Anonymous-student

Thanks to all of you who replied. I think it's wise just to hang back and wait and see what happens. She's already in hot water over some other stuff. If she doesn't turn it around, she will, in fact, hang herself without any help from me. I truly hope the best for her. I would hate to see anyone kicked out of nursing school after working so hard to get there. Thanks again for all the advice.

In my state the student nurse practices under the license of the instructor. Besides people who feel they have been injured because of someone's negligence is going to go after anyone who could remotely be involved. It could be argued that the instructor was negligent in insuring that her students had a full understanding of the rules. It's a stretch but we live in a litigious society and people explore all the angles.

I'm a first semester student and have come across a situation that I need to get some feedback on. There is someone in our class that has already been written up and reported to the department coordinator for her inappropriate comments and behavior during clinical. She just found this out yesterday. Well, Monday she showed up for clinical without a complete careplan because she said that her pt. had just been admitted about an hour and a half before clinical started. We have been told explicitly by our instructor NOT to be on the floor or in pts. rooms until she is in the hospital because her license is on the line. Well, come to find out, this person had been on the floor for a couple of hours helping the nurse do this admit. If something had happened to this pt. while she was helping my instructor would be liable. It infuriates me that she, this other student, would have the nerve to do this. I'm not tattle tale but this is the adult world with real consequences for our actions. Would you report her or would you wait and see if she pulls that again? She knows she was wrong because she asked the other students if they were going to tell on her? What a dilemma. Thanks for your input.