I know I shouldnt care about what other people think, but the people in my nursing class are horrible. It's my first nursing school semester and my class is quite small. It's unbelievable how much gossip is occuring! you have ur usual know-it-alls, or people who think they they know so much because they have previously worked in the medical field (ie: cna's,etc..).....then there are others that think that teachers have high expectations of them since they are "so good" and flaunt it in class about how high their grades are.....and look down on people that have a C+ or less on an exam ....you know how people learn from mistakes, but if ONE person makes a mistake (a simple error that did not cost anyone's life)?... in my class.....there are cliques forming and discuss about how that person is going to fail, that they are stupid and dont deserve to be in the program. I've never been surrounded with such negativity in a class. They love to talk down about others but will never confront them......They base everything on grades (supposedly,only the high B and A students will make it)....and the ones who are getting "average" grades are the ones they "predict" to fail....funny thing is, i know many nurses that got average grades and hated book work yet they are doing a fine job in such units as med surg or even the ER...
I can imagine what kind of nurses they are going to be once they graduate......
But i feel like im in high school all over again.....
not only do the teachers get on ur case...but now there are particular "negative" students that think so highly of themselves and rub in it...
and i have no medical experience whatsoever, but it seems like nobody cares to understand and will continue to mark u as "dumb" just bcoz u r not in the same level of inteligence as they are.
unfortunately, i'll be stuck with these people for another year...
Are any of you believers of karma? coz i believe that one day....their attitudes and negativity will catch up to them and they'll know how it feels to be humiliated and looked down upon..
I agree with what everyone else has said. Speaking from my own personal experience, I'm a straight A student in nursing school and it doesn't mean a darn thing except that I'm a good test taker. Those grades do not translate to my clinical skills at all. Not that I'm a complete dunce in the hospital setting or anything, but I'd trade my grades anyday to shine in clinical. One of our best instructors, who all have a PhD or DSN, said she was a C student in nursing school. I know some people who barely scrape by grade-wise, but have awesome clinical skills. I know it's hard to listen to, but it really is insecurity on their part, and it's quite pathetic. For the record, I don't discuss my grades with anyone cause it's none of their business and this is not a competition.
I have to say that i am feeling with you. I have almost quite so many times because of the stupidly clicky groups in my class. I personally just sit in the back and keep to myself. The sorry thing is that our gans class president is the WORST in the whole class. I have stuck it out though and can tell you that the rudest in the bunch have gone by the wayside. We started with 55 students and are curently down to 20. I am in no way saying that i make the best grades. Sometimes i squeeze through the fence at the end. What I am saying is DO NOT let what other people say make you think less of what you have worked and will work even harder to become. Nursing is MY dream and nothing anyone else says, not even the teachers (rude as they are), is going to change me. And, i hope it does not change you. The truth is that the world needs the loving nurses. NOT the petty nurses.
Grade is a grade. License means that I am an RN, same as anyone else who graduates. If you pass with an A, I really don't care. I'm only worried about myself. I'm friendly with everyone, except those who show no interest in being friendly. My instructors love me, my classmates respect me, and in the end, that's all that matters.
This sounds like my class. Thankfully I am in my 4th level, and only have 10 weeks left (or so) til graduation. Our class is small (26) and all are female except one. Very catty group of people. Between the comments, etc. Nobody can agree on anything (and we have to do a class community project). (and our class president is usually somewhere involved in the middle of the chaos as well)
Keeping to yourself is the best way to get through this. Remember that once you graduate, you can pick and choose who to bother with again.
You won't be needing karma, dear. Nursing school will flunk them out before karma can get around to them. 'A' students flunk, too. Ha!
Your semester is young, and not a predictor of what will happen to everyone. You will indeed be surprised. Who gives a sh*t what the others think? Don't give them such power.
Specializes in Happily semi-retired; excited for the whole whammy.
I hate to say that, but to some extent, the games never end. I've been out of nursing school for well over 20 years, and have yet to work in a place that didn't have a gossip mill.
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I agree with what everyone else has said. Speaking from my own personal experience, I'm a straight A student in nursing school and it doesn't mean a darn thing except that I'm a good test taker. Those grades do not translate to my clinical skills at all. Not that I'm a complete dunce in the hospital setting or anything, but I'd trade my grades anyday to shine in clinical. One of our best instructors, who all have a PhD or DSN, said she was a C student in nursing school. I know some people who barely scrape by grade-wise, but have awesome clinical skills. I know it's hard to listen to, but it really is insecurity on their part, and it's quite pathetic. For the record, I don't discuss my grades with anyone cause it's none of their business and this is not a competition.