I am in a study group with 2 friends I have known and taken classes with for over a year. The 3 of us are all A/B students, come prepared, text each other during the week if we are confused about something, etc. We've become a tight knit group because we know we help instead of hindering.
There is a student who is currently failing A&P 2 who wants to join our study group. All 3 of us are leery about it. She comes to class late, she asks us to send her recordings, she looks at my notes everyday. If she put forth the effort herself we wouldn't mind trying to help her, but we feel like she just wants to ride our backs and we're not cool with that.
Our school has a science resource center she can go to, we have free one on one tutors, and the library has models she can check out for 2 hours at a time to study. There are ways for her to help herself before we help her.
I've worked my butt off to get where I am. I should be hearing if I am accepted to my program in 3 weeks. I am not going to get dragged down by someone who can't do the work themselves.
Did you read the comment above yours? The student is not applying to a nursing program and OP's desire to be a nurse has no bearing on whether or not she chooses to assist this student.
It's okay Leigh. I obviously don't fit into the martyr system of these other posters.
She got a 50/100 on the second exam. She's audited the class. She coming and listening, but won't be taking the tests. She's also stopped attending lab, which I really don't agree with, but that's her decision. She's still bad mouthing nurses everyday. I sincerely hope that staying in the class will help her understand the material next time she takes it.
I know this has a lot of answers and not sure if you have stopped reading the responses, but...
If it was a student who worked hard but still couldnt grasp it, then yes. Teaching otheers helps me stufy and retain the info better. On the other hand, it sounds like she expects you all to carry her through, so definetly not.
Sorry for the typos. this site is acting really buggy
I don't understand why some people are focusing on whether or not she is trying to get in the nursing program. If she's trying to enroll into the nursing program, does that mean OP is more obligated to help? I don't think that that should be a factor in helping the individual in the class. If someone is unable to pass a class, that is on them. If they have extenuating circumstances, perhaps they should withdraw or wait to take these classes.
And clearly, with this individual, she is not willing to put forth the effort. OP asked for her to display some indication of her desire to put in some work, in the form of some very minimal writing, which she failed to do.
pass our boards and begin working with our patients
Im pretty sure that our patients are not going
to care if we make an A B or C grade in any of
our classes. Oh sorry lol your right I said
a D thanks for correcting me. Even making C's
especially in our sciences are detrimental to our
gpa and overall success as far as understanding
the material.
I think you didn't read the posts where OP clarified that this student wasn't looking to enter a Nursing program to begin with. Matter of fact, she spent all her time talking down nurses.
That alone should have disqualified her from the study group. Who needs to listen to crap like that when you're trying to make the grades that will help you get into the program to begin with?
Yeah but this wasn't how you felt before you found out the rest of the story.
One thing you're right about, they WERE wasting their time. Sometimes the pressure to be "nice" outweighs the reality; the person didn't deserve "nice", she deserved a swift kick in the butt.
of a doctor than my doctor because she had more A's
than my doctor. Im making a point that
once you pass your boards and are hired
to work as a nurse A, B C D doesnt determine
who you are. I just wanted to bring this up.
I just want to bring up that some people want to go to graduate school. Grades matter to some of us because we know that "C = RN", but C doesn't = competitive enough for certain grad schools.
If you ever want a Master's degree you might regret this attitude.
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It's okay Leigh. I obviously don't fit into the martyr system of these other posters.
She got a 50/100 on the second exam. She's audited the class. She coming and listening, but won't be taking the tests. She's also stopped attending lab, which I really don't agree with, but that's her decision. She's still bad mouthing nurses everyday. I sincerely hope that staying in the class will help her understand the material next time she takes it.