Psycho Nursing Instructor.

[MA to BSRN]

Hello everyone.

I will make this very long story short...because I really need some advice. Ok. I am in a BSRN program in my 7th month. I had been warned over and over about this terrible OB teacher and what a beast she is. Well, I decided I was going to win her over and not have the problems other students have.lol!!! So the first week is three days of theory preparing for the next week which starts clinical. On the third evening of clinical as we go to dinner break, the instructor comes up to me and tells me that she cannot permit me to go to clinical next week ( it was 7 days away!!) because I have herpes!??!. She was refering to a very old coldsore on my nose. Anyway I proceeded to tell her that I do not have herpes, it was a allergy related sore on my nostril and was about 7 days since it appeared. I had no makeup on it and my allergies were bad so it looked red. Anyway, she was very rude and abrasive and said that "she knows shat herpes looks like and that until I get a blood test confirming it is not herpes I cannot attend clinical"

So, I am mad, but I am in survivor mode, so I go to the doctors and get a blood test and a culture of the "herpes" on my nose. Well, the culture came back in two days negative for everything. The blood on the other hand took too long-needless to say-on the first day of clinical my nose was clear as a babies butt, but psycho would not accept that. She wanted blood!! So, I had to drop the class, and now I have to wait three months until I can pick it up again. I am outraged. In the meantime blood work all came back negative!

She cost me three months, a great study group, and a carpool that is saving me alot of gas and frustration. Plus she has prolonged my education by three months.

I have contacted the dean and the director of the dept. and they are being very tight lipped. I know my rights were violated! She cannnot just walk up to someone and diagnose something, demand blood, and stop them from going to clinical. The school thinks that they made up for it by making sure I was placed in the next class ( it is a very impacted program). I have read all the fine print in my handbook and she clearly violated all policies and procedures. We all know what power trips these instructors have and they all play by their own set of rules!!

I am considering seeking an attorney. Anyone have a similar experience?