"Maybe you shouldn't be a nurse"

[krazy_coconuts]

Hey everyone. I'm finishing up my first semester of nursing school (finals next week :uhoh21:) and today we were doing skills pass off. Well, through the course of the day we had about three people leaving the skills lab sobbing, apparently after being told they were not going to be passed off on a particular area. We've also had a couple of instances throughout the semester when an instructor has told someone they "probably shouldn't be a nurse". This doesn't seem right to me. I understand that it is in the instructors' best interest to produce intelligent, competent nurses...but is it necessary to tell someone they aren't "cut out" for the job in their FIRST semester?

What do you think? I just wanted some opinions.

[nurse2b2010]

>>no one else has a right to say that one isn't meant for something.

actually, every American has the right to say something like that.

What people don't have is the right to not be offended.

I'm in a nursing program right now. I'm staying in until I either graduate or they throw me out. People started telling me a long time ago that I probably shouldn't be a nurse. After my first couple years on the job, I'll know if they were right or not.

Marathons are about persistence.

Pelsmith, can I ask why people would tell you you shouldn't be a nurse? Just curious. I suppose I am curious because I am pre-nursing and I just wonder what kind of reasons people give to say you should or shouldn't be a nurse?

Thanks!

[jjjoy, LPN]

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding what you are saying

My initial point was in response to someone who had said no one has the "right" to be offended by a statement such as "Maybe you shouldn't be a nurse" - at least that was my understanding. My point was that a person DOES have the "right" to be offended and that perhaps the person the person meant that it was useless and unproductive to be offended, as opposed to whether or not they had a right to be offeded. I don't think I made that point too well.

So my further, not-so-clear argument was that instructors ideally will teach well and be supportive of their students. Nonetheless, they have the "right" to be bad instructors. If they choose to practice the right to be a bad instructor, hopefully, they won't be instructors for long.

I don't know if that clears anything up or not! Bottom line is that I think instructors SHOULD be supportive of students and if they identify a weakness, to first see if they help the student build on that area before passing judgement on the students' abilities.

[DaFreak71]

My initial point was in response to someone who had said no one has the "right" to be offended by a statement such as "Maybe you shouldn't be a nurse" - at least that was my understanding. My point was that a person DOES have the "right" to be offended and that perhaps the person the person meant that it was useless and unproductive to be offended, as opposed to whether or not they had a right to be offeded. I don't think I made that point too well.

So my further, not-so-clear argument was that instructors ideally will teach well and be supportive of their students. Nonetheless, they have the "right" to be bad instructors. If they choose to practice the right to be a bad instructor, hopefully, they won't be instructors for long.

I don't know if that clears anything up or not! Bottom line is that I think instructors SHOULD be supportive of students and if they identify a weakness, to first see if they help the student build on that area before passing judgement on the students' abilities.

Gotcha! Thanks for setting me straight!