zelda08

We had a patient care plan due, and part of it was to collect data using nurses notes & a patient profile on our first patient of the start of clinicals. it was due the 3rd day of clinical. We spoke about the care plan at post conference, what she expected, and what the due date was, and that was it. come this morning, I hand her my care plan with my collected data. she looks through it, then states that I did not do it correctly, that my patient profile should have been typed up. She handed me my MARS for my two patients, then came back 10 minutes later to inform me and two other girls that she had spoke to the head clinical instructor and we were to be sent home. In our portfolio w/ instructions for assignments, it only states that the care plan and concept map need to be typed, it does not say anything about the patient profile. The only place it says all of the assignments given should be typed (barring nurses notes), is the clinical policy. but the instructor had stated that she only wanted the care plan typed, she did not specify re-typing nurses notes & the patient profile. I'm having a lot of anxiety about this; I have to meet with the head instructor tomorrow, and make up a clinical day. I was supposed to get my midterm evaluation and now I'm afraid that I'm not going to pass this clinical because of such a stupid, stupid mistake/miscommunication. I know now to clarify every single thing with regarding anything. I'm especially frustrated since this clinical instructor has allowed students to show up late to clinical, without paperwork and without equipment (drug books or stethoscopes) and they have not been sent home, and she has allowed them to re-do assignments. how can i move past this? i'm feeling as though now i'm in a bad light with my professor

During clinical..I was asked to help another nurse with their patient. This patient was assigned to someone in my clinical group. During lunch, in the cafeteria, with both employees and visitors around this student began to very loudly talk all about this patient...stating what was wrong, how the patient reacted to care, jumping out of his seat to imitate the patient & make fun of the way they acted, mentioning the primary nurse's name.. Our instructor was a few tables down from us but didn't seem to notice his behavior. I attempted a few times to tell her about it, but she wasn't really up for listening to what I had to say. I was uncomfortable with the way he was acting and moved to a different table. Just to clarify does this violate HIPAA? This patient has been hospitalized there before. For the same problems.

I'm a bit stressed with how this is turning out. According to a girl that I study with frequently, the professor seemed very aggravated the next day after my email. This morning however she gave me a smile and said hello when I held the door for her and another professor. Part of my anxiety just stems from the fact that I hate thinking that anyone in an authority position over me is angry with something I've done or said. Classmates don't bother me. I'm just trying to handle their anger as gracefully as I can and realizing that I can't please everyone and I'm not there to do so. I did very matter of factly tell my professor in my email that " I don't want to play devil's advocate, but changing the test so early to the test date is a unfair. I would not be in town for the test, and then I would have to go through the hassle of rescheduling an exam that I had fully expected to take on the original scheduled date, one that we all signed & agreed to and knew about for over 2 months. The only reason I waited to buy my tickets was that I was not sure if I would be able to go take care of what I needed to out of state that weekend, because of the uncertainty with the test date.After the 1st vote, I bought my tickets at a higher price and now I cannot get a refund for them. I am sorry for the lengthy email, but I did not want to take up your time after class with this issue. Have a good evening." Honestly,was that overstepping? Should I have worded that differently? I just felt like I needed to speak up and say something.

Hello, I'm having a bit of an issue with some classmates of mine. Our program is only 1 1/2 yrs, so our program goes quick. Between our pharmacology and our theory test, our 4th theory exam and our 3rd pharmacology exam fall on the same day. We are supposed to have them both on 7/25. This date has already been known about since the beginning of the semester; we all signed the same paper agreeing to the schedule. Our professor was nice enough to move our 2nd exam around so it did not conflict with our last pharmacology exam, but now, this group of students has been attempting to get the 7/25 theory test moved with no luck. Our professor shot down the idea after the first class vote 2 weeks ago, and again when they brought it up on pharmacology a week ago, & gain shot down. Several student don't care; a few are like myself and have other reasons not to split the tests. They attempted to have the test changed again, without input from the rest of the class, on the sly to the professor this past Tuesday. I spoke up about it when I found out. For myself, I need to take the exam on the originally schedule date. I have an out of state funeral to attend after that, from thurs-sun. Relying on the test date, I bought my tickets & they're non refundable. There was a huge stink thrown by these specific students, who have bullied everyone else into changing the day. Our prof stated she would not change the date if the vote wasn't unanimous. I emailed my professor privately about it, but she mentioned it in class, and naturally everyone knew it was me that sent the email. I had a simulation lab today with my clinical group, and it went badly. I was given attitude from those in my group, with blatant comments made towards how everything was accommodated towards me and I've messed up the chances of those who scored low on the last exam. I've been receiving rude texts from a few classmates who have my number and at last minute decided the test should change. (I have blocked their numbers, yes) Exactly how do I handle them? I'm not the only student who didn't want the test changed, I'm the only one who spoke up about. A few students have agreed with me that they didn't want the test changed. I know this is by far a silly bump in the road, but any advice on how to handle this gracefully.. I'm not trying to play devil's advocate, but like I told my professor, this test date has been knowledge since day one. I, and my other classmates, shouldn't have to change our schedules around just to accommodate the few students who don't want to read ahead.