truthspeak

I agree totally with this post.

I agree with this post.

Believe me, I understand the importance of thinking critically. I get it. I understand that but I didn't go to nursing school to have to teach myself. I pay a lot of money and expect better than what my class gets. When I say sabotage about things, I really mean sabotage. Our instructors have waited until the last day to tell students about important information regarding licensing which required several hours out of study time (this was at the end of the semester right before finals and ATI testing) to run around and get the right forms (some of which required notarizing) to the right place. The students had a major test the next day and, for some, it knocked 3 - 4 hours our of study time. This delay could cost people a delay in being able to sit for the boards which will delay getting jobs. The instructors aren't worried though. They have an income coming in. Their bills are being paid. They have no concern for students that have put their lives on hold for two years only to have to wait a little longer for licensure and a job. ....and don't get me started on test questions. We've received "deer in the headlight" looks when we've questioned the content and answers on exams. It's as if the instructors themselves do not even know the material and they can't give you a rational answer as to why an answer is correct and the others are wrong...even when we point it out in the book. Oh, and checkoffs. I know of one instructor that was "teaching" the lab on IV's and venipuncture. When the students asked questions, her response was that "she never really did that many so she wasn't the best person to ask". The level of incompentence is plain rediculous. ...and these are the instructors teaching future nurses.

@ imthatguy - sounds like you and i could be attending the same school. i have never seen a program that was so disorganized as the one i'm in. we have endured being told that we were required to purchase the newest editions of book while our instructors (i hate to even call them that) lectured from the old versions so the chapters were different or split out into several or combined - needless to say they didn't match our required books. we have received notes that had a font so small that it couldn't be read with magnifying glass (i know, i tried). we've been given the wrong addresses of places where community clinicals were held leading us to drive around for hour trying to find the place. we have been told that certain forms for projects have to be turned in on that very day with no advance warning and they forms aren't available on our school site. we have been erroneously lectured on things that do not go along with the powerpoints. i could go on and on....it's so rediculous how horribly managed some of these nursing schools are. i have to wonder if it's not an intentional method of sabotage.

The most positive thing I can say about nursing school is that I have made some really good friends. I think there is a comradery because of the difficulties, frustrations, irritations, and inconsideracy we face in nursing school. Also, I love the things I learn when we're lucky enough to have an instructor that knows the material (some don't).