I am just finished my fourth semester or BSN school with one to go. I cannot believe how these professors conduct themselves. Where do they find these people? Its like the dregs of the nursing profession decide they can't function in a clinic anymore and then decide to teach. Between the professors who can't teach, can't coach, are just plain vindictive, grouchy, disorganized, or just plain know jack squat about their topic of their class I just can't believe this is passed off as a legitimate college education.
Don't get me wrong, I'm learning a ton. I like nursing and am gonna stick it out. I'm getting confident and skilled to begin my career. I just can't fathom where these degenerates come from, they drive me batty. Supposedly I go to a really good school; the lowest GPA in our entering class of 20 some people was a 3.8. I came in with a prior, highly technical science degree with the intention of a career change. I am so shocked with how unprofessional the average nursing professor is compared with those in other academic fields. What a joke. The academic workload and clinical is not even that bad for me. By far the hardest part for me is dealing with these grouchy, stupid people who run my life while I'm in their class. Getting good grades is never enough; one mess up on some highly subjective criteria and before you know it, BAM! You're now officially on their bad side, as if that should even matter in a learning environment.
If anyone has some words of encouragement, I sure could use 'em.
So, to be sure I understand you, you're in a really good school and you are learning a ton, but you don't like your professors? So what?
Their job is to educate you and it sounds like they are doing that if you are learning a ton. Maybe they don't like you and let you know it, which is not nice, but again so what. You don't like them either, but I doubt they care, and why should they? They're supposed to teach you, not befriend you.
You're paying for an education, you're getting a good one, and now you know when you get a job there will be people you like and people you don't. There will be nurses who are nice to you and ones who can't stand you. Sounds a lot like LIFE!
[Full disclosure] Stupid, degenerate, worthless loser nurse here..... I must be. Because I love to teach.
And it's always soooo much fun when we get to deal with a student who knows so much more than any of the faculty. It's really unfortunate that the curricula is mandated by our scope of licensure - so we have to deal with all the uncertainty that characterizes nursing care of actual human beings. Way too much subjectivity, right? It would be so much easier if there was only ONE right answer - then we wouldn't have to spend so much time pushing all that pesky critical thinking stuff.
So when you start in the ICU right out of school, are we going to hear how your preceptors are all idiots who hate you because you are so much smarter than they are? How you are treated unfairly because everyone is jealous of your prior degree and your amazing, never before seen skills in someone so new to the profession? How it's a joke that you aren't promoted to unit manager within a year of your impressive entry into the hospital? That all the unit managers are has-been losers who went into management because they couldn't cut it on the floor and wouldn't know a foley from an ET tube?
I don't believe for a moment you are at a "good school" with such a high percentage of idiot instructors. You might want to do some honest introspection and consider if maybe, just maybe, your attitude about them has been made all too obvious and you are reaping the "rewards" of your arrogance.
"Getting good grades is never enough; one mess up on some highly subjective criteria and before you know it, BAM! You're now officially on their bad side, as if that should even matter in a learning environment."
This stupid degenerate loser notes that this ^^^ statement is very revealing. Curious what 'highly subjective criteria' you messed up on?
loriangel14, RN
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Actually i had some teachers that were also awesome nurses.