Pulled into instructors office today!

[essarge]

I was pulled into an instructor's office today and told about the "services" on campus when you have allot of stress or problems that you are dealing with.

I took offense at this!!! She assumed, because I am a very outgoing and verbal person, that I was dealing with allot of stress (I was told that allot of older students have trouble dealing with the stress of home, family etc). I know that this is the "weeding out" period, and hope she hasn't targeted me for this. I am a very good student and am able to "multi-task" with very little problem. I have her for two labs on Tuesdays. In the second lab, after this "little talk", I just kept my mouth shut, asked no questions, and gave no answers to anything. She pretty much look passed me throughout the class (there are only 8 of us in this lab).

Should I watch my a** with this instructor. Has anyone else experienced anything like this?

By the way, while I do have the normal stress, there is nothing out of the ordinary going on in my life by any means, and I DO NOT need any counseling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[essarge]

Went in and talked to my instructor today. Told her "thank you" for her concern and that there was nothing to worry about. What she was seeing was just me the way I am and have always been. She said that she just noticed all of my energy and thought that maybe it was stress related. I assured her it was not. I then showed her the paper that I was doing for her class to have her check it over. She looked at it and said that I had done a good job, with just a few changes it would be an A!!! Whoohoo!!!

One more obstacle out of the way!!

[prmenrs, RN]

Strong work!!! Kepp it up!

[RNforLongTime]

When I was in my junior year of nursing school, which in my 4 year program is the "killer" year, I worked 24 hours a week during school. I worked 3-11pm 3 days a week. Clinicals were 8 am to 1 pm four days a week. Some days after work I would have to go home and spend 2 or 3 hours on Care plans.

Well, during my Maternal/Child lecture, I would sometimes fall asleep. One day my instructor--who I did Not have for clinicals-came up to me and said maybe I needed to quit working. I politely informed her after all of the other students had left that unlike most of the other students--Mommy and Daddy weren't paying my way and sending me 200 dollars a week for "spending" money that I was paying my own way and in order to do that I needed to work. She apologized and was just concerned that I wasn't giving my school-work my full attention.

I graduated with a "B" average and passed my NCLEX-RN on the first try with 110 questions!

Kelly:)