queenjane

i understand your frustration, and that is certainly a reasonable request. i have gotten so many supportive and helpful comments on various nursing student matters just by posting a help re:....... the "help" is okay, just follow it with what you ne...

This is so weird, I also have an appeal in process, which I feel is probably going to be denied in the next day or so. I was targeted at clinicals by a nasty instructor who is known for this. This program is known for just arbitrarily kicking student...

Wow, I can't believe how similar your situation is to mine!! This is unbeliveable!:chuckle I have just been dismissed from an associate degree nursing program one week ago. I have an appeal in process, which I feel will most likely be denied. But the...

Hi everyone, I just wanted to thank everyone for the kind replies I received over the past few days. Unfortunately, I met with my clinical instructor yesterday morning and I have been dismissed from the RN program. I guess I am still in shock, really...

Thanks, it's good to hear from an instructor's point of view. I just happened to have an instructor who was very aggressive/confrontational, and it wore me down, made me question myself, so of course, I made some dumb mistakes that I personally belie...

Hi there, God, I don't even know where to start. I am a senior level nursing student in an ADN program at a community college. I will be graduating in May of '09. Yesterday part of my paperwork was incomplete at the beginning of clinical, and my inst...

Just to clarify, I and my instructor were in the med room, she was pulling my meds for me out of the pyxis-she is not allowing us to do that by ourselves yet, and as we did this, she asked me about each medication, mechanism of action, etc. During th...

Thanks for your advice, it helps a lot. I am just afraid that even admitting my responsibility and also expressing why I goofed up that they still will not give me another chance. I feel like they are targeting me for some reason. I've never violated...

Thanks so much! I know it's trial by fire, and I am willing to put in as much hard work as it takes to make it to the end. I am just afraid that even with my "plan", and taking responsibility for errors, etc. that they will ask me to leave the progra...

Hi there, God, I don't even know where to start. I am a senior level nursing student in an ADN program at a community college. I will be graduating in May of '09. Yesterday part of my paperwork was incomplete at the beginning of clinical, and my inst...

Thanks so much for your kind words, I suppose I could ask for the department chair to be present. This meeting will be up against the 3 instructors, they will have everything on paper, of course, every tiny mistake I've ever made in 4 semesters, and ...

No, not that I'm aware of. It's a very small community college, only in its third year with the RN program. But thanks for the advice.

No, I don't believe there are any student advocates at this college. It's a small community college only and the program is very rigid. I want so badly to be a nurse. I'm also a single mom and I fell humiliated to think that my son might see me "kick...

Hi there, I'm a senior nursing student and I really need to find a good set of drug cards that I can put in my pocket and have with me throughout the day in case the instructor asks about a med I'm giving. We already have these researched in our care...

Hi there! I am new to this site, this is my first posting. I am an RN nursing student, approaching my senior year this fall. I have sort of a weird problem....has anyone else experienced this? I don't volunteer my test scores to anyone, of course, bu...

You go, girl!!! :redpinkhe You can and will graduate, just ignore everyone else and move forward. I myself have struggled with severe depression that has required hospitalization in the past, and this is my second attempt at nursing school. I'm doing...

I totally agree. Although it obviously doesn't matter what your grades are as far as passing NCLEX goes, nevertheless, it's just a matter of personal pride with me. I know a good test grade shows I really grasped the material, and I definately think ...

I followed them, too, named my only son Cassidy West, who is now almost 14! That's an interesting comment from Dylan, I think it's very true! Despite all the drugs and deaths in this band, I still maintain they are the best rock band that ever was or...

It definately is a self-esteem issue, one I've been struggling with all my life. I guess I just wanted to vent and see if anyone else has had similar problems. I know I need to be who I am, those who don't like it, too bad, and surround myself with ...

Absolutely, we nursing students are a competetive bunch! I guess my skin is too thin-my instructors and the director of the nursing program frequently greet me, tell me how proud they are of me, how great I am doing, etc., and I just cringe, because ...

No Freudian slip, it's the name of my favorite Grateful Dead song.:chuckle