Hi there!
So I am in week 3 of the first semester of nursing school. Btw, it is an accelerated BSN program. So, so far I have had 2 clinicals on campus, and I will have my third one tomorrow. I am actually going to the hospital next Friday! Anyways, my issue is that our clinical instructor is non-existent.
On the first day of clinical she was late. When we finally split into stations, she was running Vital Signs. When we showed up she said she was tired so we were kicked out. The next station was Infection Control and we had to wait for an hour and a half to enter. Out of 10 hours on campus, 2 hours spent doing procedures, and 8 hours spent wasting time.
Last Friday's clinical was no better. The clinical instructor did not show up! Sixty or so students were split between the two CIs that did show up. Like the last time we pretty much spent time talking and talking and talking, without actually doing anything.
The way the two clinicals went I can only assume how tomorrow will go. My beef is this: our clinical instructor did not bother to get to know us, not once in three weeks! The only time she saw us she looked bored, yawning, running out the building.
I feel like when we do show up at the hospital, I (not sure about the others) will not feel prepared to do even basic things. Btw, I am not the only one who is annoyed by such disorganization and clinical instructor's lack of interest in her students.
What should I do?