Should I report her?

[agldragonRN]

hello everyone. i have a little problem and i need your opinion.

okay i am a senior lpn student (male) and will be graduating in 5-6 weeks.

today at school, we were doing the ekg return demonstration. i was the first one to finish and was helping another male student understand how to get the hr from the 6-second grid. i was facing this student and giving him all my attention when all of a sudden this woman (a classmate) strike me on my right shoulder for no reason at all and hit my clavicle and made this “bang” sound. she caught me off guard and it hurt like hell and i was about to hit her back (reflex) in the face then realized this was a woman and i should not hit her back. i cursed at her and asked why the hell she hit me for? and she said “oh you cannot take a joke?” and i was like that was not a joke because it hurt me and i don’t even joke with you like that. and she was like “oh so you can play joke on everybody and you cannot take a joke”. and i was like first of all yes i play joke sometimes with my friends but i don’t do physical joke and you are not my friend and you don’t know me well enough to hit me like that. and she said “you are not man enough if you think that hurt”

mind you she is like my height, 5’11, muscly, and she punched like a guy.

anyway, that was 6 hours ago and i am now at work and my shoulder is sore and painful. she must have hit a bad spot. so do you think i should report this incident to my teachers and program coordinator if it continues to hurt up to tomorrow when i go back to school? 5 other students witnessed this and were shocked as well as to why she did that. i don’t want to look like a “sissy” because i cannot take a punch from a woman. i would not be so mad if it is not hurting like this. i don’t know why because i used to fight with my brother all the time and we would hit each other. but today this lady hit me in the bad spot and it hurt like hell. i don’t even talk to this woman because i did not click with her and she is so loud in class. sorry for this long story. i don’t know if i should report her or not to get this incident in writing just in case the pain continues and gets worst. but at the same time i don’t want her not to graduate because of this record. what do you guys think?

thank you,

angel

[danissa, LPN, LVN]

You ARE the better person, and you know it! Best of luck to you!

[caliotter3]

Although she saw it as a "joke", however misguided, it was really a form of battery. You, and she, were lucky that you were able to contain your initial reaction. You are better for not reporting her. As has been said, you will find many bad situations in nursing and you have to learn when to report situations and when to deal with situations on your own. Good luck to you in the future and congratulations on your high achievements.

[BuffaloNurseAmy]

i agree with the other posters. you are better off to let it drop. after this smart-alec individual saw the reaction of your classmates, she was probably scared that you would tell & she'd get in trouble.

unfortunately, especially in nursing, you will experience all sorts of personal injustices that will never be aknowledged by management, other staff, families, patients, etc...it will eat you up inside unless you learn to let it go quickly. i've been doing this a (relatively) long time and the b.s. that people get away with floors me to this day. hang in there. you'll learn to "roll with the punches" (pun intended) !

[KBron2000]

Yes. This is unacceptable behavior in the professional community. Although you are still in school the rules still apply. Joking around is OK when you know each other well enough and it is done appropriately. When I was in nursing school "conduct" was graded strickly as it should be. No school wants to be given a bad name by their students going out in the work force and displaying bad or unacceptable behavior. Nursing is a proud profession and the goal of every nurse or nurse to be should be to help and heal not harm others.

This has nothing to do with sex it has to do with right and wrong. I light pat on the back is acceptable hitting someone hard enough that they (male or female) feel it later is not acceptable. Yes report her.

[agldragonRN]

yes. this is unacceptable behavior in the professional community. although you are still in school the rules still apply. joking around is ok when you know each other well enough and it is done appropriately. when i was in nursing school "conduct" was graded strickly as it should be. no school wants to be given a bad name by their students going out in the work force and displaying bad or unacceptable behavior. nursing is a proud profession and the goal of every nurse or nurse to be should be to help and heal not harm others.

this has nothing to do with sex it has to do with right and wrong. i light pat on the back is acceptable hitting someone hard enough that they (male or female) feel it later is not acceptable. yes report her.

thanks kbron2000. i wanted to report her but decided not to because i don't want her to be kicked out of the program specially when we're this close from graduating. she is so lucky her stupidity did not bite her back in the a**. she did not even apologize or anything. oh well! i doubt she would do it again, but if she does, i will definitely report her. thanks again and happy holidays!!!

angel