steven885

I know exactly how you feel. Everything I do in clinical is wrong... even removing a statlock with alcohol just as it says "remove with alcohol" on the statlock adhesive itself. This was on an elderly patients who's skin I surely did not want to tear. My instructor speaks of being professional and prompt, yet she herself rolls her eyes at students, speaks down to us and in front of patients, and is late every morning to the "safety huddle." Wants you to craft your care plan to her wishes' you adapt for the following week' then changes her mind... Wishy washy and inconsistent this instructor will always be.

Sorry, need to vent here... I too this semester have been dealing with an impossible clinical instructor. If you know what you are doing and are prepared, in her eyes, you are still unprepared... have a question? she redirects and says look it up, but now now... Medications take forever to give because she assigns too many students to give multiple medications at similar times by different students, medications can only be administered with her presence making it impossible to give medications on time. End result is medications are given late and it is you (the student) who needs to improve on time management... Repeatedly throughout the semester, I am told I need to improve time management. I beg to differ because I seem to have no problem juggling 11 patients or more as a PCT in a busy ED including and not limited to helping triage new patients, EKGs, blood work, trauma/stroke alerts etc in a timely manner. Just as at work, I am here for the patient! Hopefully, I don't have her again. Very difficult to work with someone like this, full of unnecessary stress.