoholic or parkinsons. The later is not it. It doesn't take a genius to figure this one out either. My brother was an alcolholic and his hands shook also.

This is not Illogical, I dont expect anyone to understand unless they had been there. And I dont expect anyone to know how it feels. And it would take too long to explain it here. Your a nurse you've seen alot. Maybe you've experiened some miss-treatment yourself or with others. There is nothing scientific about nursing! Except calculations and working in a lab. WHich most nurses dont'. Yes you have to know some calculations and pathophysiology, but it doesn't take a genius to be a nurse.

Yes, I understand and if I get back in next January, I dont know how I will feel, about what they have done. Especially a theory teacher who broke my confidence and repeated what I'd said to her to the other clinical instructor, and mind you it wasn't bad. Just that my eval didn't look good and i was worried about passing clinical. I'll never forget and vow to never be like like them.

Sorry I was just venting. ANd if you were in my shoes after what I saw, you'd be feeling the same way. And you have no idea.....what I've seen. THe backstabbing... Overall my clinical experience was AAWESOME, and the nurses were great, this was just a little upset that took place all semester between me and one clinical instructor, but I love nursing and I'm not going to quit or give up. And i've been off all semester, I have to apply to get back in. As for help, I go to church every sunday, and I cannot figure out through my own christianity how some people can be so kaniving. And no I'm not paranoid, but even the students whom you think are friends aren't really, they dont give a crap either way as long as they make it. I've clinically analzed the problem and the problem is the teacher doesn't like older students, and I can tell she's been an alcoholic, because her hands shake, she using the students to do what she can no longer do, and she has NO good bedside nursing. I've been a CNA for 7 years and havn't seen anything like what I've seen in schooling, in the clinical setting. Thanks for the advice, and I'm working on it.

I am sure that's not why. Most instructors are great. And I had a fantastic experience. But getting dropped on the last day? Unheard of. And contracts are for the the birds especially when they are slipped into your eval and not told what it is. I guess I was a little naive. I really liked this lady too,

I found out that all my instructors were gossips, about the students and specially the picked on ones. Theybent over backward to help each other fail a student for no good reason. I never gossiped about anyoine, except that I was the one being picked on. THey were told I was Bashing them, WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was not. I was only telling the truth. You said above QUOTE " all the time you invest in gripping and gossiping about fellow students and instructors, could be better spent exploring what this teacher is failing to teach you""" I di that I know what they failed to teach and they used it agianst me. ANd I say It is their fault when they spent more time trying to fail a student then try and mentor them. That is totally wrong and not what nursing is all about. This setup I faced was all about their power and control. ANd they used it well. I wont ever forget it, it leaves a bad taste in my christian mouth. ANd has made a sorry excuse for the word Teacher! I now dont dont trust anyone in school not even my classmates Now. I am learning that I am the only one to trust and trust my good judgement. Learn from my own mistakes and move on. But how do you manipulate a bad situation when you've become the target and no one gives a crap. I like to take that school down and all those teachers, but don't know how and can't fight city hall without a price. ANy thoughts.

:) Well, I feel for you, I have been there. I was dumped the last day of clinical 2nd semester. I have spent this entire semester stewing over what happened. I did get tot ake my theory test though and they are on my transcripts and passed with A's & B's........Depressing it is, but you must move on and work on yourself. I was doomed the first week of second semester when I found a patient had a dressing that hadn't been changed for over 15 days before I ever entered the scene. When the dressing was removed we found a dubitus ulcer, all heck broke loose and wound people came and blah blah, I was suppose to get checked off for doing his dressing the next day, but because teacher was doing med passes with others I had to wait, in the meantime the dresing had fallen off in bed during the night. Well because he went a couple hrs without being dressed(the foot), she wrote up all kinds of crap in my eval, all over that foot which I found. Because he had gotten up when I was not in the room and used the comode. I'm now learning "don't trust anyone in school or your teachers either". They are in cahoots together. Watch what you say and even yes mam's and no mam's don't cut it. Im having a hard time moving on with this too, because I'm 49 years old and was going to graduate last week with my class, well, i had this semster off to have to think about it all, and I've applied to another school, I dont think I can go back there again after what I've seen. And believe me, I've seen it all. The caniving backstabing bull that goes on between child hood friendship nurses is pathetic and I could write a book about it. # 1 Sisterhood of backstabbing B_____es. Sorry I'm mad but i havn't gotten over it yet. I thought we were in LVN school to be taught....I dont get it. And there is alot more to the story but dont want to bore anyone. ANyway best of luck. My story is a little diferent but, I've done about all I can do. I have applied to the same school and another school to get back in, but that is no guarantee, and it wont be until next january or next fall of 09.

Hi glad a few of you posted. My proiblem was that the pyxis asked for a count of all the meds i was taking and put me down for taking that many. The count might be 10 on aspirin and would put me down for taking 10, and they said this was wrong because the pyxis should not be asking for a count of all meds, and the ones I drew yesterday--- the machine worked fine. ANd I had no errors. But I also was standing there and my teacher seeing all this, she confirmed aldo what the machine was doing. Anyway they wanted a little inservice on the pyxis, then they were going to put me back into the system. It's all the nasty talk from nurses that we hear about that causes the poblems. thanks for posting back.

Please hang in there, at my clinicals we aren't allowed to pass med's unless it's our med pass day. Otherwise the nurses do it. And I have had an instructor that has just been cruel, but hang in there you'll get and please ask questions every day, of the nurses, of your instructor and who ever you can to get info, this will really help. I went in to this semester not knowing what was expected of me and now I know, you must act as if you are nurse even if your not licensed yet. So be specific and find out early what to do and don't give up.