student1919

No, I don't know any nurses. I've gone to hospitals a lot and I admired nurses, seemed like something I would want to/be able to do. I actually emailed the dean of the main campus and she said to set up an appointment with her so we can talk about if I am the right type of person that should put in all this effort to try and pursue a degree. If my grade grievance goes through I wouldn't have the two failures and I could transfer to the main campus, which is the one that has the good reputation (that I thought would be at both). I bet at the bigger campus the higher ups wouldn't have so much time to waste talking in circles, and there wouldn't be so much extra stuff I have to do. I had an art teacher who thought I was 'racist against Jews' and 'the weirdest student he ever had' and I started doing the grievance process. I just emailed him once and he changed it. And to further that I would have just had to email detailed stuff to the department that handles it. It wouldn't be about setting up a plethora of meetings. It's redundant and ridiculous. However, with that already done I can't transfer.

I might still be, if my grade appeal works out. It seems pretty universal that I should go somewhere else as far as feedback goes. I don't know if I could deal with fighting to prove myself for an entire career. I don't want to cover for others' mistakes, I don't want to bring donuts, and I don't want to pretend to be miserable all day so people let me be. Everything involved with this career seems so vague and he said she said. Two nurses assessments don't even match up. Neither do their priorities, unless its ABC. There's EBP, but I'm ONLY A STUDENT and I already see it not being followed quite often. I honestly don't know if I would make it in that career. Law does sound enticing in that it is about the specifics, and decisions are really thought over. I'm all about being able to define things specifically and having reasons with long explanations, not just because I said so and I have a license. I was deducted points because my care plan had TOO MUCH information, describing high glucose levels providing a good environment for infection etc, instead of just keeping it basic and simple.

I'd say this post is more of a 'troll' of negativity than anything. Everyone else has been helpful and respectful. Considering the issue is being late, the nursing profession actually does give the trophy to whoever shows up on time.... just for showing up. I see lotsa older nurses sit on their ass most of the shift then point fingers at others for their wrongs.

Hey, I'm here again. Thanks for all of the responses. WELL I really need to get into the whole story I guess. We are aloud to wear nail polish, and the instructors wear colors. I say favoritism because one student wouldn't get a point deduction for something I would, that's very specific. I filed a grievance because my evaluation was based off of what one nurse who was fighting with another nurse that I worked with right afterwards said. I kept asking the first nurse about the med that the issue surrounded. The legitimate reason I was failed was for arriving on the floor WHEN THE INSTRUCTOR WAS NOT EVEN THERE. It's illegal for her to leave a buncha students working on the floor, and the reason was showing one of her favorites around the hospital. She couldn't even be there with me to do my first IV med because she was conversing with the staff. If I really can't even do an assessment, she should have been much more concerned. I tried asking her a bunch of questions, so that was transferred to meaning I'm an idiot. I helped out other students and kept asking for extra stuff to do, but all I was offered were vital signs. The next class is when I posted this. So, you know most of that story. After the post I arrived on time etc. I turned in my paper 2 days late, a 2 point deduction, to make it VERY detailed with much more than required. I never even received a grade. For my makeup assignment, I was told to create a teaching plan for 2-5yo's parents about child safety, create a visual aid, spend 2 hours in lab getting my assessment watched, and create a care plan. The care plan wasn't on the paper used for clinical, but I was not given one. The assessment wasn't mentioned. The visual aid was said to not be up to par, for no specific reason. The teaching plan was said to be inadequate. I did a 6 page outline covering how the developmental stage causes the issue, signs and symptoms of each issue, and things to do to prevent each issue. I guess it was supposed to be an essay, and it did not cover enough about HOW these topics were going to be taught. This is something taught in Community Health Nursing, a class I never even took. So, I failed and I'm kicked out of the program. I probably would have been able to work at the being late a lot more if I wasn't meeting with the director and everyone else on campus 2-3x a week, talking in circles because it was required. While yes, it's an issue to be addressed, it turned more into a reason to make sure I would not be successful. Relating this to a job.... if you had to meet with your boss, administrator, the health department, etc. multiple times per week for several months, how much work would you be getting done? If you were getting threatened of being fired, what would you concentrate on during work? If the reason was because you were late on completing your work, do you think this would exacerbate or remedy the issue? It's not like I was getting told what to do, just that I don't do things on my own and that I'm not normal. And yes, considering it's the same instructors every semester, it does matter what they think of you. I wish I would have known more about what I was getting into when transferring to this campus. The idea of law does sound nice. I want a job where I want to arrive on time because I know there's something important to do once I arrive, not one where it's all about who brought donuts and whose ass you covered.

Regarding the grievance, I filed it because she failed me when she was off of the floor with one of her favorite students, and decided I didn't arrive until she got back. There's a lotta favoritism at this school. She also had the staff nurses teach me how to pass meds instead of doing it herself, and based her clinical evaluation on what she heard from other people, since she never spent time with me during care herself. The main nurse she based the evaluation off of was in a dispute with the other nurse I worked with and they were writing each other up etc. Very unprofessional.

I think I would be fired for being late. The TB test I would have been able to get done at my place of employment so it wouldn't have happened. I didn't know where people get those done. I'm still slightly confused about it. I would probably work night shift so it would be easier to arrive early, and hence solve the issue of being late. We're only given one option for the time of the clinical. I always have a reason for being late, but it doesn't matter unless its something as serious as death. For instance, there was an accident on the part of the highway without a shoulder. I come from a different county on the opposite side of town than everyone else in my clinical, so they didn't run into this issue.

So, I am on the brink of getting kicked out of my program due to the clinical setting. I arrived late quite a few times and the instructors don't like me or teach me, just reprimand me. I get 80-90% on the exams but it doesn't matter since the instructor can decide to fail you for the smallest reason, such as wearing the wrong color nail polish or being ten minutes late. I already failed one course for that reason. A few days after my grievance over the grade was filed I got an email stating that I'm not allowed to go to clinical the next day because my TB test was overdue so I will probably fail the course, which will be talked about in person. After one F transferring is relatively impossible and the constant meetings make it difficult to accomplish anything other than talking. I was reminded that my test was overdue and asked the status two weeks prior but I was busy writing a few papers and stacking copies of documents for the grievance filing. Does anyone have any advice for me? It would be much appreciated.